I was raised in Germany, but I have been living in Finland for the last ten years or so, which has made me intimately familiar with Finnish culture and society. As 50% German and 50% Finn, you could say I am the personification of the idea behind the Finnish Institute…

In my dissertation I compared the Sikh experience in Finland and California. While working on my dissertation I was often asked why I chose this particular subject. It's a long story, but it all began when I spent nine months in India as part of my studies in ethnology. I…

Finland and the German-speaking nations of Europe have much to share with each other. The Finnish Institute in Germany provides advice and networking services and offers a varied cultural programme in cooperation with its partners.

One of our core missions is to create encounters between Finnish and German speaking professionals…

Berlin has always played a significant role in global politics. The city is a major cultural hub, with a magnetic attraction for artists from all over the world. In part this may be a result of Berlin’s conscious policy of attracting global actors in the creative fields, such as artists…

I well remember the first time I walked past the University of Helsinki Department of Ethnology. It was a sunny summer's day and I think the year was 2003. I walked past Helsinki Cathedral and went on up Unioninkatu. There I saw the gate and beyond it the courtyard shared…

In this article we have listed the most important publications of Laura Hirvi.

• 2015 Young Sikhs in Finland: Feeling at Home Nowhere, Everywhere, in Between and Beyond.
• 2015 "A Suitcase Full of Art": Transnational Mobility Among Berlin-based Visual Artists from Finland.
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