University of Helsinki
Curriculum Vitae (January 2019)
HENTILÄ, Seppo Juhani
• Date and place of birth: April 10, 1948, Oulu, Finland
• Private adress: Juvansyrjä 5 A, FIN-02920 Espoo
• tel +358-50-5994901
• e-mail seppo.hentila@helsinki.fi
Current position
• D. Soc. Sc., Professor (emeritus) University of Helsinki
Education and degrees awarded
• Master of Social Sciences 1970
• Licentiate of Social Sciences 1972
• Doctor of Social Sciences 1979
Language proficiency
• Finnish, Swedish, English, German, Latin
Previous professional appointments
• Professor of Political History at the University of Helsinki, 1995-2014
• Visiting Professor at the Humboldt-University in Berlin, 2007-2008
• Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, 2001-2003, 2009
• Head of the Department of Social Science History, 1998-2001, 2006-2007
• Head of the Department of Political History, 1986-87, 1990-91
• Senior research fellow, Academy of Finland, 1991-95
• Acting Professor of Political History, 1986-87, 1990-91
• Senior Research Fellow of Political History, 1985-95
• Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Political History, 1980-98
• Acting Assistant Professor of Political History, 1974, 1983-84
• Junior Research Fellow of Political History,1971-85
Major Grants
• Senior Scientist at the Academy of Finland 2007-08
• Senior Scientist at the Academy of Finland 2000-01
• Senior Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland 1992-95
• Senior Scientist at the Academy of Finland 1991-92
• Senior Research Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung at the Ruhr-University Bochum 1987-88
• Junior Fellow at the University of Stockholm 1975 (Scholarship of the Swedish Institute)
• Junior Fellow at the University of Leipzig 1970-71 (Scholarship of the Finnish Ministry of Education)
Elected Memberships in Scientific Societies
• Vice Chair of the Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences, 2010-2013
• Member of the Scientific Board of the Aue-Stiftung (Foundation), 2009-
• Invited to the Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005–
• Invited to the Associate Member of the London School of Economics Cold War Studies Centre, 2005-
• Board Member of the Scholarship Foundation of the University of Helsinki (Arts and Social Sciences), 2004-, Chair 2007-2014
• Board Member of the Network of European Studies at the University of Helsinki, 2003-2013
• Chair of the Board of the ‘Renvall Institute of Area and Cultural Studies’, University of Helsinki, 2002-2005
• Council Member of the Faculty of Social Sciences, 2001-2013
• Board Member of the Foundation ’Finnland-Institut in Deutschland’, 2000-2014
• Chair of the Board of Helsinki University Library/ Finnish National Library, 1998-2004
• Board Member of the Finnish Historical Society 1997-2000
• Vice Chair of the Finnish Society for Research in Sport and Physical Education, 1993-96
• Chair of the Finnish Society for the Heritage of Labour, 1994-98
• Vice Chair of the Finnish Society for History of Sports, 1993-2000
• Vice Chair of the Finnish Society for Research in International Relations, 1993-98
• Member of the Publishing Commission of J. V. Snellman´s Collected Works, 1986-99
• Vice Chair of the Foundation of the Finnish Sports Museum, since 1991
• Invited to the Research Member of the Finnish Historical Society, 1984-
Other academic merits
• Honorary Member of the North Ostrobothnian Students’ Nation (Pohjoispohjalainen Osakunta) 2017-
• Promotor of the XIII Conferment Ceremony of the Faculty of Social Sciences, June 2011
• Member of the Scientific Board of the University of Helsinki, 2010-2012
• Chair of the Editorial Board of Finland’s National Biography, 2007-
• Member of the Evaluation Panel “Humanities” at the Estonian Research Council, 2006, 2008
• Chair of the Research Project “Finland Looks at Germany” at the Academy of Finland, since 2006-2009
• Chair of the Research Project on “Détente, Finland and European Security” at the Academy of Finland, 2002-2006
• Board Member of the Research Programme ‘Finland’s Parliament 100 Years’, 2001-2007
• Inspector of the North Ostrobothnian Students’ Nation, 2002-2007
• Chair of the Evaluation Panel in the Ministry of Education, concerning The Finnish Society for Research in Sport and Physical Education, 2001-2002
• Member of the International Evaluation Panel of the Research Programme on ’Russian and East-European Studies’ at the Academy of Finland, 2000
• Member of the Research Council of Sport and Physical Education in the Ministry of Education, 1999-2003
• Chair of the Finnish Cold War History Project at the Academy of Finland, 1998-2001
• Board Member of the Graduate School of all History Departments in Finland, 1998-2002
• Board Member of the Graduate School on Cultural Interaction and Integration, 1998-2004
• Chair of the Research Project on Finnish Sports History at the Finnish Society for Research in Sport and Physical Education, 1988-1992
• Chair of the Research Project on Finnish Labour History at the Academy of Finland, 1974-79
• Declared academically qualified for the Post of Professor of Political History in the University of Turku (1992), Professor of General History in the University of Joensuu (1993) and Professor of General History in the University of Oulu (1995, second nominé), Joensuu 1998, first nominé)
• Expert in appointments of University professors (six times; at the Universities of Helsinki, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Tartu, Turku, Florence and Helsinki National Defence University)
• Evaluator of the academic competence of docents/Adjunct professor (22 times)
• Official opponent of doctoral dissertations at the Universities of Copenhagen (once), Hamburg (once) Helsinki (tree times), Joensuu (three times), Jyväskylä (twice),Tampere (three times), Turku (twice) and Uppsala (once)
Awards
• Vuoden 2018 tiedekirjapalkinto teoksesta “Pitkät varjot. Muistamisen historia ja politiikka”
• Suomen Tietokirjailijoiden tietokirjapalkinto 2018
• Prize of the “History Book of the Year” 2016, awarded by Historian Ystäväin Liitto (Association of the Friends of History) Together with Marjaliisa Hentilä
• P. E. Svinhufvudin muistosäätiön palkinto (Marjaliisa Hentilän kanssa), 2016
• Publishing House Edita’s Prize for excellent history text books for high schools (team), 2013
• Prize of “President Urho Kekkonen Foundation” for the Book “Kaksi Saksaa ja Suomi” (Two German States and Finland), 2003
• Prize of the “History Book of the Year” 2003, awarded by Historian Ystäväin Liitto (Association of the Friends of History)
• Publishing House Edita’s Prize for excellent history text books for high schools (team),1998
• State Award for Intelligible Publishing (team), 1976