Lähihistoria (the Finnish Journal for Contemporary History) new issue is now out. The theme issue includes a section (@hexhistory.bsky.social Tuomas Tepora & Ville Yliaska) on the history of experience in Finland and the Baltic Sea region in the early 1990s. lahihistoria.journal.fi/issue/view/1...

'Modern' Mothering, Childhood and Child Healthcare: Gendered & Scientised Ideas, Material Culture & Experiences exhibition opened last week at Tampere University. (open until 15 Dec). See some photos on HEX website. research.tuni.fi/hex/event/ex...

On Tuesday 28 Nov HEX concluded the centre´s eight year Research Council period in afternoon seminar Trajectories & Intersections. See the program and photos on HEX website Thank you all for joining us and keep following HEX Research Centre! research.tuni.fi/hex/event/he...

Reminder: HEX Conference CfP deadline expires this week´s Friday 5 December. The 8th annual HEX Conference - Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures - will take place at Tampere University 9-11 March 2026. Full Cfp on conference webpage events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

Exhibition: 'Modern' Mothering, Childhood and Child Healthcare: Gendered & Scientised Ideas, Material Culture & Experiences, 1-15 December 2025, Tampere University main building, Cafe Alakuppila Exhibition opening 1 December at 1pm. Registration and more info: research.tuni.fi/hex/event/ex...

Uusi teos: Luovuuden tilat. Tänään, Lapsen oikeuksien päivänä, julkaistiin teos Luovuuden tilat – Taiteen soveltaminen lastensuojelussa: mahdollisuudet, haasteet ja opit (Tampereen yliopisto, 2025). Kirja on vapaasti ladattava. Linkki kirjaan ja lisätietoa: research.tuni.fi/hex-fi/julka...

HEX will conclude after eight years of innovative research, distinguished guests and field-defining conferences and publications. Join HEX afternoon seminar Trajectories & Intersections on Tue 25 Nov. Please register by 14 Nov. Registration link and programme: research.tuni.fi/hex/event/he...

Reminder: HEX Conference 2026 CfP deadline 30 November 2025

Great news! Research Council of Finland has granted funding for the CoE in Nationalism Research in the Humanities (NARS) 2026-2033. HEX congratulates the new Centre of Excellence! research.tuni.fi/hex/news/new...

📢 The CfP is out for the next annual @hexhistory.bsky.social conference. Deadline 30 November + conference in March 2026. Highly recommend this conference, brilliant people, ideas, conversations & saunas, being involved with HEX has been transformative for me 🥰. events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

8th annual HEX Conference 9-11 March 2026 - Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures - CfP is now released. Deadline for proposals 30 November 2025. More information and full CfP here: events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

New open access article, based on my keynote at the HES conference in Sheffield : Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hexhistory.bsky.social

New on HEX Handbook, Beth Marsden on writing the historical experiences of Indigenous people. sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...

And from earlier this summer, Tessa Whitehouse on digital mapping as a tool for the history of experience sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/....

@hexhistory.bsky.social Tuomas Tepora’s new OA publication on the symbols of Red Finland (1918) as emotional figures is out now open access! He examines how the Red revolutionaries justified, narrativised and symbolised Red Finland during the Finnish Civil War. www.taylorfrancis.com/reader/downl...

Join us @hexhistory.bsky.social at the end of the month for the 2nd Hex Handbook Distinguished lecture, by Corinne Saunders

Check out this wonderful report of my keynote on school children’s dreams by 15-year-old Leo Clarkson. Such a privilege to get your perspective! eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Thanks so much to @joakimlandahl.bsky.social and Johanna Ringarp and team for a wonderful and stimulating conference. I had so much fun! And thanks @dr-jwestberg.bsky.social for the photo, and for organizing the Meet the Eds panel. See you all again soon, I hope! @hexhistory.bsky.social

Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland & HEX järjestävät Vaikuttava vai uhattu tutkimus? Ihmistieteet nyky-yhteiskunnassa -seminaarin 19.5. Tampereen yliopistolla Cafe Toivossa. Tapahtuma on kaksikielinen (ruotsi & suomi). eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Publication on the group experiences in the Finnish Civil War (1918), published in a comparative volume: "Violence and Propaganda in European Civil Wars" @hexhistory.bsky.social Tuomas Tepora´s chapter will be OA once it's been processed in a couple of weeks. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Wrapped things up @hexhistory.bsky.social Conference! Thank you all speakers for beatiful and exciting three days! Hope to see you next year!

Last but not least (parallel) session @hexhistory.bsky.social Conference: Experiencing War and Nationality II. Papers by Pierre-Marie Delpu, Virva Liski & Mikko Rapo

Wonderful Morning session @hexhistory.bsky.social Conferece. Gender, Sexuality, and in Modern Irish History by Susan Byrne, Deidre Foley & Morgan Wait.

The last day @hexhistory.bsky.social Conference. Keynote by Professor Karen McCluskey (Notre Dame, Australia). Opening words by HEX Researcher Godelinde Perk.

@hexhistory.bsky.social dinner after day two. Restaurant Koski. One day to go!

The last (parallel) session today: Memory, Identity, and Experience. Victoria Jonkute, Ulla Savolainen & John Bessai (online all the way from Canada)

@hexhistory.bsky.social Mathilde Monge, Anne Dunan-Page, Jaap Garaerts & Karina Benazech Wendling in HEX Conference panel: Histories of Experience in Premodern Cities - Mapping Lived Religion.

@hexhistory.bsky.social Conference day 2. Keynote by professor Stefan Berger. Opening words by former HEX director (2018-2022) Pertti Haapala.

First day down! Now some wine, food and good company! Thanks everyone! To be continued!

More news from @hexhistory.bsky.social Conference. Very inspiring session Experiences of Relief, Comfort, and Consolation in the 18/19th Century by Rob Boddice, Marie van Haaster & Angela Platt.

Fruma Zachs, Devin Vartija & Filoppo Barsi giving talk in @hexhistory.bsky.social Conference "Experiencing War and National Identity" panel

And Now, Something completely different: Marja Jalava (Tampere University) and the experience of animals. In the center of the paper the biography and feelings of "Pommi the Pig" in @hexhistory.bsky.social Conference

And now, some more philosophical approach: Henriikka Hannula (University of Vienna) on philosophical biographies in @hexhistory.bsky.social Conference

@hexhistory.bsky.social visiting scholar Carmen Camarro giving a presentation on experiece of mourning and father loss.

@hexhistory.bsky.social Conference first keynote, by Dr Ville Kivimäki, on the concept and use of experience in history studies. (Talk title too long to quote here 😆)

It's about to begin! 7th annual HEX Conference -Historicizing Experience - 3 exciting days, 3 marvelous keynotes and around 80 intriquing papers! Welcomig words by HEX Director Pirjo Markkola.

📢 Hot off Press New Book Alert 📢. 1/2: With @ruthdav.bsky.social & @evecolpus.bsky.social we are exited to share our new co-edited book that demands a re-think of histories of welfare in modern Britain. Fully OA. Links to all chapters to follow & our Chap 1 Intro 👇 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Colleagues at @hexhistory.bsky.social may be interested in our book launch. We benefited so much as editors from our month long visiting fellowship at HEX, University of Tampere, in 2023 & learnt so much re history of experience, as well as the joy & fun of ‘afterworks’ 😊.

New on the HEX Handbook: Tiffany Watt Smith, "On Silence". sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...

And in English: The Finnish Journal of Contemporary History's special issue "Gender and Societal Influence in 1960s–1980s Finland" has been published!🥳🥳 I acted as one of the guest editor (& I'm a member of the journal's editorial board). It includes the below essay (in Finnish) by yours truly:

@HEXhistory tutkija Antti Malisen johtama Kuulluksi-hanke järjesti seminaarin taiteen merkityksestä Tampereen Nokia-areenalla joulukuussa. Tampereen yliopisto palkitsi hankkeen myös yhteiskunnallisesta vaikuttamisesta. www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...

We are proud to announce @HEXhistory Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - programme is now published. Please find it on the conference webpage. Thanks again for all our speakers for your contribution! events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

Interested in the history of experience? A special issue on Lived religion and shared experience is free to accesd for the next 3 months at the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies The intro:

Very excited to be co-editing a special issue for the Journal of Family History alongside @lauracking.bsky.social and @millieqed.bsky.social. Help us spread the word!

Tampere Universtiy´s Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC) Award to @hexhistory.bsky.social Researcher Antti Malinen. Congratulations Antti! research.tuni.fi/hex/yleinen/...

Great to see @hexhistory.bsky.social & @hexhandbook.bsky.social are now here 🙂. To celebrate I am sharing again link to my piece there with @ruthdav.bsky.social & Eve Colpus for #skystorians @womenshistnet.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social & our new book coming soon! sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...

Final reminder! CfP deadline tomorrow!

HEX Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - Call for Papers deadline this Friday 29 November. The conference will take place at Tampere University, Finland 10-12 March 2025. Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website: events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...