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Laura Kolbe

Laura Kristina Kolbe
September 9 1957, Bogotá, Colombia

Master of Arts 1982 (General History) and Doctor of Philosophy 1989 (Finnish and Nordic History), University of Helsinki, Docent of History 1994

Professor of European History, University of Helsinki 2005-

Historiographer for Kulosaaren Kotiseutusäätiö (a foundation representing a coastal district of Helsinki) (1983–88)
Historiographer for the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (1989–95)
Historiographer of the City of Helsinki (1996–2002 and 2005).

Secondary occupations include curator of the Mannerheim Museum (1982–91), project secretary for SITRA (1987-89), adviser to the First Lady of Finland, Eeva Ahtisaari (1996–2000). Editor of Suomen kulttuurihistoria I-V ('Finnish cultural history vols. I-V') (1998–2004), editor of Tiedepolitiikka ('Science policy') magazine (2003–06).

Publications, research projects and scientific activities

Written by Laura Kolbe and Riitta-Ilona Hurmerinta (ed.)
Translated by Johanna Spoof. Revised by John Calton.

More on Laura Kolbe online

  • ”Suomalainen yläluokka” ('The Finnish upper class'), Laura Kolbe's interview with Kalle Haatanen, Yle Radio 1. 27 September 2014. (In Finnish)
  • ”Nainen ja valta” ('Women and power'), Laura Kolbe guests on Riku Rantala and Tunna Milonoff's Riku and Tunna – Docventures radio programme, 27 December 2013, Yle Puhe. (In Finnish).
  • ”Kuka on oikea suomalainen?” ('Who can truly call themselves a Finn?'), Laura Kolbe guests on the Ali ja Husu radio programme, 24 January 2013, Yle Puhe. (In Finnish)
  • ”Kaksi lukua Helsingin historiaa osa 2: Vironniemi” ('Two chapters in the history of Helsinki part 2: Vironniemi'), Seppo Heikkinen interviews Laura Kolbe about the history of Helsinki for the Historiasarjoja radio programme, 15 October 2012, Yle Radio 1. (In Finnish)
  • ”Laura Kolbe tietää suomalaisuuden” ('Laura Kolbe knows the meaning of 'Finnish’'), interview on Godmorgon Sverige (‘Good morning Sweden’) radio programme, 25 June 2011, Sveriges Radio. (In Swedish)
  • ”Mitä Suomi on?” ('What is Finland?'), Laura Kolbe's lecture for the Humanismin illat (‘Nights of humanism’) lecture series, 23 November 2010. In Finnish.
  • ”Maakunnasta se pienikin ponnistaa” (’Out of provincial acorns, mighty oaks grow’), Laura Kolbe's interview, October 2010, Aristoteleen kantapää (’Aristotle’s heel’), Yle Radio 1. (In Finnish)
  • ”Intohimona kaupungit” ('A passion for cities'), Laura Kolbe's interview, Humanist of the Month 1/2006, the University of Helsinki Faculty of Arts. (In Finnish)

 

Photo: Mika Federley.​
Photo: Mika Federley.​

  • Laura Kolbe's blog (in Finnish)
  • ”Från strömmingsmarknaden” ('From the herring market'), History professor Laura Kolbe talks about the history of the herring market, 8 October 2013, Capital region news, Yle Areena. (In Swedish)
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Laura Kolbe

Laura Kristina Kolbe
September 9 1957, Bogotá, Colombia

Master of Arts 1982 (General History) and Doctor of Philosophy 1989 (Finnish and Nordic History), University of Helsinki, Docent of History 1994

Professor of European History, University of Helsinki 2005-

Historiographer for Kulosaaren Kotiseutusäätiö (a foundation representing a coastal district of Helsinki) (1983–88)
Historiographer for the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (1989–95)
Historiographer of the City of Helsinki (1996–2002 and 2005).

Secondary occupations include curator of the Mannerheim Museum (1982–91), project secretary for SITRA (1987-89), adviser to the First Lady of Finland, Eeva Ahtisaari (1996–2000). Editor of Suomen kulttuurihistoria I-V ('Finnish cultural history vols. I-V') (1998–2004), editor of Tiedepolitiikka ('Science policy') magazine (2003–06).

Publications, research projects and scientific activities

Written by Laura Kolbe and Riitta-Ilona Hurmerinta (ed.)
Translated by Johanna Spoof. Revised by John Calton.

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