Global Challenges for Historical Research – Helsinki
12-13 May 2011
Organized by the CISH in collaboration with the Federation of Finnish Learned Society, the Finnish Historical Society, the University of Tampere, the University of Helsinki, the National Archives of Finland, and the Alfred Kordelin Foundation.
Programme
National Histories: Global and Local Challenges
Chair : Marjatta Hietala, President of CISH/ICHS
Robert Frank, Professor, Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne
Transnational History of Nations
Jie-Hyun Lim, Professor, Hanyang University, Korea
Victimhood Nationalism in National History Writings – Comparatives Perspectives on Europe and East Asia
Holger Weiss, Professor, Abo Akademi University
Global Ambitions, Structured Constraints and Marginality as a Choice: Anticolonialism and Class or Race Solidarity ?
Commentators:
Marja Javala, Docent, Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
Tao Wenzhao, Professor, Insitute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Welfare State: Past, Present and Future
Chair: Marjaana Niemi, docent, Academy Research Fellow, University of Tampere.
Pauli Kettunen, Professor, University Helsinki
The Nordic Welfare State- Historical Foundations and Future Challenges
Pertti Haapala, Professor, University of Tampere
Modernization of Finland in Global Perspectives
Pim den Boer, Professor, university of Amsterdam
National Identities and World Heritage
Commentator: Hilda Sabato, University of Buenos Aires
Roads for Prosperity: Education, Equality, Culture
Chair: Ann-Catrin Östman, Senior Lecturer, Abo Akademi University
Karen Offen, Senior Scholar, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University
Some Thoughts on the Potential for Research in Women’s and Gender History in the Age of Global internet
Laurent Tissot, Professor, Université de Neuchâtel
Tourism: A Road to Gender Equality ? Historical Reflexions
Commentators:
Aura Korppi-Tommola, Professor, Federation of Finnish Learned Society
Tiina Kinnunen, Docent, Senior lecturer, University of Eastern Finland
Conclusion: Marjatta Hietala