About this tour
The Core Course Week explores conflict and cooperation in Europe in the 20th century with Denmark as the case study. Travel to the rugged landscapes and quaint towns of Southern Jutland, where the apparent idyll belies the fact that life here has always been steeped in European power politics, as this land has been ‘swapped’ multiple times between Denmark and the much stronger Southern neighbor Germany – sometimes by voting and sometimes by force. What was the lived experience of the World Wars and the Cold War in Denmark, and how does it continuously shape our relations with the rest of Europe?
Learning outcomes
- Explore the origins of European integration through a case study of the turbulent Danish-German relations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Learn of the dramatic division of Europe throughout the Cold War and its consequences for European and Danish security and integration.
- Engage in your personal learning process outside the classroom by actively participating and challenging your current ideas and assumptions within the field.
- Get to know your fellow students and professors in an educational and social setting outside DIS.
Possible activities
- Visit the the North Atlantic Wall: Nazi Germany’s Fortifications on the Danish West Coast
- Explore the unique Tirpitz Museum
- Experience the Cold War Museum at Stevnsfort