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Link to Aarhus University's websiteThis is a list of all the materials published by academics at Aarhus University in the order they were published, starting with the most recent first. 

Vikings and Capitalism?

- Richard Cole

Watch a 10-minute film on why modern business people like to compare themselves to their vision of the Vikings.

Uncovering the Nordic Region with Mary Hilson and Peter Stadius

- Mary Hilson

Listen to a podcast on hot topics in current academic research on the Nordic region today include welfare, colonialism and heterogeneity.

Shaping the Nordic Past

- Mikael Frausing

Listen to a podcast on how we make sense of all the historical images that are fired at us all the time, and whether we ever stop to ask who is…

Upside down photo of a hand holding a glass ball. Through the glass ball, a green landscape and some houses are displayed, turned 180 degrees.

Unequal pay in Denmark: The impact of an outdated law

- Article

Danish nurses still receive 10-20% less in pay than male-dominated professions requiring a similar level of education. There are many contributing…

A group of people demonstrating in red clothes and with red banners.

Uncovering the Legacies of Nordic Colonialism with Lill-Ann Körber

- Lill-Ann Körber

Listen to a podcast which takes contemporary, cultural case studies and traces them back in history to uncover important narratives that often go…

Portrait colour photo of female academic

Podcast: The Vikings and Capitalism

- Richard Cole

 

 

Dark hillside with men in Viking costume with torches

The colonialism of Denmark-Norway and its legacies

- Article

Overshadowed by British and French Imperialism, the small-scale colonialism of some of the Nordic countries can all too easily be downplayed. From the…

A large black statue of a woman holding two objects.

Racism in classic pieces of Nordic children's literature

- Article

Some of the most beloved figures in Nordic children’s literary classics from the 20th century are rooted in narrow-minded caricatures, and racial…

Chess board with a single black piece in the middle of all the white pieces.

The Nordic Model at Risk?: Conversations on Regulation

- Anne Ilsøe
A black and white smashed window.

Uses of Nordic history

- Niels Kayser Nielsen

The 'use of history' is the term used to denote a combination of selecting, emphasising and overlooking people, events and epochs taken from history.…

A fountain pen and a notebook saying "What Happened?"

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