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Ludvig Holberg og oplysningstidens lærde republik

2024-12-16T15:15:04+01:00

This article explores the relationship between Ludvig Holberg and the Enlightenment
republic of letters. The article has two principal aims: first, to shed light on how we can
understand Holberg’s intellectual biography within the context of the republic of letters;
second, to examine how Holberg’s life and work may be used to illuminate central
aspects of the cultural and intellectual history of this republic. Beginning with Holberg’s
early European travels, the article examines the place of the republic of letters
in Holberg’s intellectual self-perception and the ways in which he constructed various
learned personas.

Kampen om Landsretten

2024-12-16T15:17:07+01:00

During the early twentieth century, the cities of Viborg and Aarhus competed over
the location of the High Court for western Denmark. This article analyses this rivalry,
focusing on the reasons for the decision to place the court in Viborg in the context
of regional power dynamics and theories of urban identity. The primary explanations
for the court’s placement in Viborg include the city’s long history as a judicial centre
and the resulting urban identity, interest-driven politics, and historical narratives,
combined with the political composition of the Folketing and Landsting, as well as the
regional and national power dynamics.
The struggle for the court was part of a long-standing rivalry and identity
clash between Viborg and Aarhus, which can be seen as an ongoing conflict over influence,
significant institutions, prestige, economy and power between the two unofficial
capitals of Jutland. As the historical capital, Viborg often won in conflicts over traditional
and symbolic institutions, while Aarhus, as the modern capital connecting the
central government to Jutland, triumphed in areas like infrastructure, economy, and
education. The regional interests and urban identities of Jutland’s former and current
capitals continue to be manifested in the rivalry between Viborg and Aarhus.

Skriften der forsvandt

2024-12-16T15:18:41+01:00

On May 10, 1875, the Danish Ministry for Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs decided
to end the teaching of handwriting in Gothic script in Danish schools. From then
on, pupils were to be taught to write only in Latin script. This article examines the
circumstances surrounding the transition from Gothic to Latin handwriting in Denmark
in the late 19th century. The motivation for the change was to improve student’s
general writing skills by teaching a single alphabet rather than two. The initiative for
the change, however, came from Denmark’s teachers who argued that the Latin script
was easier and that teaching only one script would save precious time. Nonetheless,
practical circumstances delayed the change. I discuss whether the discontinuation of
Gothic writing can be linked to the prevailing national identity politics brought on
by the Schleswig Wars. While the shift from Gothic writing could possibly be seen as
an identity-political act to distance Danish culture from German influence after Denmark’s
defeat in the Second Schleswig War, the transition to Latin was more likely an
attempt to move culturally closer to the rest of Scandinavia.

Nation branding og Den Lille Havfrue i eksil

2024-12-16T15:21:02+01:00

During the Second World War, London hosted several exile movements, including
the Danish Council, each campaigning for their own nation and goals. In November
1944, the Danish Council organised the exhibition “Fighting Denmark” to showcase
the Danish resistance. The aim of the exhibition was twofold: to achieve Allied recognition
for the Danish effort and to highlight the Council’s work. The exhibition presented
the Danish resistance as a united force that rose against the Nazi occupation, with resistance
taking various forms, ranging from active sabotage to passive resistance. The
exhibition was organised thematically, with a particular emphasis on the last year and
a half of the occupation, highlighting events such as the August Uprising in 1943 and
the Peoples’ Strike in 1944. Thus, the narrative of the exhibition was part of the Danish
myth of the occupation, deeply ingrained in the collective memory of the war years.
Here, the narrative was presented to the Allies in order to portray the democratic and
proud Danes united in the heroic rise against the Nazi occupation.

For det fælles bedste?

2024-12-16T15:23:39+01:00

Tiltrædelsesforelæsning

Religion og historie

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Tiltrædelsesforelæsning

Musik og historie

2024-12-16T15:28:05+01:00

Tiltrædelsesforelæsning

Magt og historie

2024-12-16T15:29:36+01:00

Tiltrædelsesforelæsning

Sygdom og historie

2024-12-16T15:30:55+01:00

Tiltrædelsesforelæsning

Skygger fra fortiden

2024-12-16T15:32:54+01:00

Billede i kontekst

Jens Krasilnikoff, 1962-2024

2024-12-16T15:34:22+01:00

Nekrolog

Debat & anmeldelser

2024-12-16T15:36:29+01:00

Anmeldeser af:

Gary Kates: The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies
Bloomsbury 2022

Henning Bro: Hovedstadsmetropolen
Frydenlund Academic 2023

Aske Hennelund Nielsen, Lise Ræder, Jonas Hørup Ruskjær og Rasmus
Skovgaard Jakobsen (red.): VAERK. Museumssamlinger, politik og opbygning
Aarhus Universitetsforlag 2023