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_V 332 or NORD_V 332. Equivalency: SCAN_V 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_V 333 or NORD_V 333. Equivalency: SCAN_V 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_V 334 or NORD_V 334. Equivalency: SCAN_V 334.
Explore Nordic crime stories as a mirror and critique of their societies. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN_V 336 or NORD_V 336. Equivalency: SCAN_V 336.
Examine the technical, narrative, and aesthetic features of Northern European films. Credit will be granted for only one of SCAN_V 337 or NORD_V 337. Equivalency: SCAN_V 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. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Investigation of readings and research undertaking topics of Nordic Studies, with the agreement and under the supervision of a faculty member with relevant expertise. Restricted to Nordic Studies students with approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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_V 411 or NORD_V 411. Equivalency: SCAN_V 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_V 412 or NORD_V 412. Equivalency: SCAN_V 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_V 413 or NORD_V 413. Equivalency: SCAN_V 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_V 414 or NORD_V 414. Equivalency: SCAN_V 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_V 415 or NORD_V 415. Equivalency: SCAN_V 415.
Advanced research undertaking topics of Nordic Studies, with the agreement and under the supervision, of a faculty member with relevant expertise. Restricted to Nordic Studies students with approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.