Topics that respond to current events and emerging research in Nordic cultural studies. Find out which special topic will be explored in the current or coming year at https://cenes.ubc.ca/courses. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for SCAN 332 or NORD 332.
Contemporary and historical Nordic literatures that reflect the major societal, political and cultural aspects of the circumpolar North. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 333 or NORD 333.
Explore Nordic societies through recent literature translated from Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Sámi languages, Icelandic, and other Nordic languages. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 334 or NORD 334.
Explore Nordic crime stories as a mirror and critique of their societies. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 336 or NORD 336.
Examine the technical, narrative, and aesthetic features of Northern European films. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 337 or NORD 337.
Wars, migrations and settlements of the Viking Age (800-1100) as seen through the Icelandic sagas, and the afterlife of the Viking world in modern culture.
The pagan mythology of pre-Christian Scandinavia and its later appropriations and recycling.
Cultural history of the Sámi peoples, the Indigenous peoples of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia's Kola Peninsula. Focus on traditional culture, colonization, and decolonization.
Examination of contemporary political and social conflicts in the circumpolar north, focusing on ways Indigenous people have used art, performance and activism as a tool for resistance and decolonization.
Examine the origins of Nordic drama and film and their influences on these art forms worldwide. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 411 or NORD 411.
Explore epics of Northern Europe, their connections to nationalism, and their re-imaginings in contemporary Nordic literature. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 412 or NORD 412.
Examination through literature of the historical, cultural, and ethnic elements that have made the Baltic area (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) the crossroads of northeastern Europe. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 413 or NORD 413.
Selected topics for advanced study, such as activism, ethnicity, gender, identity, migration, sexuality, and justice across Northern Europe. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 414 or NORD 414.
Explore the medieval and early modern world of the Nordic region through the Icelandic sagas and their literary, cultural, and historical context. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN 415 or NORD 415.