In May, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School for International studies Studies hosted Dr. Hiski Haukkala, the Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Dr. Haukkala is also an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland, and a Senior Research Associate at RAND…

In May, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School for International Studies hosted Dr. Tuomas Forsberg, Professor of International Relations at Tampere University, Finland. Dr. Forsberg visited many UW classrooms and gave a public research talk, “Ten Paradoxes of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership.” Among these paradoxes, “NATO membership represented both change and…

In early May, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School for International Studies hosted Dr. Sonya Amadae, the Director of the Global Politics and Communication MA degree program and an Adjunct Professor in Politics at the University of Helsinki. Dr. Amadae visited UW classrooms and gave a public lecture in which she addressed…

In late April, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School for International Studies hosted Siiri Paananen, a design instructor and doctoral researcher in the Lapland User Experience Design group (LUX) at the University of Lapland, Finland. Paananen visited UW classrooms and gave a public lecture on the use of interactive technologies to decolonize…

In April, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School for International Studies hosted Dr. Ilmari Käihkö, an Associate Professor of War Studies at the Swedish Defence University and a researcher at the University of Helsinki. Dr. Käihkö visited UW classrooms and gave a public lecture in which he addressed Finnish perspectives on the…

In early April, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School of International Studies hosted Dr. Martin Cloonan, Director of the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Turku, Finland. Dr. Cloonan visited several UW classrooms and gave a public talk to share lessons learned from his tenure as director of the…

In early March, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and JSIS hosted Dr. Jasmine Kelekay, an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University and an affiliated scholar at the Center for Multidisciplinary Research on Racism (CEMFOR) at Uppsala University. Dr. Kelekay visited several UW classrooms and presented some of her latest research from her…

In late February, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School of International Studies hosted Dr. Sanna Kopra, a Research Professor in Arctic Geopolitics and Security at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland in Finland. Dr. Kopra gave several talks to students and researchers in Scandinavian Studies and JSIS. Among these classroom…

In late January, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School for International Studies hosted Dr. Markku Jokisipilä, a Professor of Contemporary History and Director of the Center for Parliamentary Studies at the University of Turku. Dr. Jokisipilä visited several UW classrooms and shared lessons from Finland’s experience in WWII as well as from…

In November of 2024, The Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School of International Studies hosted Minna Ålander, an associate fellow in the Chatham House Europe Program, a non-resident fellow in the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis, and a senior fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum….