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08 Jan Legacies of Colonialism in the Nordic Countries

Posted at 19:21h in Blog, News, Yleinen, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="4/6"][vc_column_text]   How are the legacies of colonialism dealt with in the Nordic Countries? What kind of discussions are taking place in the countries? What can we learn from their experience?   Join us in discussing these themes on Friday 25...

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23 Feb How Historians Address the Legacy of Colonialism?

Posted at 12:30h in Blog, News, Yleinen, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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  On March 5th 2018 Historians without Borders, in cooperation with the University of Johannesburg and ACCORD - The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, organises a seminar on the legacy of colonialism. Please RSVP: Ismail Badrudin (ismailb@uaj.ac.za) or call +27 (0)11 559 2303. Welcome!   HOW HISTORIANS ADDRESS...

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25 Jul History and conflict: How can historians contribute to conflict resolution and conflict prevention

Posted at 14:55h in Blog, News, Yleinen, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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  Erkki Tuomioja´s opening remarks at the International Students of History Association Seminar in Helsinki 25.7. 2017   2015 was the centenary of the events in the Ottoman Empire in which up to a million and a half Armenians met their deaths. Historians on all sides are more...

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21 Jul Ukrainian-Russian History dialogue

Posted at 12:24h in Blog, News, Yleinen, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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On September 4-5 we organize a seminar on the joint and parallel histories of Russia and Ukraine.  The seminar is organised in cooperation with the German Historical Institute, the University of Helsinki and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. We wish to facilitate discussion...

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13 Mar Economic Development, Conflicts and History

Posted at 17:05h in Blog, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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  Speech by Erkki Tuomioja at ICD Berlin Economic Forum 10.3.2017 A significant part and maybe even a majority of all conflicts have economic and social causes. Social discrimination and unequal access to economic resources are also at work in most ethnic, religious and other conflicts where...

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02 Mar How History Affects Politics Today?

Posted at 15:38h in Blog, News, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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  On Monday 20 February, Historians without Borders and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) organised a seminar on “Politics and History - What Should be the Role of Politicians Dealing with History?” Professor Timothy Garton Ash delivered a keynote speech followed by a panel...

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30 Jan HWB Hosts Prominent Ukrainian and Russian Historians in Finland

Posted at 18:21h in Blog, News, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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  Historians without Borders in Finland hosted on January 30th in Königstedt Manor, near Helsinki, a meeting with five Russian and five Ukrainian well-known historians to discuss issues of history under the heading Analyzing the 20th Century in Ukrainian and Russian historiography today. On Sunday evening...

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12 Jan Guest blog: Historical Advice for Policy Making – “Lessons from History” or Historical Knowledge?

Posted at 17:54h in Blog, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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  In 1996, Arthur Schlesinger, a famous American historian and public intellectual, criticized the idea of “history as therapy” in his op-ed in the New York Times. Describing the growing engagement of the public with questions of history’s official and less official uses and abuses, he...

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01 Jan Chairmans’ New Year’s Message

Posted at 12:15h in Blog, News, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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Historians without Borders in Finland, our Finnish NGO founded in June 2015, now has more than 300 members. The international network for which we are acting as the secretariat keeps growing. After our conference in May 2016 we have had meetings with historians in Vienna, ...

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20 Dec Guest blog: Reparations for slavery – a reasonable discussion?

Posted at 13:42h in Blog, Yleinen @en by Jenni Laakso

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  Already when slavery was abolished in Great Britain in 1833, reparations were paid. The British state considered that the slave owners had to be compensated in some way for the brutal fact that they lost part of their property, which in this case consisted of...

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