Pieter Dhondt, Ph.D. (2005) in History, K.U.Leuven, is Professor in the History of Education at Ghent University (Belgium). His current research focuses on the history of university celebrations and on medical history, including the process of medicalisation in pre-school and primary education.”

• List of List of Figures, Tables and GraphNotes on ContributorsNineteenth-Century University Jubilees as the Driving Force of Increasing Nordic Cooperation Pieter DhondtPART I NON-NORDIC JUBILEES IN A NORDIC CONTEXTThe Bicentenary of Helsinki University in 1840. The Jubilee of a Russian University in a Nordic Context Pieter DhondtThe Bicentenary as a National EventThe Difficult Search For the Right Foreign RepresentativesThe Jubilee of a Finnish University in a Russian ContextFinns, Russians and Swedes as Honorary Doctors and in Cultural MeetingsCriticism From Within the Own Academic CommunityConclusionThe University of Dorpat as a(n) (Inter)National Institution at its 50th Anniversary in 1852 Pieter Dhondt and Sirje TamulThe Theory of Official NationalismThe Impact of Uvarov's Reforms on the University of DorpatCraffström's Discordant Relations with Teaching StaffThe Exceptional Position of Dorpat as an International University Within the Russian EmpireSearching for a Balance in the Celebration of the 50th AnniversaryConclusion: An Increasingly Local and Regional Orientation of an International InstitutionPART II A DIFFERENT IMPACT OF THE GERMAN UNIFICATION WARS IN NORWAY, SWEDEN AND DENMARKThe Christiana University's 50 Years Celebration in 1861. National Pride and Scandinavian Solidarity John Peter CollettThe University and the State – and the NationThe University and the Scandinavian BrotherhoodConclusionThe Bicentenary of the University of Lund in 1868. A Low Point in Scandinavian Cooperation – Or a Rebirth? Fredrik Tersmeden and Pieter Dhondt (as contributor)The Unfinished CastleLund, Copenhagen and the Scandinavian MovementThe Meeting of 1862A Dead Idea – Or Rather the Contrary?Gustaf Ljunggren – A Key ActorWeibull's Celebrated Jubilee HistoryThe Medal DebateProminent and less Prominent InviteesThe FestivitiesThe Scandinavist Character of the Promotions and RhetoricThe AftermathConclusionThe Echo of the Quartercentenary of Uppsala University in 1877 Within the Nordic Countries Pieter DhondtDifficult Decisions About Who to InviteThe Jubilee as a Nordic EventThe Crucial Role of the Students in Enhancing the Nordic Character of the JubileeLimited Impact of the Event Within the Nordic CommunityThe Jubilee as Primarily a National CelebrationConclusionOnce Again, a Celebration in Uppsala. The European Dimension of the Anniversary of the Death of Carl Linnaeus in 1878 Carl FrängsmyrThe Linnean Revival of the 1870sCelebrations in Uppsala and ElsewhereFollow-up of the JubileeConclusionThe Quartercentenary of the University of Copenhagen in 1879. Denmark Between Europe and the Nordic CountriesEjvind SlottvedPreliminary PlanningA Major International OccasionThe Shadow of 1864The 400th Anniversary in the Shadow of the Treaty of PragueAn improvised Nordic CelebrationConclusionAppendix 1: The Final Programme of EventsAppendix 2: Anniversary Festschriften 1879 PART III A METHODOLOGICAL-COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE"Three the Nordic countries are, the Nordic maid but one". A different Perspective on Nineteenth-Century University Festivities Hanna EnefalkAims and MethodsThe Scandinavist Student Meeting in 1856: Sharing WomenThe Scandinavian Student Meeting in 1875: Emancipation Accepted?The Quartercentenary of 1877: Celebrating the Alma MaterConclusionUniversity Centenary Ceremonies in Scotland 1884–1911Robert D. ANDERSONThe Civic ElementThe Financial ContextTradition and Identity at AberdeenNationalism and InternationalismConclusionPART IV THE END OF SCANDINAVISM?Science, Populist Democracy and Honour. The 1911 Centenary Celebration of the Royal Fredriks University in Kristiania Robert Marc FriedmanPlanning a Jubilee to Impress the NationRekindling the Peoples' Affection for Their UniversityA New Assembly Hall as Evidence of the People's Allegiance University of Iceland. A citizen of the Respublica Scientiarum or a Nursery for the Nation? Guðmundur Hálfdanarson University Education in Iceland: The Historical BackgroundThe University of Iceland in AlþingiThe University of Iceland and the Nordic WorldConclusion: The University of Iceland. A National or Nationalist University?Nineteenth-Century University Jubilees as (Rhetorical)Attempts at Increasing Nordic Cooperation Pieter DhondtIndicesNames of PeoplePlace Names