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The third University History conference in Joensuu, 18th and 19th of May 2009

Turning points in Nordic higher education history.

 
How to get there?
Accommodation in Joensuu
Linkki kampusalueen karttaan

Programme

Monday, 18th of May

Agora-building (Faculty of Humanities and Theology, Yliopistokatu 4)

Arrival, registration, lunch

14.00 – 14.15 (Auditorium AG 100)
Opening of the conference
Professor Laura Kolbe University of Helsinki; Head of the Network
Professor Jukka Korpela, University of Joensuu; Head of the Department of History

14.15 – 15.45 (Auditorium AG 100)
Keynote lectures
Vice-rector Teuvo Pohjolainen, University of Joensuu
The University reform and the new University of Eastern Finland

Professor Risto Rinne, University of Turku
Higher education and the formation of the welfare state

15.45 – 16.00
Coffee break

16.00 – 18.00 (Lecture hall AG 103)
Presentations
Chair: Laura Kolbe

Pieter Dhondt: The search for an adapted European model of medical training in Finland, 1800-1940.
Marja Jalava: Coping with complexity: The Finnish University Degree Reform of the 1970s.
Sari Aalto: Lääketieteen opintouudistus Suomessa 1970-luvulla.
Susanna Wollkoff: The early years of student support at the University of Helsinki.

19.00
Social programme, evening meal and drink (Agora-building / Vienola)

 

Tuesday, 19th of May

Agora-building (Faculty of Humanities and Theology, Yliopistokatu 4)

9.00 – 10.30 (Lecture hall AG 103)
Presentations
Chair: Pieter Dhondt

Tarja-Liisa Luukkanen: University Education and the Rise of Religious Fundamentalism in Finland.
Mia Korpiola: Playing the Examination Game.
Jukka Kortti: Ylioppilaslehti and the University's Finnicizing before WW II

10.30 - 10.45
Coffee break

10.45 - 12.15
Marja Engman: Korkeakoulutus osana kansakunnan rakentamista - kansakunta, joka vaihtoi keiltä
Panu Nykänen: Valtio, tuotanto ja teekkari.
Päivi Vuorinen: Polytechnic graduates' employment in instable working life.

12.15 – 13.15
Lunch

13.15 – 14.00 (Auditorium AG 100)
Keynote lecture
Senior lecturer Matti Salo, University of Oulu
The Northern Universities - A Fundamental Part of the Regionalization of the Nordic Higher Education

14.00 – 14.30 (Auditorium AG 100)
Discussion, conclusion of the conference, coffee
Professor Laura Kolbe, University of Helsinki; Head of the Network