Guest lecture by professor Paula Hamilton on the role of memory and history in public life, 3 Dec 2012, Helsinki

Professor Paula Hamilton (University of Technology, Sydney) gives a lecture on “The changing role of memory and history in public life” in Helsinki on Monday 3 Dec, 2012, at 10-12. The lecture will take place at the Swedish School of Science, Snellmaninkatu 12, the Festival Hall (room 133).

Professor Paula Hamilton is Director of the Centre of Creative Practice and Cultural Economy at the University of Technology, Sydney, and Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Public History. She is a historian who has specialised in material culture, image and cultural memory. Professor Hamilton has published widely in memory studies internationally and has worked locally in a range of projects with community groups, museums, heritage
agencies, and councils. She is an editor of ‘Public History Review’ and ‘Locality: a community history journal’, both of which act as a link between the academe and the wider community.

See the invitation here.

For more information contact: Heidi Haggrén, e-mail: heidi.haggren (at) helsinki.fi, tel. 09-19124958

The lecture is organized by NordWel and the Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki.