TORCH Nordic Network

The inter-disciplinary home of Nordic studies at Oxford University, bringing together researchers in the history and culture of the Nordic countries.

This network provides an inter-disciplinary home for Nordic studies at Oxford. Our primary focus is to examine the critical tensions existing in the notion of a European centre and Nordic periphery, bringing together researchers in the history and culture of the Nordic countries. Our events take a variety of formats, from workshop days that explore new perspectives on central Nordic figures, to se  ...