New Directions in Finnish North American Research

This webinar showcases four innovative PhD dissertation projects on Finnish North American history and heritage. The speakers will present new approaches from the perspectives of history, folklore studies, linguistics, and literature.

This webinar is organized by the “Migrant Experiences, Past and Present” project funded by the Public Diplomacy Section of the US Embassy in Finland, in collaboration with the Migration Institute of Finland, Immigration History Research Center, Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, and the Finnish American Studies Association.

Speakers

• Mirva Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “From Ethnic to Local: Linguistic and Cultural Change in Northern Wisconsin”
• Tanja Juuri, Tampere University, “The Finnish-Canadian Multilocal Landscape of Home and Labour in the Early 20th Century”
• Lotta Leiwo, University of Helsinki, “Weathering Capitalism: Finnish American Women and Nature-Related Socialist Rhetoric”
• Roma Lucarelli, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, “The Legacy of the Kalevala: Finnish Immigration, Co-Operative Mechanisms, and Agricultural-Based Homesteading”