Bio

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 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.

I am currently a senior researcher at the University of Turku in Valtteri Arstila’s project “Temporality in Predictive Processing.” 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).

Academic positions

University of Turku

Senior Researcher

Department of Philosophy
2024–

Associate Professor, Theory of History

Department of Cultural History
2015–present

Associate Professor, Philosophy of History

Department of Political Science and Contemporary History
2006–present

Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Cultural History
2002–2004

Assistant

Department of Cultural History
2000–2002

Senior Assistant

Department of Cultural History
1998

Assistant

Department of Cultural History
1997

University of Helsinki

University Researcher

Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies
2023

University of Oulu

Associate Professor, Philosophy of Historical Culture

Department of History of Sciences and Ideas
2016–present

University Lecturer

Philosophy, Department of History of Sciences and Ideas
2021–2022

Åbo Akademi University

Associate Professor, Philosophy and Cultural Theory

Department of Philosophy
2015–present

Academy of Finland Research Fellow

Department of Philosophy
2009–2014

Research Fellow (externally funded)

Department of Philosophy
2005–2009

Tallinn University

Senior Research Fellow

Cultural Theory, Philosophy,
School of Humanities
2016–2019

Professional service

Co-Editor

Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice
2018–present

Co-Founder

Research network: Rethinking Expertise in History
2015–present

Co-Convenor

Philosophy of History Seminar,
Institute of Historical Research,
University of London School of Advanced Study
2014–present

Co-Director

Centre for Philosophical Studies of History,
University of Oulu
2014–present

Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member

International Network for Theory of History
2012–present

Education

PhD, History

University of Turku
1999

MA, Cultural History and Finnish Literature

University of Turku
1995

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