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AY5501: NORTHERN PEOPLES AND CULTURE (2019-2020)

Last modified: 18 Mar 2020 09:59


Course Overview

IN a series of TEXT based student-led seminars we study past Northern Peoples AND Cultures through KEY topical debates, characteristic FOR different cultural regions AND TIME periods. IN the seminars students examine a RANGE of northern contexts, FROM prehistory TO more recent times ALL over the Circumpolar North.  Students encounter topics AS versatile AS animal domestication IN Northern Eurasia, Scandinavian Vikings, AND Colonial North America illustrating the diversity of life AND thought IN Northern communities. EACH seminar will also explore how particular KEY issues have become central TO the 'identity' of archaeological research IN the respective areas

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Charlotta Hillerdal

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of Archaeology (AY) (Studied) or History (HI) (Studied) or Music (MU) (Studied) or Master of Letters in Museum Studies (Studied) or Master Of Science In Cultural And Creative Communication or Master of Letters in Scandinavian Studies (Viking & Medieval Studies) (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

IN a series of TEXT based student-led seminars we study past Northern Peoples AND Cultures through KEY topical debates, characteristic FOR different cultural regions AND TIME periods. IN the seminars students examine a RANGE of northern contexts, FROM prehistory TO more recent times ALL over the Circumpolar North.  Students encounter topics AS versatile AS animal domestication IN Northern Eurasia, Scandinavian Vikings, AND Colonial North America illustrating the diversity of life AND thought IN Northern communities. EACH seminar will also explore how particular KEY issues have become central TO the 'identity' of archaeological research IN the respective areas. 


Contact Teaching Time

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

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