The symposium was held in conjunction with the 2014 meeting of FinnForum, a professional association of researchers who investigate northern European migration to the United States. Presenters addressed a range of disciplinary perspectives on topics such as fraternal organizations in labor movements, the development of corporate power in mining districts, ethnic identity, and image-making through labor-themed music.

FinnForum X was sponsored by the Institute of Migration in Turku, Finland and the University of Turku’s History Department, along with Finlandia University’s Finnish American Heritage Center and Historical Archives, with support from Michigan Technological University’s Department of Humanities.

Explore the FinnForum X speaker series schedule below.

Schedule

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2014
Saturday, April 12th
9:30 AM

Heikinpäivä in Hancock

Hilary Virtanen, University of Wisconsin

Fisher 126

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Insiders and Outsiders in East Hancock: Finnish Domestic Workers in a Copper Country Suburb

Sarah Fayen Scarlett, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Fisher 127

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Toward a Better World: Finnish Utopian Communities since 1972

Teuvo Peltoniemi, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland

Fisher 126

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

'Työmies?': Finnish Canadians in the Economy: A Historiographic Overview

Peter Krats, Western University

Fisher 127

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

11:00 AM

An Anarchist Foreign Minister?: The Ideological Background of Rudolf Holsti

Pauli Heikkilä, University of Tartu, Estonia

Fisher 127

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Finnish Fighting Words: Printing the Työmies Translation Project

Daniel Schneider, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 126

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

11:20 AM

Challenging Folk Icons - Rewriting Woody and Santeri

Oren Tikkanen

Fisher 127

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Työmies and Pappi: A Critical Look at the Finnish Socialist Federation and the Suomi Synod in Early 20th Century Michigan

Gary Kaunonen, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 126

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

11:40 AM

Finnish Miners versus Ivy League Capitalists

Lynn Laitela

Fisher 127

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

The Copper Country Strike of 1913-1914 in Finnish Newspapers

Jari Nikkola, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland

Fisher 126

11:40 AM - 12:00 AM

12:45 PM

Respectful Digging at Italian Hall

Timothy Scarlett, Michigan Technological University

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Under the Crimson Flag: Fahle Burman's Two Trips to the Michigan Supreme Court

John Beck, Michigan State University

East Reading Room, J. Robert Van Pelt and Opie Library

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

2:00 PM

Lessons Learned from 'Hall of Socialism': Juxtaposing Finnish-American Radicalism with Today's Protest Movements

Tanja Aho, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York

Fisher 126

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Social and Political Issues and the Finnish Deportees from North America

Auvo Kostiainen, University of Turku

Fisher 127

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

2:20 PM

Finnish Americans and the Farm Revolt of the 1930s

William Pratt, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Fisher 127

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

Radical Verses: Aku Päiviö's Literary Influence on the Finnish Working-Class

A. Brooke Boulton, Northern Michigan University

Fisher 126

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

2:40 PM

Building the New Society in the Shell of the Old: Finnish-Canadian Hall Socialism and the Canadian Industrial Unionist Support League

Saku Pinta

Fisher 126

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Unions to Die For

Richard Hudelson, University of Wisconsin - Superior

Fisher 127

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Panel Discussion - Finns in the United States

Auvo Kostiainen, University of Turku
Arnold Alanen
Peter Kivisto
Gary Kaunonen, Michigan Technological University

Fisher 127

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Panel Discussion - Local Finns in Illinois

Diane M. Rodgers, Northern Illinois University
Jessica Peterson, Northern Illinois University
Jill Sanderson, Northern Illinois University
Lucy Sosa, Northern Illinois University

Fisher 126

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM