Person

Reader, Researcher
- Media History
- Department of Communication and Media
Contact information
E-mail sune.bechmann_pedersenkom.luse
Phone +46 46 222 84 89
Room SOL:A231
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 117, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I am Senior lecturer in digital history at Stockholm University.
The spring term 2023 I am a visiting lecturer at Media History, Department of Communication and Media, coordinating the course Digital History - Media and Methods in Theory and Practice.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- DigitalHistory @ Lund (research leader)
- The Gateway Guide: A Transnational Book & Tourism History, 1950-1975 (research leader)
- Tourism Governance and the Making of Europe (1918–1957) (research leader)
Books (2)
- Schipper, F., Tchoukarine, I. & Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2018). The History of the European Travel Commission 1948-2018. European Travel Commission.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2015). Reel Socialism : Making sense of history in Czech and German cinema since 1989. Department of History, Lund university. Dissertation.
Editorships (1)
Articles (5)
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2020). A Passport to Peace? : Modern Tourism and Internationalist Idealism. European Review, 28, 389-402. Cambridge University Press.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. & Cronqvist, M. (2019). Foreign correspondents in the Cold War : The politics and practices of East German television journalists in the West. Media History, 26, 75-90. Routledge.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2018). Eastbound Tourism in the Cold War : The History of the Swedish Communist Travel Agency Folkturist. Journal of Tourism History, 10, 130-145. Taylor & Francis.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2014). The Aesthetics of a Collapsing Border : The Fall of the Berlin Wall in German Cinema. East Central Europe, 41, 254-276. Brill.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2012). The Negotiation of Collective Identities in German Cinema after Unification. Studies in Eastern European Cinema, 3, 53-68. Routledge.
Book chapters (9)
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2022). Turism : Nöje, pilgrimsfärd, bildningsresa och diplomati. In Karlsson, K.-G. (Ed.) Natur & Kulturs globalhistoria 1 : Existens och rörelse (pp. 469-497), 1. Natur och kultur.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. & Anttila, A.-H. (2022). Democratic Tourism. In Zuelow, E. & James, K. J. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the History of Tourism and Travel (pp. 1-73). Oxford University Press.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2019). A Paradise behind the Curtain : Selling Eastern Escapes to Scandinavians. In Hoenig, B. & Wadle, H. (Eds.) Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte Osteuropas / Cultural and Social History of Eastern Europe, Eden für jeden? : Touristische Sehnsuchtsorte in Mittel- und Osteuropa von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart (pp. 227-249), 12. V&R unipress.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2019). Transnacionální rozměry cestování v éře studené války aneb Cestovní ruch ze západních zemí za tzv. Železnou oponu. In Mücke, P. & Krátká, L. (Eds.) Turistická Odysea : Krajinou soudobých dějin cestování a cestovního ruchu v Československu v letech 1945 až 1989 (pp. 18-46). Karolinum Press.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. & Noack, C. (2019). Crossing the Iron Curtain : An introduction. In Bechmann Pedersen, S. & Noack, C. (Eds.) Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe, Tourism and Travel during the Cold War : Negotiating Tourist Experiences across the Iron Curtain (pp. 1-20). Routledge.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2018). Politisk turisme og turismepolitik : Fornøjelsesrejser til Østeuropa under den kolde krig. In Kolbe, W. (Ed.) Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi, Turismhistoria i Norden (pp. 59-70), 150. Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2017). Peace through Tourism : A Brief History of a Popular Catchphrase. In Andrén, M. (Eds.) Forskning om Europafrågor vid Göteborgs universitet, Cultural Borders and European Integration (pp. 29-37). Centrum för Europaforskning vid Göteborgs universitet.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2012). Treading New Paths: Czech and German Postcommunist Road Movies. In Kristensen, L. (Ed.) Postcommunist Film - Russia, Eastern Europe and World Culture: Moving Images of Postcommunism (pp. 121-133). Routledge.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2010). På postkommunistisk road trip. Den tjekkiske road movie Jízda i historiekulturel kontekst. In Berggren, L., Karlsson, K.-G. & Tornbjer, C. (Eds.) Möten med historiens mångfald (pp. 76-84). Nordic Academic Press.
Conference contributions (2)
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2017). On Holiday behind the Iron Curtain : Western Tourism to Communist Europe.
- Dutceac Segesten, A. & Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2010). Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Ambiguities in Cristian Mungiu’s Stories of the Communist Past.
Working papers (1)
Reviews (12)
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2022). Book review: Digital Histories: Emergent Approaches within the New Digital History. Scandia, 88, 180-181. Stiftelsen Scandia.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2020). Book review: Hongliang Yan. Heritage Tourism in China: Modernity, Identity and Sustainability. Journal of Tourism History, 12, 321-323. Taylor & Francis.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2018). Book review: Aurora Lewén. Resfeber. Berättelser från semesterns barndom 1938-1959. Scandia, 84, 126-128. Stiftelsen Scandia.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2017). Book Review: James Krapfl: Revolution with a Human Face. Politics, Culture, and Community in Czechoslovakia, 1989-1992. The International Newsletter of Communist Studies, 22-23, 127-128. Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2017). När folken upptäckte varandra : Turismhistoriska perspektiv på Norden, Uppsala, 28-30 september 2016. Historisk Tidskrift, 2017, 177-179. Svenska historiska föreningen.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2016). The Early Years of East German Television : Book review: Envisioning Socialism: Television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic, by Heather L. Gumbert. Studies in Eastern European Cinema, 7, 90-92. Routledge.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2015). Book review: David Lowe & Tony Joel. Remembering the Cold War: Global Contest and National Stories. Scandia, 81, 140-142. Stiftelsen Scandia.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2014). Book review: Mattias Frey. Postwall German Cinema: History, Film History, and Cinephilia. Scandia, 80, 146-148. Stiftelsen Scandia.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2013). Book review: Renata Sukaityte (ed.). Baltic Cinemas after the 90s: Shifting (Hi)Stories and (Id)Entities. Baltic Screen Media Review, 1, 152-154. Tallin University.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2012). Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be : Book review: Maria Todorova and Zsuzsa Gille (eds.) Post-Communist Nostalgia & Nick Hodgin. Screening the East: Heimat, Memory and Nostalgia in German Film since 1989. Studies in Eastern European Cinema, 3, 231-235. Routledge.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2011). Book review: James Mark. The Unfinished Revolution: Making Sense of the Communist Past in Central-Eastern Europe. Scandia, 77, 192-193. Stiftelsen Scandia.
- Bechmann Pedersen, S. (2008). Når gode gerninger må skjules (book review) Robert Satloff. Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach Into Arab Lands. Weekendavisen.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Teaching

Reader, Researcher
- Media History
- Department of Communication and Media
Contact information
E-mail sune.bechmann_pedersenkom.luse
Phone +46 46 222 84 89
Room SOL:A231
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 117, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20