A seminar between Estonian and Finnish historians in Helsinki

30.09.2008

History in the 21st Century. Rewriting the Difficult Past

A seminar between Estonian and Finnish historians

Tuesday, September 30th 2008. National Archives Service, Rauhankatu 17, Helsinki

Program:

08.30 Coffee

09:00 Opening of the seminar: Director General Jussi Nuorteva

Ambassador Merle Pajula: Development of cooperation between Estonia and Finland

Professor Pertti Haapala and Docent Lauri Mälksoo: The goals of the seminar between Estonian and Finnish historians

09:30 Professor Eero Medijainen (University of Tartu): Baltic Identity: Myths or Reality?

10:00 Director General Jussi Nuorteva (National Archives Service of Finland): Government funded historical research in Finland

10:30 Mr Toomas Hiio (Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of the Crimes against Humanity): What is the rewriting of history? On the use of contemporary history in the post-Cold-War North-East European politics

11.00 Comments

11:30 Lunch

12:30 Professor Pertti Haapala (University of Tampere): The Legacy of the Civil War in Finnish Historiography

13:00 Professor Aadu Must (University of Tartu): Common History and National Identities of Estonia and Russia

13:30 Comments

14:00 Coffee

14:15 Docent Lauri Mälksoo (University of Tartu): Historical Facts and International Law in the Estonian Context

14:45 Professor Henrik Meinander (University of Helsinki): World War II in Finnish Historiography

15:15 Professor Seppo Hentilä (University of Helsinki): Cold War, Soviet Union and Finland - Recent Historiography

15:45 Comments

16:00 Final Remarks: Professor Pertti Haapala and Docent Lauri Mälksoo.

Seminar registration is due September 24th.
Registrations are received by Taina Sarvikas, tel. 09-228 52 203 or taina.sarvikas@narc.fi