The proposed Centre for Nordic Research would be Scotland's first point of call for Nordic expertise, and the country's premier gateway for Nordic-related academic and cultural exchange. Image Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh is the only fully-fledged department in Scotland focusing on the Nordic languages and cultures. As an established and vibrant interdisciplinary research unit at the heart of a world-leading centre of academic excellence, we are ideally situated in Scotland’s capital city to develop a national Centre for Nordic Research. Start-up funds for this project have been secured from the University of Edinburgh’s Challenge Investment Fund. Developing a Centre for Nordic Research Developing a Centre for Nordic Research Find out more about the priorities and objectives of the proposed Centre. Nordic Dialogues Nordic Dialogues The programme for our forthcoming 2014-2015 interdisciplinary workshops. Overview COPY The proposed Centre for Nordic Research would be Scotland's first point of call for Nordic expertise, and the country's premier gateway for Nordic-related academic and cultural exchange. Developing a Centre for Nordic Research Now is a strategic moment to build capacity in Nordic area studies. Recent years have seen a major growth in public interest in the Nordic countries and their cultures. With the ever closer alignment of Scottish social and political debate towards our northern neighbours, there is now critical demand for a central hub to coordinate research, knowledge exchange and cultural dialogue in this field. Nordic Dialogues These short one-hour workshop sessions are intended to provide networking opportunities for researchers across the University of Edinburgh who are currently working on Nordic-related topics, or who might be interested in working on such topics in the future. Mapping Scotland's Nordic Dimension You should insert a summary of this page's content here. This article was published on 2024-08-13
