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Sholem Aleichem's most important works include his monologues Milkman Tevye, Railway Stories and Menakhem Mendel. These works are discussed and analyzed in relation to the crisis that Russian Jewish culture underwent from the beginning of…

The course provides an overview of the fundamental features of the Jewish remembrance of the Holocaust with a main focus on the cultural expressions of this remembrance in Europe (Western Europe, Central Europe and the former Soviet Union)…

 The Hebrew Bible (Tanach) is written in Hebrew (and some Aramaic) – a language that European Jews hardly understood, as they spoke Yiddish in their daily lives.Yiddish texts composed since the Middle Ages and up to the twenty-first…

This course focuses on both morphology and syntax. You will work practically with exercises to become confident in formulating correct and varied sentences in Yiddish. You will also practice writing on various topics and collaborate with…

This course provides you with an overview of the development of Yiddish children’s literature, from the mid-19th century to today. You will learn about how leading Yiddish authors and artists created works that are still popular. The…

You will study important events and ideas in modern Jewish history from critical perspectives and within a broader historical context. In the first module, we focus on the social, cultural, religious, and political life of Jews in Eastern…

You will explore how Yiddish developed in the Germanic countries during the Middle Ages and how it spread to Eastern Europe, the USA, and many other countries. Unlike Hebrew, which was used by the Jewish intellectual elite, Yiddish was…

Yiddish is one of Sweden's national minority languages, ​​and 51ÖØ¿ÚÁÔÆæ is the only university in Scandinavia that offers teaching and conducts research in Yiddish. Knowledge of Yiddish is valuable for those who want to learn more…

In the first of our two introduction courses in Yiddish, your knowledge of morphology, syntax and vocabulary in Yiddish is deepened in relation to what is obtained at the beginner level. In addition, your oral and written language skills…

The course allows students to deepen their knowledge of Yiddish morphology, syntax and vocabulary as well as their ability to translate between Yiddish and Swedish/English. The student's oral and written language proficiency is…

The course provides in-depth language skills in Yiddish and in its culture and literature. It contains a scholarly focus on literature and culture and pays particular attention to scholarly method and theory in relation to texts and other…

The course will discuss the emergence, development and contemporary legacy of nationalism and communism as the two major political ideologies in the twentieth century Central Europe. A particular focus will be directed towards Poland,…

The course provides an overview of the post-communist development of the societies of Central Europe, i.e. Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The key political and cultural tendencies permeating Central Europe after the fall…

The course focuses on historical processes and their role in shaping identity in modern Russia and its Eastern European neighboring countries (such as Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova), which were part of the Soviet Union before 1991. Key…

The course critically reflects on theoretical approaches and concepts applied in studies of Belarus and Ukraine, such as postsocialism, postcolonial space, democratisation,and neoliberal transformations. It looks at how events and…

This elective package consists of a course in Swedish economic development covering modern times, as well as a course in Swedish politics that is taught by historians and political scientists. The package provides an overview of political…

This elective package consists of a course in social developments in Sweden and the rise of the Swedish welfare state, as well as a course in Swedish politics that is taught by historians and political scientists. The package provides an…

This elective package consists of courses focusing on social change and social policy. The first is taught at the department of Economic History and focuses on long-run demographic and labour market trends, and policies relating to work…

This elective package consists of courses focusing on social transformations. The first course is taught at the department of Economic History and provides the student with basic knowledge about gender, social change and modernity in…

This package consist of courses about the rise of Asian economies. The first course explores and explains the historical processes of rapid industrialisation and socio-economic modernisation in Pacific Asia. The second looks more…