My research and teaching centre on issues of historical representation and the uses of history in academic as well as popular contexts. I hold adjunct professorships in Finland in political history and cultural history as well as philosophy, with specializations in the theory and philosophy of history (University of Turku), philosophy and cultural theory (Åbo Akademi University) and the philosophy of historical culture (University of Oulu). Current projects engage with the nature of historians’ expertise, the ethics and politics of historical representation, the turn to materiality in recent theory debates and the role of embodied understanding in language-use.
I co-edit Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice and work to promote research in the theory and philosophy of history through a number of other organizations, including the International Network for Theory of History. In The Work of History: Constructivism and a Politics of the Past (Routledge, 2017), I explore current theory debates and their implications for writing history today. The book has recently been translated into Spanish as La obra de historia: Constructivismo y política del pasado (Palinodia, 2019).
Academic positions
UNIVERSITY OF OULU, FINLAND
Reader
Adjunct Professor, Philosophy of Historical Culture
UNIVERSITY OF TURKU, FINLAND
Adjunct Professor, Theory of History
Adjunct Professor, Philosophy of History
Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher
Assistant
Senior Assistant
Assistant
ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY, FINLAND
Adjunct Professor, Philosophy and Cultural Theory
Academy of Finland Research Fellow
Research Fellow (externally funded)
TALLINN UNIVERSITY, ESTONIA
Senior Research Fellow
School of Humanities
Professional service
Co-Editor
Co-Convenor
Institute of Historical Research,
University of London School of Advanced Study
Co-Director
University of Oulu
Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member
Education
PhD, History
MA, Cultural History and Finnish Literature
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