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The received wisdom has long been that people in Europe reacted with great enthusiasm as war was approaching in August, 1914. However, scholars who have investigated the matter have found little evidence of enthusiasm. There was no unique “spirit of 1914,” and people in general were not happy about the prospect of war. This revisionist thesis is now the new orthodoxy and should as such be subject The received wisdom has long been that people in Europe reacted with great enthusiasm as war was approaching in August, 1914. However, scholars who have investigated the matter have found little evidence of enthusiasm. There was no unique “spirit of 1914,” and people in general were not happy about the prospect of war. This revisionist thesis is now the new orthodoxy and should as such be subject

https://www.lu.se/formular/registration-webinar-creating-trust-nanotechnology - 2026-05-14

The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) is a multi- and transdisciplinary strategic research area, hosted and supported by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, comprising staff from five different faculties at Lund University.The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) is a multi- and transdisciplinary strategic research area, hosted and supported by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, comprising staff from five different faculties at Lund University.

17 september 2025 17:15 till 19:00 | Övrigt This film follows three young, unmarried women between 2016-2023, Amber, Jingya and Tingting who in different ways struggle to follow their dreams, their loves, their ambitions. The Chinese state today displays increasing worries about falling nativity at the same time that traditional Chinese family values challenges and constrains many young women in C

https://www.lu.se/evenemang/film-screening-my-five-year-plan - 2026-05-14

In this paper, locating myself in a tradition of critical race studies, I try to identify the problems I observe within the field of antisemitism studies. Departing from observations from the European Sociological Association conference held in Porto, Portugal, in August 2024, where leading antisemitism researchers in Europe stated that “antisemitism is at the core of Palestinian identity” and “po

20 maj 2026 11:00 till 22 maj 2026 15:00 | Konferens We’re excited to announce that the third Swedish Climate Symposium will take place 20–22 May 2026, hosted this time in Lund under the theme “Climate Research: Science, Society, Actions”. This symposium brings together researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders from across Sweden to deepen our understanding of climate change and explore pathways

https://www.luland.lu.se/evenemang/swedish-climate-symposium-2026 - 2026-05-13

Questions around parental involvement in education, not only in in East Asia but also in a global context, are significant, given the increased concern in ‘population quality’ and the ever-growing education market. South Korea and Singapore are widely recognized for their competitive education systems and for consistently topping international student assessment tests. They also share a ballooningQuestions around parental involvement in education, not only in in East Asia but also in a global context, are significant, given the increased concern in ‘population quality’ and the ever-growing education market. South Korea and Singapore are widely recognized for their competitive education systems and for consistently topping international student assessment tests. They also share a ballooning

Background: Child mortality differed greatly within rural regions in Europe before and during the mortality transition. Little is known about the role of nutrition in such geographic differences, and about the factors affecting the nutritional status and hence the disease outcomes.Objective: Focusing on nutrition, we analyse the effects of soil type, used as an indicator of the farm-level agricult

This article provides an in-depth examination of the U.S. government's role in the case of Raoul Wallenberg, the courageous Swedish envoy who died mysteriously in the Soviet Union after being arrested by Soviet occupation forces at the end of World War II for unknown reasons. The article recounts how U.S. officials, particularly the diplomat Herschel V. Johnson, tried to alleviate the plight of Hu

This article examines Jerome’s use of bridal and military imagery in his writings to male and female ascetics. The metaphor of the “bride” and the “soldier” had been used in earlier Christianity to describe the Christian identity of the baptized person, and in the writings of Jerome and other fourth-century ascetic writers, these motifs came to be increasingly employed in discourses on the ascetic

The purpose of this paper is to examine the continental shelf claims in the Arctic and if overlapping claims could create future conflicts between the states concerned. This is a burning issue and discussed with the background that the ice that covered the Arctic melts very fast which makes it possible to investigate the seabed and for energy extraction. It has been predicted that large quantities