23 Nov 2017

Thanksgiving in Uppsala

Talk #1

For Thanksgiving 2017 I found myself in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, to talk about Digital Humanities with folks from the university there.

From Gamla Torget

The talks I gave were held inside Carolina Rediviva, the University Library. It holds a number of interesting volumes…

At the Library

…including this one concerning, I think, Russian trade off the east coast of Sweden…

At the Library

…and subjects still more obtuse…

At the Library

Other famous buildings here include the Gustavianum, which at 1622 is the oldest building on campus and the site of many a dissection in the central anatomical theater:

From the University House

A walk along the river at twilight gives you the cathedral in reflection:

Cathedral from the Fyris river

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