Description

The Nuclear 20th Century introduces several aspects of the history of nuclear technology focusing on the late 20th century, when the nuclear weapons and power expressed an ambiguous state of utopian hope and dystopian despair. During the decades following the end of the Second World War, nuclear technologies had political, cultural, and material consequences across the globe. 

The Nuclear 20th Century offers an overview of nuclear humanities, familiarizing the student with some of the major themes and issues in Science and Technology Studies (STS), environmental history, and cultural history. The course draws on an interdisciplinary body of humanities and social science literature, mixing theoretical material with more empirically oriented studies through a mix of classics, new scholarship, and guest lectures from leading scholars.

The course is relevant for history or social science teachers, technicians, and people in international relations and foreign administration. It can also be of interest to a broad public that wants to learn about “the nuclear” in history.

Further information

All teaching on the course is remote. There is no requirement for meetings in Lund. The course runs at 25 % pace and can be combined with other engagements.

The study environment

The Department of History in Lund is one of the country's largest research environments in history, with research from the early middle ages to contemporary history. Prominent researchers will teach you on all our courses. The department is located at LUX, Lund University’s well equipped Humanities and Theology centre, and as a distance student, you will get access to our modern research library.