Second Environmental History Day of Finland / Toinen Suomen ympäristöhistorian päivä

22.11.2023, Wednesday / Keskiviikko
Porthania, University of Helsinki /Helsingin yliopisto
Yliopistonkatu 3, Level 2 krs.
Room / Huone P219, right above the building entrance / sisäänkäynin ylhäällä

10.15-10.30

Short Welcome / Alkusanat 

 

10.30-12.15 

Morning panel / Aamupaneeli

 

From resource limits to unlimited growth – Finnish free-market thought and the challenge of environmentalism between 1974 and 1985 

Tero Toivanen, Helsinki Collegium for Advances Studies & University of Helsinki

 

The unknown protector of northern nature? The Finnish army in the Second World War

Simo Laakkonen, University of Turku

 

Environmental history of Helsinki urban wetlands

Somayeh Alikhani, University of Helsinki

 

From non-conflict to Green colonialism – Sami herders, Sami Parliament and nature conservation

Jukka Nyyssönen, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research

 

Discussion / Keskustelu

 

12.15-13.00

Lunch / Lounas 

 

13.00-14.30 

Afternoon panel 1. / Iltapaneeli 1. 

 

"Destroying the Forest by Feeding the Herd: The Interplay between Non-Human Animals and Forestry in Finland during 1910s"

Juha Haavisto, University of Turku

 

Techno-Greens: the relationship between environment and technology in the Finnish Green Party 1985-2002

Risto-Matti Matero, University of Jyväskylä

 

Trash Food? Fish as Food in Finnish Society between the 1870s and the 1990s

Matti O. Hannikainen, University of Helsinki

 

14.30-14.45

Break / Tauko 

 

14.45-16.15

Afternoon panel 2. / Iltapaneeli 2. 

 

Metsä moninaiset merkitykset koulutus- ja ympäristöhistorian näkökulmasta

Otso Kortekangas, Åbo Akademi; Helsingin yliopisto

 

Saharan dust in the Finnish atmosphere and on the ground? The first systematic data on long-range transported dust in Finland in 1980-2022

Outi Meinander, Ilmatieteen laitos - Finnish Meteorological Institute

 

Inkerinsuomalaisten perinteiset elinkeinot, niiden muutos ja ruoan saatavuus esiteollisella aikakaudella

Andrei Kalitnitchev, Siirtolaisuusinstituutti - Migration Institute of Finland

 

16.15-17.00

Book Launch Session / Kirjan julkaisutilaisuus

Green Development or Greenwashing? Environmental Histories of Finland

 

Special Guests: 

Sarah Johnson, Partner, White Horse Press, UK

Professor Mark Hersey, Mississippi State University, USA

 

Download the Open Access Book in PDF HERE >>>

 

Discussion / Keskustelu

 

End of Program / Loppu

 

After the official program, you are welcome to join the organizers at the Thirsty Scholar at your cost.  (Fabianinkatu 37) / Virallisen ohjelman jälkeen olet tervetullut mukaan Thirsty Scholarissa, omalla kustaanuksella. (Fabianinkatu 37)

 

Do you have any questions or comments? Feel free to contact the organizers /Kysymykset tai kommentit? Laitakaa viestin järjestejille: Matti O. Hannikainen, Viktor Pál, Mikko Saikku  helsinkienvhum@gmail.com