Publications and dissemination

Below you find a list of my publications in chronological order. For those of the entries which concern publications in Danish I have included a translation into English in brackets. See the drop down menu for information on oral dissemination, including my appearances in various media, and for overviews of the publications and dissemination which I have made specifically in the context of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark  and for the educational website www.danmarkshistorien.dk.

List of my publications in chronological order

(2021) Reengagements with built colonial heritage in India, perceived from French and Danish margins. Online article in Perspectives on Architectural Preservation, part 2, for the Colonial Architecture Project.
(2021) A Post/Colonial Lieu de mémoire in India: Commemorative Practices Surrounding Puducherry’s French War Memorial, History and Memory vol. 33, no. 1, 34-72.
(2020) Det begyndte i Tranquebar: Luthersk mission i en fjern tropekoloni [It began in Tranquebar: Lutheran Mission in a Faraway Tropical Colony]. Noter vol. 225. Tema: Tranquebar, 16-21.
(2020) Arven efter den danske kolonitid i Tranquebar [The Legacy of the Danish Colonial Period in Tranquebar]. Noter vol. 225. Tema: Tranquebar, 36-39.
(2019) Postcolonial perspectives on colonial heritage tourism: The domestic tourist consumption of French Heritage in Puducherry, India. Annals of Tourism Research 77, 117-127.
(2018) Between marginality and universality: Present tensions and paradoxes in French colonial cultural heritage, civilizing mission, and citizenship in Puducherry, India. Heritage and Society 10: 1, 45-67.
 (2017) Catherine Worlée: The Princess from Tranquebar, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, s. 20-21.
 (2017) The Past in the Present of 1845: The European Residences and the ‘Black Town’, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 22-23.
(2017) The hardships of Linguist Rasmus Rask, in The Governor’s Residence in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 28-29.
(2017) Embroiled in the Anglo-Mysore Wars: Porto Novo Sacked by Hyder Ali’s troops, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 34-35.
(2017) Caste Conflicts in Tranquebar: A Clash Between New and Old Elites, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 57-58.
(2017) Peter Anker: Governor in Times of Intrigue, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 98-99.
 (2017) Furniture: A Material Expression Cultural Encounters, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 160-161.
(2017) Tea: Spreading New Patterns of Consumption and Socialising, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 176-178.
 (2017) Modern Tranquebar, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 260-261.
(2017) Heritage and Tourism Development in Tranquebar, in The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of its People, 1170-1845, ed. Esther Fihl, København: Museum Tusculanum, pp. 290-291.     

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(2017) Challenges in Preserving and Presenting Colonial French Heritage in India: The case of Puducherry, in J. R. Dos Santos (ed.) Preserving Transcultural Heritage: My Way or Your Way?, Vale de Cambra: Caleidoscópio, pp. 235-241.
(2017)  Danmarks postkoloniale arv, Slagmark – Tidsskrift for Idehistorie. Særnummer: Koloniale aftryk, pp. 178-181 . [The Postcolonial Heritage of Denmark, book review for Battlefield – Journal of the History of Ideas. Special issue: Colonial Imprints]
(2017) with Niels Brimes, Lokalsamfundet Tranquebar 1630-1750. In Indien: Tranquebar, Serampore og Nicobarerne, ed. Niels Brimnes, vol. 5 in Danmark og kolonierne, København: Gad, pp. 114-163. [Local Society in Tranquebar 1630-1750. In India: Tranquebar, Serampore and the Nicobar Islands, vol. 5 in Denmark and the Colonies].
(2017) with Niels Brimes, Tranquebar under forandring 1750-1808. [Tranquebar in Change 1750-1808]. In Indien: Tranquebar, Serampore og Nicobarerne, ed. Niels Brimnes, vol. 5 in Danmark og kolonierne, København: Gad, pp. 210-245.
 (2017) with Niels Brimes, Tranquebar i britisk Indien 1808-1845. [Tranquebar in British India 1808-1845]. In Indien: Tranquebar, Serampore og Nicobarerne, ed. Niels Brimnes, vol. 5 in Danmark og kolonierne, København: Gad, pp. 276-297.
 (2017) Dansk-indiske forbindelser efter 1845. [Indo-Danish Connections after 1845]. In Indien: Tranquebar, Serampore og Nicobarerne, ed. Niels Brimnes, vol. 5 in Danmark og kolonierne, København: Gad, pp. 358-387.     

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(2014) Myte: Var Danmark det første land, der ophævede slaveriet?  [Myth: Was Denmark the First Country to Abolish Slavery?] Article for www.danmarkshistorien.dk
(2014) Putting Tranquebar on the Map: Cultural and Material Encounters in Transnational Heritage Development. In: Beyond Tranquebar: Grappling Across Cultural Borders in South India, eds. E. Fihl & A. R. Venkatachalapathy. New Delhi:  Orient BlackSwan, pp. 29-49.     

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(2013) Tranquebar: Whose History? Transnational Cultural Heritage in a former Danish Trading Colony in South India. New Perspectives in South Asian History, eds. Sanjoy Battacharya & Niels Brimnes. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan.     

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(2013)   Den lutherske mission i Trankebar 1705-1845. [The Lutheran Mission in Tranquebar 1705-1845] Article for www.danmarkshistorien.dk.
(2013)  Slavehandel i den dansk-indiske kolonihistorie. [Slave Trade in the Indo-Danish Colonial History] Article for www.danmarkshistorien.dk.
(2013)  De Dansk-Vestindiske øer efter 1917. [The Danish West Indian Islands After 1917] Article for www.danmarkshistorien.dk.
(2013) Tranquebars arkitektur. [The Architecture of Tranquebar, article for the webpage of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark].
(2013)  Bygningsbevaring i Tranquebar.  [Conservation of Built Heritage in Tranquebar, article for the webpage of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark].
(2013)  Tranquebar efter den britiske overtagelse. [Tranquebar after the British Takeover, article for the webpage of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark].
(2013)  Religiøse grupper i Tranquebar. [Religious Groups in Tranquebar, article for the webpage of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark.]
(2013)  Danske mønter i Tranquebar. [Danish Coins in Tranquebar, article for the webpage of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark].
(2012) Danish heritage tourism in Tranquebar: Colonial nostalgia or postcolonial encounter? In: Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena, eds. M. Naum & J. M. Nordin, New York: Springer, pp. 69-86.
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(2012) with Camilla Bjerre Damgaard, Sebastien Bigandt, Vinnie Nørskov and Ane Hejlskov Larsen, Unges museumsbrug: En målgruppeundersøgelse af museernes unge brugere og ikke-brugere, Kulturstyrelsen, København. [Museum Use amongst Young People: A Target Group Analysis of Young Users and Non-users of the Museums, report for the the National Cultural Heritage Agency of Denmark]     

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(2011) Unges museumsbrug – resultater af en målgruppeundersøgelse for Kulturarvsstyrelsen, Danske Museer 24: 2, pp. 26-28. [Museum Use amongst Young People: The Results of a Target Group Analysis for the National Cultural Heritage Agency, in the journal Danish Museums]
(2011) Remoteness and Development: Transnational Constructions of Heritage in a former Danish Trading Colony in South India, History and Anthropology vol. 23 no. 2, pp. 169 – 186.
(2011) Spor af den danske koloniperiode i nutidens Trankebar. [Traces of the Danish Colonial Period in Present-day Tranquebar].  Article for www.danmarkshistorien.dk.
(2009) Whose History? Transnational Cultural Heritage in Tranquebar, Review of Development and Change vol. xiv no. 1-2, pp. 227-250.     

  • This entire issue of the journal Review of Development and Change is a special issue on Tranquebar, which is available for free in in PDF format  here.
(2008) Tranquebar – hvis historie? Om at studere kulturarv under konstruktion, artikel i Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie, no. 3, pp. I-IV, 1-21. [Tranquebar – Whose history? On Studying Cultural Heritage under Construction, in the Series of Scientific Papers from the Tranquebar Initiative at the National Museum of Denmark]     

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(2008) Tranquebar: Dansk-indisk kulturarv, i Nyt fra Nationalmuseet no. 119, pp. 36-37. [Tranquebar: Indo-Danish Heritage, in the journal News from the National Museum]
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(2007) Tranquebar – en by i forandring. [Tranquebar – a Town Undergoing Change, blog article on the webpage of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark]
(2007)  Templet og den syngende brænding. [The Temple and the Singing Waves, blog article on the webpage of the Tranquebar Initiative of the National Museum of Denmark]
 (2006) Kultur-retur: Historien om et tatoveret hoveds rejse gennem museumsverdenen. Nyt fra Nationalmuseet no. 111, pp. 30-31.  [Cultural Returns: the History of a Tattooed Head and its Travel through the Museum World, in the journal News from the National Museum]
(2005) Exchanging the Inalienable: The Politics and Practice of Repatriating Human Remains from Museum and Maori Tribal Perspectives. Master thesis series no. 347, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.     

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(2005) Indfødte folk og humant materiale på museum – en voksende etisk og museumspolitisk debat. En repatrieringssag fra Danmarks Nationalmuseum. Nordisk Museologi no. 2, pp. 44-60. [Indigenous Peoples and Human Remains at Museums – A Growing Debate in Museum Ethics and Politics: A Repatriation Case from the National Museum of Denmark, in the journal Nordic Museology]     

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(2005) with Mette Nygaard Jensen, Kulturhistoriske værdier på Ulvshale. Møns Museum, Stege. [Assets of Cultural History at Ulvshale, DVD publication through the Museum of Møn]