My research centres on issues of historical representation and the uses of history in academic as well as popular contexts. I hold adjunct professorships 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 research engages with the ethics and politics of historical representation, the role of embodied understanding in language-use, the turn to materiality in recent theory debates and the nature of historians’ expertise.

I am also editor of 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. A recent book, The Work of History: Constructivism and a Politics of the Past (Routledge, 2017), explores current theory debates and their implications for writing history today. The book has been translated into Spanish as La obra de historia: Constructivismo y política del pasado (Palinodia, 2019).

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Tallinn University

University of Oulu

University of Turku

Åbo Akademi University

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