Historians without Borders in Finland has organized the first ever History Dialogue for Finnish and Estonian historians in the Autumn of 2023. The report of the dialogue will be published in a streamed event on January 18th 2024. The dialogue has been organized in cooperation with Tallinn University and with the support of the Finnish-Estonian Culture Foundation.
Historians without Borders in Finland will publish a report on the findings of a Finnish-Estonian History Dialogue held in Autumn 2023. The publication event will be held on January 18th at 2:00-4:00 pm and it will be streamed on Historians without Borders Youtube-channel. The event will be held in English.
About the Finnish-Estonian History Dialogue:
The Finnish-Estonian History Dialogue was held as a facilitated dialogue in Autumn 2023 among five Estonian and five Finnish historians at Tallinn University. The purpose of the Dialogue was to identify and discuss the differences and similarities in the interpretation of 20th century history in Estonia and Finland. The dialogue explored new perspectives to look at the shared and differing histories of the two nations as well as developments in historiography, management of the past as well as the status of historians and historical research in societies.
The project applied the History Dialogue method developed by Historians without Borders, which can be used to enhance the dialogue on history, on a transnational basis or within societies. Historians without Borders has previously implemented the History Dialogue method for several projects, including a series of small group dialogues between Nordic and Belarusian historians, Ukrainian and Russian historians and for example as a series of small group dialogues on the pain points of the Finnish Civil War.
The Finnish-Estonian History Dialogue was organized by Historians without Borders in Finland in cooperation with Tallinn University and with the support of the Finnish-Estonian Culture Foundation.
About Historians without Borders:
Historians without Borders is an international network whose goal is to bring together historians across national frontiers and to bridge the gap between academia, policy makers and the general public in order to bring the knowledge of historians to wider use. The purpose of the network is to promote public discussion about history and the use of historical knowledge for peacebuilding and conflict resolution. Join our network by signing the Historians without Borders declaration!
Additional information:
Heta Hedman
Secretary General
Historians without Borders in Finland
heta.hedman@hwb.fi
tel: +358406608979
