My best memories at the University of Helsinki
My best memories at the University are from my early years as a student. The main building of the University was old-fashioned, grand and eve… Read more »
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My Best Memories at the University of Helsinki
I have plenty of happy memories from my years at the University of Helsinki. I came to the university as a postgrad, and integration into the Department of General Linguistics proved to be easy and straightforward. There was a good atmosphere: we got together for Friday coffee and plenty of parties. But we certainly got through plenty of work, too. Read more »
My best memories at the University of Helsinki
I have many good memories of the University. Among the finer moments have been the doctoral defences of my students, discussions with delightful opponents and the attendant festivities. It was a particular source of delight to see scholarships granted to four excellent German researchers by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and to have the opportunity to guide them over a ten-year period at the German department. These scholars made a significant contribution to the research profile and studies offered at the department. Read more »
My best memories of the University
My years in the University, starting back in the autumn of 1969, have witnessed many changes. Throughout this time the study of Spanish and Portuguese has continued to grow. Spanish is no longer held to be an exotic language, as it was for many in the 1970s. Read more »
My best memories at the University of Helsinki
As I reflect on a teaching career at the University of Helsinki spanning more than 40 years, and now nearing retirement, I notice that each decade has had its own highlights. Read more »
My Best Memories at the University of Helsinki
Teaching is in my bones, so the best thing about the University is the range of stylish and beautiful events which involve enthusiastic young students. These young hopefuls show no lack of energy when they work together, learning from each other. The student ‘nations’, especially my own assocation, Eteläsuomalainen osakunta, the history students' organisation Kronos ry, and the Student Union of the University of Helsinki, as well as the National Union of University Students in Finland are all important organisations for me. Read more »
My best memories from the University of Helsinki
My first 'best memories’ from the University of Helsinki have to do with the time I was the president of the archaeology students’ organisation Fibula ry ( in Finnish) in the late 1980s. Student life was so carefree! Parties, excursions to ancient remains, Scandinavian student meetings... Read more »
My best memories at the University of Helsinki
From the university’s perspective, Timo Santala’s study record is, well, challenging. The Master’s degree in five years did not exactly work out for him. He has chosen all kinds of interesting courses and ended up abandoning many of them. Santala moved from subject to subject following his interests without thinking about completing his degree. Read more »
My best memories of the University of Helsinki
When I think of my time at the University a whole range of memories come to the fore. First of all of course was the registration organised by the rector Erkki Kivinen, an unassuming but nevertheless serious occasion. In my day teaching was still very traditional, one lecture after the other and undergraduates had to work out the instructions for themselves. The tutor system was in its infancy, and frankly it did not help very much. Nor did everything go to plan... Read more »
My best memories at the University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki has meant a great deal to me. It was easy to get to know teachers and other students alike at the beating heart of the University campus, the PamPam restaurant, aka the ”seminar room” at the old department of history. There was an endless stream of legendary personalities among the teachers. I met most of my best friends in those circles. Read more »
My best memories of the University of Helsinki
This may sound a little clichéd, but I find it difficult to come up with one single best memory from the time that I was doing my Master’s studies in Women’s Studies at the University of Helsinki. Read more »
My Best Memories at the University of Helsinki
There are so many memories from my student days that it is hard to choose the best. One moment that stuck in my mind was when the student organisation Kronos turned 50 in November of 1995. There were about 300 people celebrating at the event in the Old Student House, including the famous historian Eino Jutikkala. The party went on all night, and when I left in the morning to look for a ride home, the city was pure white from the snow that had fallen overnight. Read more »
My Best Memories at the University of Helsinki
Doctor of Philosophy Mirkka Lappalainen has a great deal of good memories from her university days. The most significant ones concern the beginning of her studies as a history student and, on the other hand, the day of the defence of her doctoral thesis. Read more »
My best memories from the University of Helsinki
Some of my warmest memories from the University of Helsinki are of people, particularly my colleagues. Read more »
My best memories at the University of Helsinki
When I’m asked for my best memory at the university, the first thing that comes to mind are Auli Hakulinen’s lectures and her teaching and instruction in general. So the best memories are related to the intellectual side, to sources of inspiration and realisation. Dr Hakulinen managed to have an effect on me on every course where I participated. Read more »
My best memories from the University of Helsinki
Many of my memories from the University of Helsinki are anchored in spaces: the incredibly beautiful foyer of the old wing of the Main Building, the rooms of the Department of Finnish Literature on Liisankatu, the hall of the National Library. Read more »
My best memory from the University of Helsinki
I have many good memories from the University of Helsinki, but there’s one that beats them all. It was the end of 1989 and I was a research associate at the Department of History. Read more »
My best memories at the University of Helsinki
I always knew that I wanted to study at the University of Helsinki, but I never planned a career in research. When Juhani U.E. Lehtonen, my predecessor and the Professor of Ethnology, asked me to become an assistant during the final stages of my studies, he said that the work would include postgraduate studies. When we discussed the subject of my dissertation, I proposed doing research on river driving on the Kemijoki river. Read more »
My best memories at the University of Helsinki
My best – and most bittersweet – memories of the University of Helsinki are the comings and goings, and the returns. Read more »
My best memory at the University of Helsinki
Many people like me – students who took a long time to find their own field – must feel that it is difficult to name a single moment or event that stands out above all others in such a thoroughly golden period. My time as a student at the University of Helsinki is one long wonderful memory, where what brings me the most delight and inspiration are the many still vivid discussions and arguments with my fellow students. Perhaps the best way to remember my studies is as a tapestry of numerous long-running, overlapping discussions that seemed to be growing and progressing all the time. Read more »