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2021.09.16 | The Quick Read, Helena Forsås-Scott, Culture, Literature
Drama in Iceland, 1900-2000
Despite the formation of the Rekjavík Theatre Company in 1897, a National Theatre (Þjóðleikhúsið) was not established until 1950 and the Company did not become fully professional until 1963. The problematisation of values and the critique of materialism became a recurring theme in the drama of the 1960s and 1970s. Social and economic change…
2021.09.08 | The Quick Read, Jan Eivind Myhre, Globalisation
Emigration from Norway, 1830-1920
800,000 Norwegians left their homes and moved to other countries between the years of 1830 and 1920. The majority went to North America, but many travelled to other continents, including Australia and New Zealand, or to South America, elsewhere in Europe, or even to Africa as missionaries.
2021.09.06 | Biography, Lars Gustaf Andersson, The arts
Jan Troell b. 1931
Jan Troell is a Swedish film director and cinematographer who also made a number of internationally successful films, such as 'The Flight of an Eagle' (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd) in 1982.
2021.08.30 | Article, Carolin Schütze, Multiculturalism, Research, Copenhagen Business School
Workplace challenges in a shifting world
Working with migrants can challenge the usual expectations and routines of the workforce in welfare institutions. Bureaucrats respond differently depending on their own background and they can resort to different coping strategies, such as, ‘othering’ their migrant clients. Organizational pressures such as integrating new public management…
2021.08.26 | Article, Anna Derksen, Minorities, Region-building
Nordic Disability Rights
Following the social and economic transformations after World War II and the ambitious promises of the Nordic welfare model, Nordic disability rights activism grew. It reached its peak in the 1970s and early 1980s, influenced by the United Nations International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) in 1981 as well as the leadership of key figures, like…
