Scandinavia's Colonial Entanglements: Historical-Archaeological Perspectives

Education facts

Code: SASH94

<p>The course focuses on the Scandinavian colonial expansion from 1600 to the early 20th century. Based on a number of case studies (e.g. resource colonialism in Sápmi and Greenland, plantations in the Danish West Indies, trade and consumption of colonial products), the course examines colonial discourses and practice and notice relationships between colonialism and resources/environment, economics, power, resistance and science and colonial inheritance. The course also explores the different cultural processes, such as creolisation, othering and ambivalence that takes place in colonial environments and manifests itself in material culture. The course introduces theoretical procedures for historical-archaeological studies of colonialism and presents different sources, methods and perspectives and central research questions.</p><p>https://www.ark.lu.se/en/course/SASH94/</p>

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

• Scandinavia's Colonial Entanglements: Historical-Archaeological Perspectives

  Lund University

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 7 June 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %