a blog by Peter Leonard
This is kind of an odd idea for an entry. Tonight was the final evening of lectures in the Finland's Pasts and Presents series, for which I've been the photographer as well as the audio-digitizer. Here's a picture of each speaker we've had over the last two quarters -- all taken by me with the exception of Pirjo Lyytikäinen, who was photographed by Lola while I was in class.
Finnish studies is a relatively small field; this is probably the most comprehensive photo gallery of its leading lights in 2004.
Suomi-kuva 1802: Constructing the Finn and Finland in Giuseppe Acerbi’s Travels
Thomas DuBois
University of Wisconsin, Madison
A Not-So-Distant Mirror: Finland between the World Wars (1918-1939)
Jason Lavery
Oklahoma State University
Politics of National Cinema
Mervi Pantti
University of Amsterdam
Finnish Decadence
George Schoolfield
Yale University
Kullervo's Curse: The Transgression Tradition in Finnish Literature
Pirjo Lyytikäinen
University of Helsinki
The Stench of Intimacy Sells: Finland's Autobiography Boom
Lea Rojola
University of Turku
Publishing Finnish Studies
Börje Vähämäki
University of Toronto
