This paper examines the vocal works of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen in an effort to establish that, despite their technical difficulty and apparent complexity, these pieces are actually rooted in the Danish New Simplicity ( Ny Enkelhed ) aesthetic. It also provides biographical, h…
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How do journalists determine who receives standing in mass mediated public debates? Previous theories explain the rule: Public officials and other elite stakeholders typically dominate media coverage. But they fail to explain the exception: Non-elite actors such as social moveme…
When hearing parents in the United States receive the diagnosis of prelingual deafness for a child, they enter a historically disputatious social field that few, if any, have the slightest notion of previously. What counts as the “proper” intervention to offer parents mirrors lo…
This study examines the Holy Roman Empire's internal organization and polities as revealed by its reaction to a foreign crisis. The conflict between Sweden and Denmark during the years 1563-1576 affected the interests of a broad cross section of the Empire's myriad of states. Th…
In this study a multiproxy approach (including sedimentary techniques, diatoms, molluscs, foraminifera, sedimentary pigments, isotopes, pollen and plant macrofossils) has been adopted to assess environmental change over the last ~9,000 years at three Danish coastal sites (Kilen,…
Affordability of energy in the domestic sector is the product of three interrelated factors - level of household income, level of energy bills (which are a product of prices and levels of energy demand, mediated by tariffs and the retail market), and the amount of energy that a …
My dissertation offers a new reading of one of Denmark's great writers of the nineteenth century as first and foremost a Jewish artist. By offering an alternative to the nationalistic discourse so prevalent in the scholarship, my study examines Goldschmidt's relationship to the …
This study involved an ethnographic investigation of a bilingual program designed to improve the academic success and promote the self-esteem of Turkish children in Denmark. Although listed as Turkish nationals, a significant proportion of students enrolled in the program were o…
This dissertation examines the relationship between Muscovite Russia and Denmark-Norway in the first half of the seventeenth century through the lens of three dynastic marriage projects. The first project in 1601-2 consisted of a match between Ksenia Godunova, the daughter of Ts…
Denmark is considered a Christian country. The Christian heritage is strong, and three quarters of the population are members of the Danish Lutheran Church. The Danish culture is, however, characterized by a secular mindset with rationalism, individualism, and an absence of fait…
This dissertation analyzes the Danish cartoon crisis of 2005-2006, which began with the publication of twelve images of the Prophet Muhammad in Jyllands-Posten , a small Danish newspaper. Asserting that the crisis represents a politically, culturally, and religiously important e…