[H-verkko] Helsinki, Norden as a historical region

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Norden as a historical region
Helsinki 25.11.2011 

Ett engelskspråkigt seminarium om Norden som historisk region.
Seminariet med nordiska och internationella forskare och föreläsare
tar bland annat upp synen på Norden utanför regionen.

Norden as a Historical Region

Day Conference, hosted by CENS and NIFIN Helsinki 25 November 2011

25.11.2011 09.00 h - 17.30 h 
Nordens institut i Finland, Nifin 

A collaboration between with the Centre for Nordic Studies,
University of Helsinki(CENS), and Nordens Institut i Finland
(NIFIN).

Provisional programme:

09:00 Conference opens

09:15 Welcome & Introduction

Andrew Newby (Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of
Helsinki)Henrik Stenius (Centre for Nordic Studies, University of
Helsinki)

09:30 Europe’s Historic Regions

Concepts and Methodologies Professor Diana Mishkova (Centre for
Advanced Study, Sofia)

10:30 Coffee

10:45 Europe and its regions

The View from the North Professor Johann Arnason (La Trobe
University)

12:00 Lunch Break

13:15 Norden as a conceptual region

This session will feature short presentations on various ways in
which Norden can be, and has been, conceptualised thematically,
examining in particular social policy, cooperative movements, and
civil society.

Dr. Mary Hilson (Senior Lecturer in Scandinavian Studies, University
College London)Professor Pauli Kettunen (Professor of Social Science
History, University of Helsinki) Dr. Åsa Lundqvist (Senior Lecturer
in Sociology, University of Lund) Research Director Henrik Stenius
(Centre for Nordic Studies, University of Helsinki)

Discussant: Dr. Johan Strang (Centre for Nordic Studies, University
of Helsinki)

14:45 Coffee

15:00 Norden as a distributed region

This session will feature examinations of the ways in which Norden
has been conceptualised from outside the region, including historical
and contemporary constructive of Scandinavian self-image from both the
Baltic region and the British Isles.

Dr. Jonas Harvard (Director of the Nordic Spaces Project, Södertörn /
MSU) Dr. Andrew Newby (Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of
Helsinki) Dr. Peter Stadius (Department of World Cultures, University
of Helsinki)

Discussant: Dr. Ainur Elmgrén (Centre for Nordic Studies / Network
for European Studies, University of Helsinki)

16:30 Closing Round Table Discussion Discussants

Johann Arnason, Diana Mishkova, Henrik Stenius Chair: Andrew Newby

17:30 Close


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Ilmoitus lähetetty: 31.10.2011 08:51

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