| Experimental Methods in the Study of Cognition and Culture
ECTS: 10. Level: Master. Date: 5-30 August. Venue: Aarhus.
The interface between culture and cognition is a fast-developing research area attracting numerous scholars and scientists with different backgrounds. Neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, and humanists of various sorts seek to find out how evolved cognitive capacities, cultural learning and social and institutional forms interact to constrain, or even produce, human behavior. Such interdisciplinary work not only calls for a high degree of translatability between terminologies found in each individual discipline. It further calls for knowledge about, and experience with, different methodologies. This course is directed to students of human behavior who have a background in social sciences or the humanities and an interest in using experimental methods in investigating their topic. Course offered by Department of Culture and Society. Information pamphlet. Course description.
Lecturer: Jesper Sørensen, Aarhus University |  |
Institutions, Morality, and Punishment
ECTS: 10. Level: Bachelor. Date: 12-23 August. Written exam should be handed in one week after course via email). Venue: Aarhus
In this course we will investigate the relationship between state policy and law implementation from respectively a social, political and philosophical perspective. The course will focus on institutions, morality and punishment in the context of a modern welfare state. The course will touch on issues as regulation of citizens, the state as both law enforcement and service provider, and policy implementation - how it is experienced and practiced by respectively the frontline workers whose job is to implement the law and the people whose behavior the law seeks to regulate. Course offered by Department of Culture and Society. Course description.
Lecturer: Didde Cramer Jensen, Aarhus University |  |
| Text - Memory - Monument
ECTS: 10/15. Level: Bachelor/Master. Date: 16-28 July. Venue: Rome, Italy.
The Italian Renaissance (c. 1350-1550) is a key period in European cultural history. Italian Renaissance writers and artists were instrumental in modelling our view of the individual, of nature and the surrounding world, and effectively decided the development of European art and literature for centuries afterwards. This international course, partly virtual, partly on-site in Rome, will show how Italian Renaissance Humanism produced a broad spectrum of new political, philosophical and scientific ideas, and artistic developments, which became key elements in the formation of modern Europe. Teaching will be conducted by a team of experts in Renaissance Humanism, literature, philosophy, language and art. Course offered by Department of Culture and Society. Course description (Bachelor, 10 ECTS), Course description (Bachelor, 15 ECTS), Course description (Master, 10 ECTS), Course description (Master, 15 ECTS).
Lecturer: Trine Johanne Arlund Hass, Aarhus University |  |
The Gospel of John: New Perspectives in Scholarship
ECTS: 10/15. Level: Bachelor/Master. Date: 12 - 23 August. Venue: Aarhus.
This course is an introduction to the Gospel of John in light of three major approaches in present-day research: The narratological perspective (Culpepper et al.), the history-of-genres approach (Attridge et al.), and the study of second century receptions of the Fourth Gospel (Nagel, Hill et al.). Course offered by Department of Culture and Society. Information pamphlet. Course description (Bachelor, 10/15 ECTS), Course description (Master, 10/15 ECTS)
Lecturer: Kasper Bro Larsen, Aarhus University |  |
The Scandinavian Experience
ECTS: 10. Level: Bachelor. Dato: 17 July - 7 August. Venue: Aarhus & Gothenburg, Sweden
The course will provide a basic overview over Scandinavian modern history and society. It will do so by focusing on the concept, The Scandinavian model. The course will look into the creation, development and functioning of, as well as the present challenges to, the Scandinavian model and further discuss if this model is or has in fact been unique compared to other models of society. The course is offered in collaboration with Gothenburg University (Sweden), where the third week of the course will take place – making the course a truly Scandinavian experience! Course offered by Department of Culture and Society. Course description.
Lecturer: Torsten Borring Olesen, Aarhus University |  |
| Viking Age Scandinavia
ECTS: 10. Level: Bachelor/Master. Date: 3-31 July (including written Exam). Venue: Aarhus
During the Viking Age (c. 700 – 1050 AD), Scandinavians suddenly enter the scene of the world known at that time. They were to leave their mark all over Europe and beyond, and contributed to shaping the world we live in today. The Viking Age (c. 700 - 1050 AD) stands as an essentially formative period of European history. The Scandinavians enter the world known at that time in many different ways. With their discovery and colonization of Iceland, Greenland and America the Vikings expand the borders of the known world. At the same time, the societies in the Viking homelands (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) go through a process of fundamental transformations, leading to the development of important places and institutions. In this way, the Vikings have left their mark and contributed to shaping the world that we are living in today, both in Scandinavia and most of Europe. Course offered by Department of Culture and Society. Information pamphlet. Course description (Bachelor), Course description (Master).
Lecturer: Andres S. Dobat, Aarhus University |  |
