Research Projects in History

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The Academy of Finland Center of Excellence in Historical Research

History of Society: Rethinking Finland 1400-2000

Director: Prof. Pertti Haapala
Organisation: The Centre of Excellence is hosted by the University of Tampere, School of Social Sciences and Humanities. The partners are Department of History and Ethnology at Jyväskylä University and History at Abo Akademi University.
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2012-2017

Funded by the Academy of Finland

Cities and Transnational Interaction. The Cultural Contacts between West and East European Urban Centres during and beyond the Cold War

Head of the Project: Prof. Marjatta Hietala
Members of the research group: Mervi Kaarninen, Sampsa Kaataja, Kirsi Ahonen, Timo Vilen, Audrone Januzyte, Aleksandra Stupar
Web Site of the Project
2010-2013

From Empire to Independence: The Interplay of Global, National and Local in Helsinki and Dublin c. 1900-1940

Researcher: Finnish Academy Research Fellow, PhD Marjaana Niemi.
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2008-2013

The Future is not a Foreign Country - Urban History Politics as an Agent of Continuity in the 20th Century

Head of the Project: Finnish Academy Research Fellow, PhD Marjaana Niemi
Members of the research group: Marc Schalenberg, Tanja Vahtikari
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2011-2014

Gender and Demonic Possession in Later Medieval Europe

Researcher: Dr. Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Postdoctoral Researcher
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2011-2014

Health and Citizenship in Finland 1900-2000: Ideology, policy, intervention

Researcher: Docent Dr. Minna Harjula, Academy Research Fellow
2009-2014

Religion, Politics, and Nationalism: The Vatican's Foreign Policy and Nationalistic Tensions in Inter-War Europe

Head of the Project: Docent Dr. Kirsi Salonen, Academy Research Fellow
Web Site of the Project
2010-2013

Whistleblowing of the Land Hungry: Petitions and Denunciations as Interplay between Peasants and Officialdom in Finland during the Last Decades of Russian Rule

Researcher: Dr. Sami Suodenjoki , Postdoctoral Researcher.
2012-2015

Other Funding

Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Nordic Historiography since 1850

Head of the Project: Prof. Pertti Haapala
Funded by: NOS-HS
Group members: From all Nordic Countries
2010-2014

Books and Their Authors at the Stake. A Contribution to the History of Censorship

Researcher: Docent Dr. Juhani Sarsila
2008-2013

Satakunnan historia 1500-2000

Head of the Project: Prof. Pertti Haapala
Researcher: Several researchers
Funded by: Satakuntaliitto

UWAS, Urban Water Services in Long-Term Perspectives in NORTH-SOUTH-SOUTH. Higher Education Institution Network Programme

Responsible Coordinator(s): Adjunct professor (Docent) Dr. Petri S. Juuti and administrative coordinator Dr. Riikka P. Rajala
Network Member Institutions: University of Nairobi, Kenya. Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia. North-West University, South Africa. Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Tampere University of Technology, Finland. University of Tampere, Finland.
Funded by: CIMO
2012-2014
 

Research Centres and Units

Center for North American Studies

North American Studies website

Trivium - Tampere Centre for Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Trivium-centre is a multidisciplinary network between researches and teachers of the University of Tampere.
Trivium web site

Ympäristöpalveluiden ja -johtamisen tutkimuskeskus

International Centre for Research on Environmental Services and Governance (ICES) & IEHG
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Recently Finished Projects

Argumenta -Yhdyskuntien kehitys ja vesi

Head of the Project: Petri S Juuti
Group members: Tapio S. Katko & Riikka P. Rajala
Funded by: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
Web Site of the Project
2011-2012

Conflict and Community: Transatlantic Relations in the Long Twentieth Century (as part of the Academy of Finland's FiDiPro-initiative)

Head of the Project: Prof. Marjatta Hietala
Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro): Prof. Jussi Hanhimäki
Members of the research group: Jussi Hanhimaki, Benedikt Schoenborn, Katalin Miklossy, Pia Koivunen
Conflict and Community website
2007-2011

Kirjoitettu kansakunta: Sukupuoli, historiakirjoittaminen ja kansallinen identiteetti 1800- ja 1900-lukujen Suomessa

Funded by: Koneen säätiö
Head of the Project: Prof. Irma Sulkunen
Members of the research group: Mervi Kaarninen (dos.), Mikko Pollari, Ilona Pikkanen ja Antti Harmainen, Tiina Kinnunen (dos.), Marja Jalava (dos.), Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (Turun yliopisto).
2007-2011

The Orthodox Lutheran Confessionalism in 17th century Sweden and its European Context

Researcher: Dr. Raisa Maria Toivo, Postdoctoral Researcher.
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2010-2012

Nokian kumityöläisten historia 1904 - 2012

Head of the Project: Prof. Pertti Haapala
Researcher: Keijo Rantanen
2011-12

Pirkanmaan Osuuskaupan historia 1901-2010

Head of the Project: Prof. Pertti Haapala
Members of the research group: Pekka Kaarninen ja Jussi Koivuniemi
2009-2011

Religion and Childhood. Socialisation in Pre-Modern Europe from the Roman Empire to the Christian World

Head of the Project: Docent Dr. Katariina Mustakallio, Director of the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae.
Members of the research group: Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Ville Vuolanto, Jenni Kuuliala
Web Site of the Project
2009-2012

The Role of Papal Justice in the Late Middle Ages

Researcher: Docent Dr. Kirsi Salonen, Academy Research Fellow
-2012

Rosenlewin historia 1853-1987

Head of the Project: Prof. Pertti Haapala
Researcher: Jussi Koivuniemi
2007-2010

Sosiaalisten ja kulttuuristen verkostojen luominen. Prahan yliopiston pohjoiseurooppalaiset opiskelijat ja opettajat, 1360-1409.

Researcher: Prof. Christian Krötzl
2010-2011

Transition and Continuity. Society, Everyday Life and Religion in Northern Europe, 1450-1600.

Head of the Project: Prof. Christian Krötzl
Members of the research group: Jussi Hanska, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Raisa Maria Toivo, Miia Ijäs, Maija Ojala
Web Site of the Project
2008-2011