Fall 2020
CULTURAL MEMORY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
ZOOM WEBINAR SERIES

28 October, 14–15
EDUCATION, MEDIA AND POLITICS IN THE MAKING OF SOCIAL MEANINGS
https://utu.zoom.us/j/64519151314
- Juho Ruotsalainen, Doctoral Candidate, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC): ‘Pioneer journalists and social imaginaries – what futures for journalism?’
- Tiago Queimada e Silva, Doctoral Candidate, Cultural History and European and World History: ‘The “Good Noblemen Who Conquered the Kingdom”: Islam and Aristocratic Political Legitimation in Medieval Portuguese Historiography’
11 November, 14–15
ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE AS CONSTRUCTORS AND CHALLENGERS OF CULTURAL MEMORY
https://utu.zoom.us/j/64867080391
- Raita Merivirta, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cultural History and European and World History: ‘Cultural Memory and Counter-Memory in Indian English Literature’
- Lotta Kähkönen, University Teacher, Gender Studies: ‘Embodied Experieces of Art Making Art: Narrative Reflections by Transgender Artists’
25 November, 14–15
CULTURAL MEMORY AND PROCESSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN RELATION TO INEQUALITY AND MULTUCULTURALISM
https://utu.zoom.us/j/69591583988
- Päivi Rannila, University Lecturer, Geography: ‘Urban inequality: the uses and orders of urban public spaces’
- Anna-Maria Isola, Senior Researcher, Social Work: ‘Family narratives behind intergenerational disadvantages and advantages’
9 December, 14–15
CULTURE, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
https://utu.zoom.us/j/63533757120
- Katriina Siivonen, University Lecturer, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC): ‘Cultural Sustainability as a Transformative Power’
- Avril Tynan, Postdoctoral Researcher, TIAS: ‘Dementia Diagnosis and Narrative Ethics: The Case of the Metaphysical Detective Novel’