Historical climate changes and their societal impacts

About this programme

The climate has shown considerable variability both during ancient and more modern history of mankind, frequently with significant effects on food production and availability and, hence, on the human living conditions at large. This course will, based on the latest research, both address how the climate actually has varied at global to regional scales, and how the climate changes have directly and indirectly affected agriculture, pastoralism, transports and society at large. This course focuses on Europe during the past two millennia, but it also includes prehistoric times and global historical perspectives. The students will, through reading research articles, gain a deepened understanding of ongoing scientific debates about past climate changes and their societal effects. The course will furthermore address the science history of the field, from the often simplified climate determinism in the early twentieth century to the interdisciplinary discourses about human agency in relation to shifting natural conditions in the twenty-first century. The course will be taught as seminars. Attendance is obligatory. It is important to notify the teacher if you are unable to attend, so that a suitable compensatory task can be assigned. The course is taught in English. Contact information and service hours for the Department's Student Affairs Office, Student Guidance Councelor/International Exchange Coordinator and Directors of Studies To follow your passion. To be close to international career opportunities. To explore city and countryside. In Stockholm you can really get the best