The Working Group on Colonialism within Historians Without Borders invites You to an online discussion on Tuesday 13th June 2023 where we discuss impact of the colonial project on the construction of European welfare with Gurminder K. Bhambra, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies at...
Historians Without Borders in Finland will organise a history dialogue between Finnish and Estonian historians. An important part of the project will be a project report based on the dialogue. We are looking for an author for the commissioned project report by May 21st....
Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen will deliver a lecture and take part in discussion with students at Tampere University on Thursday 26.1.2023. The event is organized as part of Tampere University's European Union and the World lecture series in cooperation with...
A speech by Minister (hon.) Pär Stenbäck at the 30th Congress of Nordic Historians in Gothenburg, 10th August 2022. The speech was a part of a plenary roundtable with the topic ”The Politics of History in the Nordic Countries”. ...
What is the role of history in the Colombian peace process? How can the study of history contribute to conflict resolution? Why should we continue to have difficult conversations about the past? How can we ensure history doesn’t repeat itself? Eamon Gilmore COLOMBIA: MAKING PEACE AND HISTORY...
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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...
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...
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...
Speech by Erkki Tuomioja, 26.4.2017, Helsinki I think historians should approach today’s subject in a suitably humble frame of mind. With few exceptions – I am thinking for example of Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and his path-breaking History of the world’s climate from the year 1000...