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Book Synopsis Is there a “Nordic history”? If so, what are its origins, its scope, and its defining features? In this informative volume, scholars from all five Nordic nations tackle a notoriously problematic historical concept. Whether recounting Foucault’s departure from Sweden or tracing the rise of movements such as “aristocratic empiricism,” each contribution takes a deliberately transnational approach that is grounded in careful research, yielding rich, nuanced perspectives on shifting and contested historical terrain.
Trade Review “From the first pages of this volume’s introduction, it is clear that it is a carefully conceived and well-organized work of collaborative inquiry. It offers valuable insights into the mutual entanglement of nationalism and historiography.” · Koen Stapelbroek, University of Helsinki
“In its transnational analysis of historiographical developments in the Nordic countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Making Nordic Historiography undertakes a laudable project. It provides fresh perspectives on such topics as the rise of history as an academic profession, the relationship between history written by academics and history written by novelists and other ‘outsiders,’ and the role of historical research in processes of nation-building and state-building.” · Patrik Winton, Uppsala University
Table of Contents Acknowledgements
Introduction: Nordic Historiography: From Methodological Nationalism to Empirical Transnationalism
Simon Larsson, Marja Jalava, and Pertti Haapala
Chapter 1. Writing Our History: The History of the ‘Finnish People’ (As Written) by Zacharias Topelius and Väinö Linna
Pertti Haapala
Chapter 2. The Impact of Grundtvig’s Ideology on Icelandic Historiography
Ingi Sigurðsson
Chapter 3. Cultural Aspects of the Pan-Scandinavian Movement: The Perspective of Historians
Kristín Bragadóttir
Chapter 4. National, International or Transnational? Works and Networks of the Early Nordic Historians of Society
Marja Jalava
Chapter 5.
Scientific Historiography and its Discontents – Danish and Swedish ‘Aristocratic Empiricism
Simon Larsson
Chapter 6.
Nationalist Internationalism: Danish and Norwegian Historical Research in the Aftermath of the First World War
Jon Røyne Kyllingstad
Chapter 7.
Nordic Networks at Work: Power Struggles in the Scandinavian Historical Field, 1935-1942
Pelle Oliver Larsen
Chapter 8.
The Rhythm and Implicit Canon of Nordic History by Eli F. Heckscher and Eino Jutikkala
Petteri Norring
Chapter 9. Negotiating Norden: Nordic Historians Revising History Textbooks, 1920–1970
Henrik Åström Elmersjö
Chapter 10.
Loneliness: Being a Woman in the Nordic Community of Historians
Mervi Kaarninen
Chapter 11. Trans-Nordic Neo-empiricism in a European Setting – Or, Why Did Foucault Leave Uppsala?
Peter Edelberg
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