The programme for this first seminar will be as follows:
Introduction by Jan Bill, academic curator of the Museum of the Viking Age
David Jacobson, Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida:
"Patterns of violence and what they reveal about social relations and societal institutions"
Iver B. Neumann, Professor II at the Museum of Cultural History:
"Transhistorical uses of force: Physical violence and war according to Nietzsche, Weber, Elias and Tilly".
The discussion will be moderated by Arne A. Perminow, head of KHMs research council.
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The following seminar will be held at the end of May, and will be titled "Potentials and pitfalls of comparison in the understanding of the past". Date and speakers TBC.
Please contact Tone Wang with any questions.