Cultural History Department
School of History
Sirkkala Building
FIN-20014 UNIVERSITY OF TURKU
FINLAND, EUROPE
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Human Faces of Power
X Conference in Methodologies and Theories in History
University of Turku, 10th-12th of September 2009
SESSIONS PROGRAMME
Thursday 10 September 2009
12.30 - 14.00
Cinematic Practices of Power
Organisers and discussants: Heta Mulari & Hannu Salmi
Discussants: Lavinia Stan/ Gabriela Ghindea, University of Cluj-Napoca (CLIOHRES.net)
Place: Pub4 lecture hall
| 12.30-13.00 | Heta Mulari: Practices of Sexual Power in Swedish Youth Film"Hip hip hora!" (2003) |
| 13.00-13.30 | Bolivia Erazo: The origin of the dispute between El Comercio newspaper and Empresa Cines de Quito cinema company in 1929 Quito |
| 13.30-14.00 | Petteri Halin: Remembering the past, celebrating the present |
(Coffee 14.00 - 14.30)
| 14.30-15.00 | Rami Mähkä: Imaginary history from below: It happened here (1964) |
| 15.00-15.30 | Andrey Shcherbenok: The Absent Face of Power: Missing Stalin in Post-Stalinist Soviet Cinema |
| 15.30-16.00 | Kimmo Ahonen:
Alien Faces of Power: I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) |
Power in the Medieval World
Organiser: Anu Lahtinen & "Baltic Sea and Europe": Encounterings before the year 1809
Discussant: Prof. Jeroen Deploige, Dept. of Medieval History, University of Gent, Belgium (CLIOHRES.net)
Place: room 269
| 12.30-13.00 | Mari Isoaho: The power relations of the lands of Rus' in 1015-1078 in the Primary Chronicle |
| 13.00-13.30 | Kirsi Kanerva: Outbursts of Insanity vs. Nobly Restrained Rage. Expressing Emotions in Thirteenth Century Iceland. |
| 13.30-14.00 | Claudia Rother (CLIOHRES.net): Fables, Myths and the Power of Truth - or: What is "history" in the Middle Ages? |
14.30 - 17.00
Power, Science and Historical Knowledge
Organisers:Taina Syrjämaa and Leila Koivunen
Discussants: Lavinia Stan/ Gabriela Ghindea, University of Cluj-Napoca (CLIOHRES.net)
Place: room 471
| 14.30-15.00 | Elise Garritzen: Footnotes and power in historical research |
| 15.00-15.30 | Ville Laamanen:
The Power of Historical Knowledge Shaping Interpretations on National Socialism |
| 15.30-16.00 | Bruce Johnson: Sounds of Power |
Gendered Networks and Forums of Power
Organiser: Anu Lahtinen & project "Conflict in Community"
Discussant: Lecturer, PhD. Ann-Catrin Östman, Åbo Akademi University
Place: room 269
| 14.30-15.00 | Tiina Miettinen:
Kinless servant or daughter of the house? Unmarried women in 17th century sources |
| 15.00-15.30 | Ulla Ijäs: Merchant Households and Gender Division of Labour at 18th and 19th century Vyborg |
| 15.30-16.00 | Päivi Salmesvuori: Power and Authority in the Case of Finnish Trance Preacher Helena Konttinen (1871-1961) |
| 16.00-16.30 | Laura Stark: The limits of patriarchy: Women's hidden networks in rural Finland 1860-1940 |
Friday 11 September 2009
9.30 - 11.30, 14.45 - 17.15
Rural Poor in Finnish society through the ages
Organiser: Tapani Paavonen
Discussants: Prof. Jonny Hjelm, University of Umeå, Sweden and prof. Timo Toivonen, Turku School of Economics
Place: room 126
| 9.30- 10.00 | Jan Kunnas: Tensions originating from different time perspectives |
| 10.00- 10.30 | Jaana Laine: Shifting power in the forest work |
| 10.30-11.00 | Asta Kietäväinen: Striving towards independence - Agency and Identity in the Life Stories of Settlement Farmers |
From Uniform to Unity
Organisers: Nicholas Hill & Brendan Humphreys
Discussant: phil.lic. Jussi Jalonen, University of Tampere
Place: room 471
| 9.30-10.00 | Nicholas Hill: The Nation in Uniform: The Selection Process for Finnish Officers 1918-1928 |
| 10.00-10.30 | Brendan Humphreys: The Second Fatal Shore, Gallipoli in the Australian Experience |
| 10.30-11.00 | Pierre-Francois Peirano: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the construction of American political identity |
| 11.00-11.30 | Jyrki Outinen: The power and the glory: The Finnish soldiers in the Russo - Turkish war 1877-1878 |
Power of the Media
Organiser: Erkka Railo
Discussant: prof. Peter Dahlgren, University of Lund
Place: Pub4 lecture hall
| 9.30-10.00 | Akseli Salmi: Theatre as a medium of power in Prussia 1815-1848 |
| 10.00- 10.30 | Rauno Lahtinen: Urban planning and the power of the media |
| 10.30- 11.00 | Ville Pitkänen: Political journalism and the Internet |
| 11.00- 11.30 | Leena Rossi: Peer Reviewer’s Power in Publishing |
(Lunch, Keynote Lecture)
| 14.45- 15.15 | Erkka Railo: Personal life stories as legitimation of power |
| 15.15- 15.45 | Mari K. Niemi: Political leadership in Finnish media publicity |
| 15.45-16.15 | Anu Kantola: Performing power: Public authority styles in the post-war Finland |
Caring Power
Organisers and discussants: Kaisa Vehkalahti & Pirjo Markkola
Place: room 269
| 9.30- 10.10 | Pirjo Markkola & Kaisa Vehkalahti: Introduction to the Concept of Caring Power |
| 10.10-10.50 | Heini Hakosalo: Baby power: Christmas seal homes (1936-73) and the production of expert knowledge |
| 10.50-11.30 | Susanna Hoikkala: Changing disciplinary practices in children's residential care - Isolation as an example |
(Lunch, Keynote Lecture)
| 14.45-15.25 | Saara Tuomaala: Care or control? Leisure time of rural young people in Finland 1917-1940 |
| 15.25-16.05 | Mirja Satka: Modern child protection |
14.45 - 17.15
Alternative views on influence in politics
Organiser: Louis Clerc
Discussant: Jonathan L’Hommedieu, University of Turku
Place: room 471
| 14.45-15.15 | Louis Clerc: The Finnish lobbying in Paris. A case study of foreign policy decision-making, 1900-1940 |
| 15.15-15.45 | Hanne Koivisto: Studying the identity of left intellectuals - How to reach identity reflections with contemporary sources of changing power relations |
| 15.45-16.15 | Tiina Lintunen: The winner takes it all. The civil war rights and liberties of the defeated after the Finnish civil war |
| 16.15-16.45 | Pauli Heikkilä: Rudolf Holsti the Anarchist. Evolution of international relations to promote mutual interests |