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On 7 February 2019 the largest evening paper in the Nordic countries, Aftonbladet, published an article on the scholar Martin Kragh, head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs In Stockholm and researcher at Uppsala University. Kragh, according to Aftonbladet, was allegedly working for "a covert state intelligence organization in Great Britain," and he should therefore be investigated "by Swedish media and the security police." The problem with Aftonbladets claims is that they are false, and that they with a high degree of confidence had their origin in a Russian influence operation against the British think tank Institute for Statecraft. Using quantitative and qualitative method, this article analyses the origins and diffusion of the campaign Internationally and in Sweden as an informational cascade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Customarily speaking, concepts of vocational and career training have been organised differently in Great Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany. Since the nineteenth century, vocation has been the "organising principle" of apprenticeship and vocational training in Germany, alongside of social security and other social forms. In Britain, however, a standardised system of vocational education and training does not exist. This paper seeks to shed light on a variety of systems for apprenticeship, vocational training, and career services in British and West German employment offices, as well as their effects on unemployment after the late 1960s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on "Inszenierung als Legitimation? Die Monarchie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert - ein deutsch-englischer Vergleich," a conference that focused on the history of monarchies in Europe, and took place in Coburg, Germany. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics such as the influence of Christianity on the German monarchy in the 1800s, the courtly ceremonies during the reign of German Emperor William II., and the role of the British royal family in the media.

The article offers information on "Repräsentationsformen des Anderen. Migranten in Westeuropa und den USA im 20. Jahrhundert," a workshop that focused on migrants in Western Europe and the United States during the 20th century that took place in Berlin, Germany in 2011. Papers presented discussed topics such as migration policies in the Atlantic Ocean region, the social discourse on multiculturalism in Great Britain since the 1960s, and the research on minorities in Austria.

The article presents information about perspectives on social civility in 18th century Great Britain. The role of emotions research in discussions of British civility norms is discussed. Particular attention is paid to British attempts to transfer conceptions of civilized life to colonies in India. Descriptions are given of the political aspects of the emotionality ascribed to colonized nations in the British Empire by their colonizers. Further comments are made concerning the perception of emotional differences and the use of this perception to judge the social development of a colonized nation.