[H-verkko] Helsinki, Historians without Borders: The Use and Abuse of History in Conflicts

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Agricolan tapahtumakalenteriin on lähetetty uusi ilmoitus:
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Historians without Borders: The Use and Abuse of History in Conflicts

Helsinki, Aleksanterinkatu 5
19.5.2016 – 20.5.2016
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WEDNESDAY 18.5.2016

16.00-19.00

Registration

University of Helsinki Main Building, Aleksanterinkatu 5

19.00-20.30     

Welcoming Reception hosted by the City of Helsinki

Place: City Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13

THURSDAY 19.5.2016

09.00-10:00     

Registration and Coffee

Place: University of Helsinki Main Building, Aleksanterinkatu 5

10.00-10.30     

Opening Words

Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, President of Historians without Borders in Finland

President Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

10.30-11.30     

Keynote lecture: Dr. Bernard Kouchner

Followed by a panel discussion

Panellists:        Minister Elisabeth Rehn

  Prof. Vadim Roginsky, Russian Academy of Sciences

Moderator:     TBC

 

11.30-12.30     

Keynote lecture: Prof. Margaret MacMillan

Followed by a panel discussion

Panellists:        TBC

Moderator:     TBC

12.30-14.00     

Lunch break

14.00-16.00 

Workshop discussions in three simultaneous sessions

 

Session 1:         1917 in Finnish and Russian Historiography

Speakers:         Prof. Henrik Meinander, University of Helsinki
(moderator)

  Prof. Kimmo Rentola, University of Helsinki

  Dr. Sergei Zhuravlev, Russian Academy of Sciences

 

Session 2:        Writing a Common History for Israel and Palestine

Speakers:         Prof. Hannu Juusola, University of Helsinki (moderator)

  Prof. Mahmoud Yazbak, University of Haifa

  Dr. Jonathan Furas, Tel Aviv University

 

Session 3:        The Presence of History in East Asia: Why Can’t
Bygones Be Bygones?

 Session is hosted by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs

Speakers:        Dr Julie Yu-Wen CHEN, Professor, University of Helsinki
(moderator)

 Dr NAKANO Koichi, Professor, Sophia University

 Dr GE Jianxiong, Senior Professor, Fudan University (Shanghai)

 

16.30-17.30     

Networking opportunities

 

18.00

Cocktail Reception hosted by the University of Helsinki

FRIDAY 20.5.2016

 

10.00-11.00  

Keynote lecture: Thabo Mbeki (TBC)

Followed by a panel discussion

Panellists:         TBC

Moderator:      TBC

 

11.00-12.00

Keynote lecture: Romila Thapar

Followed by a panel discussion

Panellists:         TBC

Moderator:      TBC

 

12.00-13.30

Lunch hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Speaker: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Mr. Timo Soini (TBC)

 

13.30-15.00    

Workshop discussions in three simultaneous sessions

 

Session 4:        Turkey and Armenia 1915

Speakers:         TBC

 

Session 5:        Colonial History or History of Colonialism

Speakers:         TBC

 

Session 6:        Power, Diplomacy, Revolution or Society in Modern
Mediterranean History?

Speakers:        Prof. Vladislav Zubok, London School of Economics
(Moderator)

 Dr. Rinna Kullaa, Sciences Po University

 Dr. Leyla Dakhli, CNRS, Marc Bloch Center

 

Session 7:        US – Latin American Relations in Historiography

Speakers:        TBC

 

15.00-15.30  

Coffee

 

15.30-17.00     

Closing Plenary

Discussion and decision on the establishment of an International Network of
Historians without Borders and follow-up for the initiative.


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