[H-verkko] Turku, Finnish-American Immigrants in Transition 2009

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Agricolan tapahtumakalenteriin on lähetetty uusi ilmoitus:

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Finnish-American Immigrants in Transition 2009
Turku 01.06.2009 klo 12:00 - 02.06.2009 klo 16:30

Preliminary program in Turku, June 1.-2.2009

Dates: June 1.-2.2009

Place: Siirtolaisuusinstituutti - Institute of Migration, Eerikinkatu
34, 20100 Turku Finland

Organizers: Univ. of Turku, Dept. of General History and FIDIPRO
programme Multiculturalism as a new pathway to incorporation;
Institute of Migration.

chair: Auvo Kostiainen (aukosti at utu.fi); seminar secretary: Tuomas
Räsänen (turasa at utu.fi)

June 1, 2009

12.00 Opening words: Rector Keijo Virtanen (Univ. of Turku); Director
Olavi Koivukangas (Institute of Migration)

12.15 Prof. Andrés Reséndez (Univ. of California Davis; Univ. of
Helsinki Bicentennial Chair), Forming Immigrant Identities

13.00 Prof. Auvo Kostiainen (Univ. of Turku), Writing of the
Finnish-American History

13.45 Prof. (emer.) Reino Kero (Univ. of Turku), The Background of
Emigration

14.30 Coffee Break

14.45 Prof. Arnold Alanen (Univ. of Wisconsin, USA), Immigrant
Landscapes

15.30 Prof. George Hummasti (Univ. of Missouri, USA), Alcohol and the
Immigrant Finns

16.15 PhD cand. Samira Saramo (Univ. of Toronto, Canada), The
Finnish-Canadian Immigrant Experience

Commentator for day one: Prof. Jon Saari (Northern Mich. University,
USA)

19.00 Evening program: cruise to Naantali

June 2, 2009

9.00 Ph.D. Sr. Lecturer Garbi Schmidt (Danish National Centre for
Social Research, Copenhagen), Norms and Values in the Integration
Process of the Immigrant

9.45 Prof. Peter Kivisto (Augustana College, USA), Race as an Issue
in American Immigration History

10.30 Coffee Break

10.45 Prof. Mika Roinila (Bethel College, USA), Swedish-Finnish
Experience in North America

11.30 13.30 Ph.D. cand. Johanna Leinonen (Univ. of Minnesota, USA),
Multicultural Family Histories

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Workshops

A: Images of the Finns in North America (chair Hannu Heinilä, HAMK)

B: Finnish-Americans Today (chairs Jouni Korkiasaari, Institute of
Migration and Mika Roinila)

C: Other (to be announced)

15.00 Workshop reporting

Commentator for day two: Prof. Jon Saari (Northern Mich. University,
USA)

16.00 Closing words

Finnish-American Immigrants in Transition 2009 (
http://blogit.utu.fi/fidipro/2009/01/07/finnish-american-immigrants-in-transition-2009/
)

Tiedustelut:
Tuomas Räsänen <turasa at utu.fi> puh. 02-3335364 

Ilmoituksen lähetti:
 Auvo Kostiainen <aukosti at utu.fi> puh. 020-3335235 tai 040-5174313 
7.1.2009 10:35

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