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Lena Lennerhed

Professor in History of Ideas at Södertörn university. She has written books and articles about the history of sexuality and history of abortion. Her book on illegal abortions in Sweden, Historier om ett brott, was published in 2008. Her  ongoing research is about abortion and psychiatry in Sweden 1938-1975.

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Articles by Lena Lennerhed

  1. Flirt with a Holocaust Crime. Stephen Daldry’s and David Hare’s Film the Reader

    An analysis of the film The Reader, based on the book of the same name. The film’s perspective on individuals’ behavior during the Holocaust makes coming to terms with acts of the past impossible – which itself invalidates the entire film.

  2. Preparing for the Revolution. Hungarian Dissident Intellectuals before 1989

    In the 1960s Hungarian intellectuals listened to jazz as a protest against the system. Symbols united them in the fight. In 1989 they returned to lead the revolution.

  3. The Cybernetics Scare and the Origins of the Internet

    Cybernetics was created in the Soviet Union in the ’50s; it celebrated technical progress as the future of mankind. Cybernetics proceeded from the encounter between human and machine.

  4. Brücke nach Europa. Schwedisch-Pommern 1630-1815

    Pomerania flew the Swedish flag during the years 1630–1815. The province became a coveted badge in the great political power game of Northern Europe.

  5. The Valuable Body. Organ trafficking in Eastern Europe

    The altruistic act of donating organs is increasingly a financial transaction with the body as a commodity. Poor people are persuaded, tricked, into selling one of their kidneys without receiving adequate care afterwards.

  6. The Baltic Sea. A Model Region

    Baltic Sea cooperation is a good example of how nations can find forms of collaboration. There is a solidarity between countries and a desire to work on things such as environmental problems.

  7. A Triangular Drama. at the Periphery of a World War

    The struggle for control among the Great Powers in the Nordic region during the 19th century focused on the dissolutions of unions and on nation-building. Russia and Napoleon were strong players. Sweden and Finland had a close relationship.

  8. Ragni Svensson's Illustrations

    Ragni Svensson contribute in each issue of Baltic Worlds with illustrations.

  9. Translator of Baltic Worlds

    Translator Brian Manning Delaney has developed a Style Guide for the magazine based on a modified version of the Chicago […]

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