The course discusses different forms of mobility in the pre-modern Baltic Sea Region. Since ancient times, the Baltic Sea functioned as a route for travel and enabled the exchange of both goods and ideas. Mobility, voluntary or forced, was thus a major factor of cultural exchange. In many cases, its impact is still visible today. The course offers to examine the ways of mobility with the help of sources, objects, scholarly works.

The course is arranged within the project ”Virtuelle Hochschule Ostseeraum”. It will be taught online and in English. Teaching and grading are the responsibility of the University of Tampere. The course consists of a series of lectures, group work and seminars. Please register only for the lecture and seminar together.

As the course follows the Finnish system, the teaching period differs from the German fall semester. Teaching sessions will be mainly in November and December plus some sessions in January. Additionally, the students will be expected to meet individually in working groups. Lectures will be accessible online at any time.

Course dates:

24.10.2022-5.3.2023

Lecturers:

Christian Krötzl, Dr.phil., Professor of General History, Tampere University

Dr. Miikka Tamminen, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University 

The extent of the course:

10 ECTS credits (University of Greifswald)