Nordic Nostalgia
15 creditsWhat do gruesome murders in Stockholm, multicultural love affairs in Oslo, erotic adventures in Swedish summers, Finnish tango and Moomin dad turning into a lighthouse keeper have in common? They are part of reading Nordic cultural history through the theoretical and methodological lens of nostalgia. This course introduces you to general concepts and histories of nostalgia and how Nordic culture, mostly cinema, music and literature in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, can be approached and analyzed utilizing nostalgia as a historicizing and aesthetical concept. This course is structured chronologically around certain nostalgic themes starting out with nostalgia and modernity (modernism) and ending up in contemporary nostalgic discussions of climate change and the Anthropocene.
Växjö – the student city with a living campus
Just south of Växjö’s city centre you will find Linnaeus University’s campus. In Växjö, many students choose to live on campus.
Here you will have five minutes’ walking distance to friends, restaurants, lecture rooms, gym, grocery store, the University Library, nature trails, and student pubs. If you live in another part of Växjö, you can quickly get to the university by bus or bicycle.
With its 90 000 inhabitants, Växjö is one of the fastest growing cities in Sweden. Here you will find the famous Småland entrepreneurship spirit and a lot of companies, for instance within the IT industry – perfect for when you are looking for an internship position or a job. Växjö is also a picturesque city where you are always close to forests and water.
Build your own degree
Did you know that you can combine single-subject courses to build your own degree? In this way, you can design your own degree based on your interests and the career you are aiming for. This does not apply to all courses so make sure to check with a study counsellor at the faculty. Learn more about how you can build your own degree and become unique on the labour market.