Associate Professor at the Institute of History, University of Southern Denmark. Recipient of the Carlsberg Foundation’s Distinguished Associate Professor Fellowships. You can read more about Rasmus Glenthøj here.
2019.05.01 | The Quick Read, Rasmus Glenthøj, Culture, Nation building
Denmark lost a third of its territory and 40% of its population in the Second Schleswig War in 1864 to Prussia and Austria. Seen as both a national trauma and the creation of modern-day Denmark, narratives regarding the war that were created at the time - and since - continue to resonate, exemplified by recent debates over its portrayal in TV…