My work centres on issues of historical representation and the uses of history in academic as well as popular contexts. Ongoing research focuses on the ethics and politics of historical representation, the nature of historians’ expertise and the turn to materiality and embodiment in recent theory debates.
I also hold associate professorships in political history and cultural history as well as philosophy, with specializations in the philosophy of historical culture (University of Oulu), the theory and philosophy of history (University of Turku) and philosophy and cultural theory (Åbo Akademi University).
Experience
Associate Professor, Theory of History
2015–present
Department of Cultural History
Associate Professor, Philosophy of History
2006–present
Department of Political Science and Contemporary History
Senior Researcher
2024
Department of Philosophy
Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher
2002–2004
Department of Cultural History
Assistant
2000–2002
Department of Cultural History
Senior Assistant
1998
Department of Cultural History
Assistant
1997
Department of Cultural History
University Researcher
2023
Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies
Associate Professor, Philosophy of Historical Culture
2016–present
Department of History of Sciences and Ideas
University Lecturer
2021–2022
Philosophy, Department of History of Sciences and Ideas
Associate Professor, Philosophy and Cultural Theory
2015–present
Department of Philosophy
Academy of Finland Research Fellow
2009–2014
Department of Philosophy
Research Fellow (externally funded)
2005–2009
Department of Philosophy
Senior Research Fellow
2016–2019
Cultural Theory, Philosophy, School of Humanities
Co-Editor
2018–present
Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice