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Cultures Meet in the Baltic Sea Region, ca. 1000-1600

Responsible persons:
PhD Anu Lahtinen, Dept. of History, anulah_REMOVETHIS_@utu.fi
M.A. Tom Linkinen, Cultural History, toklink_REMOVETHIS_@utu.fi
Duration: Tue, Wed, Thu 12-14, from 4 Nov to 27 Nov 2008
NEW LOCATION!! Media Studies, Room 123 (Itäinen pitkäkatu 1) Location on the Campus: http://www.utu.fi/kartta/rakennukset2004/varia.htm
Preregistration via e-mail by 16 Oct 2008 to anulah @ utu. fi Please give the following information: your name, your student number, and what is your major field of study. Further information will be sent to participants via e-mail.

Learning outcomes: In the end of the course, the student
- has a basic understanding of the chronology of cultural history in the premodern Baltic Sea Reagion
- knows the most important regional cultures in the premodern Baltic Sea Region
- knows the most important cultural processes and innovations in the history of the premodern Baltic Sea Region
- is able to reflect on different cultural interaction, adaptation of and resistance against new influences in the Baltic Sea Region

Contact hours: 12h lectures, 12h group work presentations / seminarium, visit to the Aboa Vetus museum, home exam ECTS credits: 3 (+3 a possibility to write an essay)
Level: basic / intermediate (representing the following special fields of History: Cultural History, Nordic History, the Middle Ages, Early modern history, family and gender history)

Content: The course offers new insights into the meeting of different cultures in the medieval and sixteenth century Baltic Sea Region. What kind of beliefs and habits were common for the whole area, and what kind of local differences can be found in the medieval Baltic Sea Region? How was Christianity introduced and interpreted in the North of the North? How would Swedes and Finns see each other in the Middle Ages? How would Lithuanians and Sami fit in the scheme? What kind of cultural practices and beliefs were introduced by travelling merchants, servants or begging friars? And how did the medieval Catholic culture give way to the Reformation in the sixteenth century? The course aims to point out historical roots of traditions, practices and tensions of the present. Medieval family relations, religious habits and beliefs, cultural and economic networks are studied. Special attention is given to the roles of women and men, whether it comes to marital patterns or religious life.


PROGRAM

Tuesday Nov 4
Lecture 1
Cultures meet in the Baltic Sea Region. Introduction to the focus of the course

Wednesday Nov 5
Lecture 2
Cultural and religious influences in the Baltic Sea Region

Thursday Nov 6
Lecture 3
Economy, environment and material culture

Tuesday Nov 11
Lecture 4
Cultural spheres of east and west - and curious anecdotes breaking the scheme

Wednesday Nov 12
Lecture 5
Early European integration through maps.
(material will be given during the lecture)

Thursday Nov 13
Lecture 6
Literary interactions. From Amleth to Hamlet and universality of prayers

Tuesday Nov 18
Seminar 1
Christian Culture: Orthodox and Catholic cultures, and Birgittines and Dominicans and their religious networks

Wednesday Nov 19
Seminar 2
The Baltic Sea Region urban culture from merchants to knights

Thursday Nov 20
Seminar 3
Marriage, Children, Family

Tuesday Nov 25
Seminar 4
Medieval encounterings and conflicts. Varying local identities

Wednesday Nov 26
Seminar 5
Music and arts: Rusticus meets classical

Thursday Nov 27
A medieval Turku museum day