Symposium Final programme and session handouts

Dear participants,

You will find here the final programme of the conference. There are still a few things missing, but we will fill up empty spaces as we get more information.

Link to the complete symposium programme

Highlights from the programme, with links to session and plenary handouts

Shared Past  – Conflicting Histories
Historical Knowledge, Memory and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region
University of Turku, Turku, Finland 28 – 29 September 2011

WEDNESDAY 28.9.

Plenary Session at Salus Lecture Hall, (University of Turku, Sanitas)

Opening of the Symposium  9.15

Key Note 1, 9.30 – 10.30
A Separate Story? Interpretations of Finland in the Second World War

Professor Henrik Meinander, University of Helsinki
Commentator: Dr. Pertti Grönholm, University of Turku

Key Note 2, 10.30 – 11.30
Memory Wars, Memory Laws
Professor Nikolay Koposov, University of St. Petersburg
Commentator: Dr. Louis Clerc, University of Turku

Lunch 11.45 – 13.00

Plenary Session at Mikro Lecture Hall , (University of Turku, Mikro)

Key Note 3, 13.00 – 14.00
Conflicting Histories and Politics in Latvia: Origins and Problems
Dr. Irene Sneidere, University of Latvia
Commentator:  Dr. Marko Lehti, University of Turku

Parallel Sessions 1–3,  14.15 – 15.45 (University ot Turku, Minerva)

Handouts session 1: Halmesvirta, Kuukkanen, Kello (cancelled)
Handouts session 2: MacKeough, Kannisto, Heimo
Handouts session 3: Ijäs, Mela, Jakobson

Coffee 15.45 – 16.15 (University of Turku, Lounge of the Janus Hall)

Parallel Sessions 4–5, 16.15 – 17.45 (University ot Turku, Minerva)

Handouts session 4: Kukk, Erlandsson, Clerc
Handouts session 5: Ahonen, Humphreys, Löfström, Kazlauskaite

Reception  (University of Turku, Main Building) 19.00

THURSDAY 29.9.

Plenary Sessions at Pharma 1, (University of Turku, Pharma City)

Key Note 4, 9.30 – 10.30

The Lesser Evil? On the Representation of Communism and Nazism in European Historical Culture
Professor Klas-Göran Karlsson, University of Lund
Commentator: Dr. Markku Jokisipilä, University of Turku

Key Note 5,  10.30 – 11.30
The Complications of the Selective Memory: Tragedy of the Holocaust, "double genocide" and the Evaluation of the Imposition of the Soviet Regime in Lithuania
Professor Alfonsas Eidintas, University of Vilnius
Commentator: Dr. Louis Clerc, University of Turku

Lunch 11.45 – 13.00

Key Note 6, 13.00 – 14.00
Mnemohistory – a New Paradigm for History Writing?
Dr. Marek Tamm, University of Tallinn
Commentator: Dr. Pertti Grönholm, University of Turku

Parallel Sessions 6–8, 14.15 – 15.45 (University ot Turku, Minerva)

Handouts session 6: Rennit, Meretoja, Berglund
Handouts session 7: Ruotsala, Holmén, Bergström
Handouts session 8: Grzechnik, Oiva, Grünberg

Coffee 15.45 – 16.15  (University of Turku, Lounge of the Janus Hall)

Parallel Sessions 9–10, 16.15 – 17.45 (University ot Turku, Minerva)

Handouts session 9: Artemyeva, Heikkilä, Kärki
Handouts session 10: Koski, Suominen, Immonen

Closing of the Symposium 17.45 (University of Turku, Lounge of the Janus Hall)

Thank you for your contribution, and welcome to Turku!


All the Best,
The organizers.