Silke Holmqvist (Aarhus University) giving a talk "Nightlife spaces and urban social experience: the case of disco in 1970s Denmark" at @hexhistory.bsky.social seminar series.

Exited to read this & will no doubt be of interest to everyone working on #historyofexperience & #historyofemotion & colleagues @hexhistory.bsky.social

Last parallel sessions in HEX Conference. Communities and Subjects in the Margins of Historiography by Hrafnkell Lárusson, Bertha del Valle Díaz & Sara Hidalgo García de Orellán

HEX Conference 2026 ending discussion with Pirjo Markkola, Dolores Martin Moruno & Rob Boddice. Chaired by Raisa Toivo & Tanja Vahtikari

Session 6a Class Experiences in Literature with Jussi Lahtinen & Konsta Kajander.

Experiences and Frictions in Space with Sini Väisänen, John Bessai and Kristian Aarup.

HEX Conference last morning and a keynote by Dolores Martin Moruno: Experiencing Humanitarianism Through Images

Everything set for the HEX Conference dinner at Finlayson Palace

Talking about Conflicts and Disruptive Emotions: Women’s anger and anxiety in early modern Europe with Päivi Räisänen-Schröder, Riikka Miettinen, Iris Fleßenkämper and Jonas Stephan

HEX Conference wonderful "masters student panel", Emerging Approaches to Experiences by Anouk Orillion, Emilia Ruuhinen, Oksana Volovodiuk & Jaakko Leinonen. Future of the history of experience seems to be in sure hands!

Discussing Experience, Martyrs & Resistance with Pierre Delpu, Evie Nash & Mia Edwards

Day 2 and kenote by Louise Nyholm Kallestrup "Margins of Experience: Witch Trials, Conspiracy, and Godly Power" Great day ahead!

After a long day it was time to relax and get together over a glass of wine. Thank you all for a great day and inspiring talks!

An afternoon session Experience and Emotions in Literature by Ramunė Bleizgienė, Jasmin Flinkman & Yoel Castillo Botello

Theoretical and methodological approaches to queer visual history with Joe Jukes, Tuula Juvonen, Kaisa Tolvanen & Olli Kleemola

Heli Rantala & Ranjana Saha in session 1d. Normativity, Frictions and Subjectivities in the Histories of Science and Experiences.

Session 1a. Women’s Magazines as a Space for Discussing Gendered Experiences (Arja Turunen, Anna Niiranen & Heidi Kurvinen)

The first awesome keynote, Narrating queer experiences, by Prof Benno Gammerl

HEX Conference 2026 is about to start! Prof. Pirjo Markkola givin a welcome speach.

@hexhistory.bsky.social Conference 2026 - Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures - programme is now published! Looking forward to meet you all! events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

New at HEX Handbook: Anna Derksen on medicine and experience sites.tuni.fi/hexhandbook/...

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!