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.
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| Saturday, April 12th | ||
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| 9:30 AM |
Hilary Virtanen, University of Wisconsin Fisher 126 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
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| 9:30 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 10:00 AM |
'Työmies?': Finnish Canadians in the Economy: A Historiographic Overview Peter Krats, Western University Fisher 127 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 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 |
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| 11:00 AM |
Finnish Fighting Words: Printing the Työmies Translation Project Daniel Schneider, Michigan Technological University Fisher 126 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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| 11:20 AM |
Challenging Folk Icons - Rewriting Woody and Santeri Oren Tikkanen Fisher 127 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM |
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| 11:20 AM |
Gary Kaunonen, Michigan Technological University Fisher 126 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM |
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| 11:40 AM |
Finnish Miners versus Ivy League Capitalists Lynn Laitela Fisher 127 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 11:40 AM |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2:00 PM |
Tanja Aho, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York Fisher 126 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM |
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| 2:00 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2:20 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 |
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| 2:40 PM |
Saku Pinta Fisher 126 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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| 2:40 PM |
Richard Hudelson, University of Wisconsin - Superior Fisher 127 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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| 3:30 PM |
Panel Discussion - Finns in the United States Auvo Kostiainen, University of Turku Fisher 127 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
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| 3:30 PM |
Panel Discussion - Local Finns in Illinois Diane M. Rodgers, Northern Illinois University Fisher 126 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM |
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