{"id":564,"date":"2025-05-07T03:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/?p=564"},"modified":"2025-05-07T03:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:58:13","slug":"markku-jokisipila-documents-the-rise-of-national-populism-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/2025\/05\/07\/markku-jokisipila-documents-the-rise-of-national-populism-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Markku Jokisipil\u00e4 documents the rise of national populism in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late January, the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Jackson School for International Studies hosted Dr. Markku Jokisipil\u00e4, a Professor of Contemporary History and Director of the Center for Parliamentary Studies at the University of Turku. Dr. Jokisipil\u00e4 visited several UW classrooms and shared lessons from Finland\u2019s experience in WWII as well as from his more recent research into the rise of national populism in Finland. 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The slideshow shows titles of Finnish novels and films.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Markku-Jokisipila-SCAND-100-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Markku-Jokisipila-SCAND-100-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Markku-Jokisipila-SCAND-100-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-568'>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Markku Jokisipil\u00e4 lectures at the UW.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/2025\/05\/07\/markku-jokisipila-documents-the-rise-of-national-populism-in-finland\/markku-jokisipila-crop\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Markku-Jokisipila-crop-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dr. Markku Jokisipil\u00e4 speaks at a podium before a slide that reads &quot;growth of National Populism in Europe: Finnish example&quot;\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Markku-Jokisipila-crop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Markku-Jokisipila-crop-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/nordic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/Markku-Jokisipila-crop-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-566'>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Markku Jokisipil\u00e4 gives a public lecture at UW. 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