National, Nordic or European? : nineteenth-century university jubilees and Nordic cooperation / / edited by Pieter Dhondt.

• Superior document: History of science and medicine library, v. 25
• TeilnehmendeR: Dhondt, Pieter.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 4.; History of science and medicine library ; v. 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Whereas nineteenth-century university jubilees traditionally led to the writing of histories that celebrated an individual university, in this volume they have inspired instead a stimulating comparative approach that studies jubilees themselves across Northern Europe. Starting from the bicentenary of Helsinki University in 1840 and finishing with the opening of the University of Iceland in 1911, this book focuses on the importance of these jubilees for the development of Scandinavist ideas and increasing cultural and scientific cooperation between the Nordic countries. Can these jubilees be regarded as the driving force of increasing Nordic cooperation? The analysis here shows that university and political authorities have always sought the right balance between the national, regional (in casu Nordic) and international character of their celebration.

Table of Contents

pt. 1. Non-Nordic jubilees in a Nordic context -- pt. 2. A different impact of the German unification wars in Norway, Sweden and Denmark -- pt. 3. A methodological-comparative perspective -- pt. 4. The end of Scandinavism?.