The seminar

The seminar Methods in cultural and intellectual history (Europe, Scandinavia) is organised by Charlotta Wolff, professor of Finnish history at the University of Turku, and Johanna Ilmakunnas, professor of Nordic history at the Åbo Akademi University, as a cooperation between the two universities. The objective of the seminar is to promote historical research by exploring new methods and cross-disciplinary approaches within cultural and intellectual history. The seminar convenes six times a year online and is open to all interested researchers regardless of their status or affiliation.

For more information and to receive the Zoom link, please contact Professor Charlotta Wolff or Professor Johanna Ilmakunnas.

Programme 2023

Spring

9 February
Anna Albrektson, Stockholm University
Men hur gör vi? Reflektioner kring teori och metod i ett tvärvetenskapligt projekt

9 March
Petteri Pietikäinen, University of Oulu
Sopeutuminen suurkaupunkiin: kuinka siirtolaisten ja afrikkalais-amerikkalaisten elämää tutkittiin Chicagossa vuosina 1914–45

20 April
Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen, University of Turku
Seksuaalisuus, köyhyys, rikollisuus – herkkien aiheiden tutkimusetiikka

Autumn (titles may be adjusted)

12 October
Charlotte Guichard, École Normale Supérieure
Watteau colonial

9 November
Karin Sennefelt, Stockholm University
Vad kan vi veta om kroppar under tidigmodern tid?

14 December
Darrin McMahon, Dartmouth College
Equality and the history of ideas in the longue-durée

Main picture: Elias Martin, View of Paris from the Embankment beneath the Pont Neuf, 1766–1768, Nationalmuseum, photo Hans Thorwid, public domain.