Memory, Power, Resistance

Education facts

Code: 739A65

<p>Memory, Power, and Resistance is a course about how questions and issues regarding the past matter in the present. The course has a global perspective and takes an interdisciplinary approach. It deals with various social science and cultural studies concepts, theories and perspectives on how memory and forgetting, power and resistance are expressed and discussed. The course contains both theoretical studies and a minor research assignment based on ethnographic fieldwork.<br>Lessons will be in English with the possibility of some instruction in Swedish. The literature is in English but some optional reading may be in Swedish. Written assignments may be completed in Swedish or English.</p>

Entry requirements

160 ECTS credits passed in: the subject area Humanities of which an in-depth course 30 ECTS credits is included or the subject area Social Science of which an in-depth course 30 ECTS credits is included English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6 or Engelska nivå 2) Exemption from Swedish

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Memory, Power, Resistance

  Linköping University

  Start date: 24 August 2026

  End date: 8 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %