Colleagues and Members of the JMC Research Network! The JMC kickstarts the spring semester with a workshop focusing on the research of five junior scholars’ dissertation work on North America-related issues. We’d love colleagues and members of the JMC research network to join us. More info below:

A few snapshots from last week's book publishing event by our Dr. Oscar Winberg. His book "Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics" is out now. Congratulations Oscar!

Are you a doctoral candidate or postdoc based in Finland exploring your next steps? Wondering what life looks like after the PhD? Join us for an inspiring afternoon designed just for you! www.fasa.fi/events/upcom...

Come join us TODAY in Turku for a free screening of Singing Back the Buffalo (dir. Tasha Hubbard, 2024). The documentary is about humanity’s connections to buffalo and their return to the Great Plains. Screening for the first time in Finland - everyone is welcome! sites.utu.fi/whisol/news/...

Last week, we had the pleasure of having Tytti Sulander from ETLA lead a workshop for our researchers on the connection between academics and the media. She offered valuable insights on how scholars can enhance their presence in the media sphere. Thank you Tytti! #JMCintheMedia

Last Friday the JMC held the annual Current Issues Seminar titled: “Abortion Politics in the U.S. and Beyond.” Thank you to all the speakers and attendees who joined us for the seminar day! #JMCCurrentIssues

The JMC is at the minor fair program today, right outside Publicum. Come say hi! #JMCTeaching

Please join us for the JMC Current Issues Seminar, “Abortion Politics in the U.S. and Beyond,” at the University of Turku on Friday, September 5, 2025. To learn more, please visit: www.utu.fi/en/universit...

NEW ARTICLES by the JMC Scholars! "Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn and the Spatial Strategy of Social Control in Texas" by Dr. Niko Heikkilä: doi.org/10.4000/14eio “Let It Go:” Finding Possibilities for New Movement Strategies after Failure" by Ph.D. Candidate Mila Seppälä: doi.org/10.4000/14eiq

Harjoittelijan tehtävä avoinna JMC:ssä! Haku auki 11.8.2025 klo 16 asti. Hakuilmoitus ja lisätietoja: ats.talentadore.com/apply/harjoi...

Nina Öhmanin teksti NAAS 2025 -konferenssista SAM Magazinessa: www.sammagazine.fi/object/5574b... @naas2025.bsky.social @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

Thank you for your visit at #Politiikkaradio! Here's the #podcast: areena.yle.fi/1-74537833

Today the JMC team attended the annual US Research Day, organized by CUSPP (FIIA), where Dr. Benita Heiskanen attended a roundtable. Afterwards, Dr. Benita Heiskanen and Dr. Pekka Kolehmainen were interviewed by Tapio Pajunen for Politiikkaradio on the ongoing ICE protests in LA.

Our conference assistants Johanna, Lauri, and Juho at the registration desk. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social

Tuula Kolehmainen, Julia Niinistö, and Jaakko Dickman make sure that we can all commemorate these summer days by watching hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs (Kolehmainen and Niinistö in the picture). #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social @fasafinland.bsky.social

Belated from #naaspiration day 2- absolutely loved the zine making workshop

This is a really terrific organization and conference. Glad to participate this year and attend so many excellent panels.

#NAASpirations conference keynote by Julie Sze. #NAASpirations2025

#NAASpirations day 3 done. Hanging up my badge. Thanks and good night! #NAASpirations2025

Attended a zine-making workshop at NAAS 2025. We sat in companionable silence, listening to music, coloring, cutting, and pasting. It was a fun, relaxing, and refreshing way to think through the material I was presenting the next day. Definitely going to use this in the classroom #NAASpirations

Thank you @naas2025 for a *superbly* organized conference, three days of great talks & inspiring keynotes, & such a lovely closing reception. #NAASpirations

It was such a privilege to chair Julie Sze's incredible keynote lecture at @naas2025.bsky.social !

The COLLAPSE is here! ”Aspiring Towards Collapse: Political Exit Movements and Imaginaries of the End of the World” with Pekka M. Kolehmainen, Mila Seppälä, Niko Heikkilä, and Jaakko Dickman. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social

#NAASpirations conference closing by P. & T. Kolehmainen (not related). But there's still the after party, too! Many thanks to @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social who did most of the work and without whom @fasafinland.bsky.social couldn't have done this conference.

Bye bye, #Turku, with your tiny little robots! It’s been a great 5 days and a great experience at the #NAASpirations conference! Thanks to @naas2025.bsky.social and @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social for hosting such a great conference!

Keynote by Julie Sze: ”Climate Justice Now!” Reetta Humalajoki chairing. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @fasafinland.bsky.social

The President of FASA, Nina Öhman, giving the Nordic plenary with Randall J. Stephens. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

Day 2 of #NAASpirations. Nordic plenary with Nina Öhman from @fasafinland.bsky.social and Randall J. Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social, with Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social as chair. #NAASpirations2025

Nordic plenary by Randall J. Stephens and Nina Öhman. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

I also gave my own paper on Sally Wen Mao's Oculus, hyperreality, transmodernity and racism. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025. Photo by Tuula!

The NAAS General Meeting was held today in Turku, and was chaired by the NAAS President Jørn Brøndal. The meeting minutes will be available on the NAAS website: sites.google.com/view/nordica...

So it begins! #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

The conference started with a ”Feel Good Morning Flow.” This guided (light) physical activity will be available again on Friday morning at 8:45. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

And Dr. Nina Öhman from @fasafinland.bsky.social

Nordic plenary, ”Incompossible Futures, Disrupted Presents: The Aspirations of Speculative Fiction” by Jenny Bonnevier and Steen Ledet Christiansen. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

Going low with @libankerdc.bsky.social at @naas2025.bsky.social ⬇️ #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

Keynote by Elisabeth Anker: ”fight dirty for democracy, it is time to go low” #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

This week I am taking Arkansas history on the road from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to Turun yliopisto - University of Turku in Finland for the 2025 Nordic Association of American Studies conference 🇺🇸🇫🇮 #NAASpriations #NAASpirations2025

Marianne Kongerslev and Mikkel Jensen brought us the good news that the next NAAS conference will be held at Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2027! @aau.dk #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025

Talking in Finland about why it’s time to fight dirty for democracy. Can you tell how much I want to join a “girl gang”? At @naas2025.bsky.social #naaspirations

Keynote by Elisabeth Anker: ”We Gow Low.” #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social @fasafinland.bsky.social

Happy to enjoy the first day of the #NAASpirations conference! @naas2025.bsky.social @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social #americanstudies

#NAASpirations conference opening with Prof. Benita Heiskanen from @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social

Opening words by the Director of the JMC, Benita Heiskanen and President of FASA, Nina Öhman (Heiskanen in the picture). #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social @fasafinland.bsky.social

Our conference assistants are ready to help you have a #NAASpirational time! Welcome to Turku! #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social @fasafinland.bsky.social

I am looking forward to present @naas2025.bsky.social in Turku next week! #NAASpirations2025 #turku #americanstudies @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social

Tätä ollaan porukalla @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social ja @fasafinland.bsky.social kesken viimeiset pari vuotta työstetty! Viikon päästä alkaa NAAS2025. #NAASpirations2025

The 28th Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS) is in one week! Make sure to follow the conference here on Bluesky @naas2025.bsky.social and on Instagram @naasturku to stay in the loop! #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 @fasafinland.bsky.social

One week left until the conference! Get excited for our signature drink, the NAAS Spritz, developed by the JMC’s Julia 🍸✨ The drink will be available at the conference after-party 🪩 #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025 #VisitTurku #MeetTurku #fasa @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social