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 2026

Spring

12 February
Karin Hassan Jansson, Uppsala University
Äktenskap, arbete och ansvar i svensk samhällsdebatt 1750–1830

12 March
Anne-Sophie Overkamp, University of Wuppertal
On the merits of revisiting your material: How to write about shopping in provincial Germany in the eighteenth century

Autumn

8 October
Mari Välimäki, University of Turku
How to study the experiences of early modern professors

12 November
Leif Runefelt, Södertörn University
En explorativ metod. På jakt efter ambulerande underhållare i svensk press, 1760–1880

3 December
Georg Haggrén, University of Turku
tba

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