Making Nordic Historiography ─ Connections, Tensions and Methodology, 1850-1970

Is there a "Nordic history"? If so, what are its origins, its scope, and its defining features? In this informative volume, scholars from all five Nordic nations tackle a notoriously problematic historical concept. Whether recounting Foucault's departure from Sweden or tracing the rise of movements such as "aristocratic empiricism," each contribution takes a deliberately transnational approach that is grounded in careful research, yielding rich, nuanced perspectives on shifting and contested historical terrain.

Marja Jalava is Senior Lecturer in political history at the University of Helsinki. Her recent publications on the history of historiography include the co-edited anthology Kirjoitettu kansakunta [The Written Nation] (2013). Her on-going research focuses on academic historiography, emotional habitus and political regimes in postwar Europe.