Cultural Courses

Host Name Type Study level ECTS
University of Porto Portuguese: a linguistic and cultural experience I V 3 ECTS
These courses are aimed at those for whom Portuguese is not their mother tongue, and that want not only to learn Portuguese, but also to discover Portugal and its culture.
Target: Foreign citizens, aged 16 and over, for whom Portuguese is a foreign language
Date: September - October
Duration: 30 hours (sync)
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University of Porto Portuguese: a linguistic and cultural experience II V 3 ECTS
These courses are aimed at those for whom Portuguese is not their mother tongue, and that want not only to learn Portuguese, but also to discover Portugal and its culture.
Target: Foreign citizens, aged 16 and over, for whom Portuguese is a foreign language
Date: September - October
Duration: 30 hours (sync)
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University of Porto CAPPLE - Teachers of Portuguese as a Foreign Language - Refresher Course V 3 ECTS
Target: "Teachers of Portuguese as a foreign language who wish to update their professional activity in teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language.
Date: July
Duration: 32 hours (24 h synchronous + 8 h asynchronous)
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University of Porto Discovering Portugal: Intercultural Connections - The Oldest Borders in Europe: Portugal – people, History and culture P
"These programnmes offer a unique opportunity to significantly learn/improve the Portuguese language while living in the center of Porto. They also intend to explore Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian History, culture and heritage. Teachers will be available for individual appointments. Therefore, each …
Target: Foreign citizens who want to know Portugal and find out about its people, history and culture
Date: Summer Course - customised
Duration: 46 h/ 49 h + cultural activities + 7 all day excursions = 3 weeks
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University of Porto Portugal: The Hidden Gem - The Luso-Brazilian Connection: a History in common P
These programmes offer a unique opportunity to significantly learn/improve the Portuguese language while living in the center of Porto. They also intend to explore Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian History, culture and heritage. Teachers will be available for individual appointments. Therefore, each st…
Target: Foreign citizens who want to know Luso-Brazilian history and culture
Date: Summer Course - customized
Duration: 38 h + cultural activities + 7 all day excursions = 1 month
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Lund University Archaeology: Viking Age Scandinavia B, P A1-C1 7.5
The course gives a broad overview of the archaeology, history and art history of the material culture and of the written sources from the 8th to the 12th centuries. Different aspects of the political, social, cultural and religious developments and changes within Scandinavia are treated here. These…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Autumn Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Cultural Perspectives on Health, Lifestyle and Medicine B, P A1-C2 7.5
The course examines questions of health, lifestyle and medicine from cultural analytical and ethnographic perspectives. The course approaches different urgent societal issues relating to illness, diagnosis and wellbeing in contemporary and historical societies. These issues are discussed in relatio…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Spring Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Gender, Social Change and Modernity in Sweden/Scandinavia B, P A1-C1 7.5
The aim of the course is to provide the student with basic knowledge about gender, social change and modernity in Sweden and Scandinavia, covering the period from the late 1800s up to the 1950s as well as to present the development of some theoretical debates within this field. The course explores…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Spring and Autumn Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Health and Diet through Human History B, P A1-C1 7.5
Man has existed for 200 000 years, a rather short period in the history of life. In this timespan she emerged from Africa and since colonized a large part of the planet. Human history is characterised by important transitions such as the introduction of agriculture, urbanisation and industrialisati…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Spring Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Scandinavian and European Film Culture V A1-C1 30
Moving images have long been an important part of culture and society, but digitization and globalization are radically changing their creative, industrial, cultural and social forms and significance. In this course, four select perspectives will allow students both a varied and nuanced understandi…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Autumn Semester
Duration: 20 weeks (40 hours a week)
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Lund University Scandinavian Model of Equality - Gender, Class, Ethnicity and the Social Welfare State B, P A1-C1 7.5
We will cover issues such as citizenship and representation in political institutions, changes in women’s participation in the labour force, sexuality and the social welfare state, masculinity studies as well as gender and social change. Integral to the course is learning to use critical theoretica…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Spring and Autumn Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Survey of Swedish Literature B, P A1-C1 7.5
The course provides a survey of Swedish literary tradition, from the Middle Ages until today. It is centered on canonized and internationally well-known authors such as Carl Michael Bellman, Carl von Linné, Selma Lagerlöf, August Strindberg, and Gunnar Ekelöf. Additionally, more popular fiction, fo…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Spring Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Swedish Art in a Scandinavian Context B, P A1-C1 7.5
The course presents an outline of Swedish art and visual culture from prehistoric times on to the present era, with insights in art from other Scandinavian countries. A chronological outline is given of artistic expressions from the rock carvings of the Bronze Age to contemporary art and architectu…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Spring Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Swedish Film B, P A1-C1 7.5
The aim of the course is to give the student an overview of Swedish film, and special emphasis is given to the relation between Swedish film and society. The course starts in the silent period, and from 1930 and onwards, the Swedish sound film is studied specifically in relation to particular film …
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Autumn Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Swedish History from a Nordic Perspective B, P A1-C1 7.5
This course will provide you with a short overview of Swedish and Nordic history from the Viking Age to the present. A Nordic perspective is taken to allow critical approach to an otherwise Swedish interpretation of history. Selected issues from Swedish and Nordic history will be discussed in order…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Autumn Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Swedish Music in Contemporary Culture B, P A1-C1 7.5
This course explores Swedish music, musicians, musical media, record production, and music technology in contemporary popular culture. Through an emphasis on popular music and jazz, the course will consider both Sweden’s historical and recent musical contributions to a wealth of national and intern…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Autumn Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Swedish Politics - Past and Present B, P A1-C1 7.5
Are you interested in the development of Swedish politics and Swedish political life in the 20th and 21st centuries? Learn more on topics such as: Swedish political parties; the founding of the National State and democratic developments; the politics of gender policies and political predictions for…
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Spring Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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Lund University Swedish Society and Everyday Life B, P A1-C1 7.5
The course provides an introduction to Swedish culture and daily life. It is based on field work in which an analysis is made of material collected through the practice of observation techniques. One of the themes studied is the articulation of modernity in Swedish daily life.
Target: Students of all disciplines
Date: Autumn Semester
Duration: 10 weeks (20 hours a week)
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