University of Helsinki
Nordic Colonial Durabilities and Legacies workshop
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, September 22–23, 2022
Held in Safnahúsið (Norðurstofa), Hverfisgötu
Thursday September 22
9:45 Welcome Words by Kristín Loftsdóttir and Janne Lahti
10-12:00 Panel I: Transimperial Movements and Networks
John L. Hennessey: Closing up Shop: Selling off the Swedish and Danish West Indies
Tonje Haugland Sørensen: From Scandinavia to Congo: Prefabricated Houses and Colonial Trade in Sweden and Norway from 1880-1920
Kristín Loftsdóttir: Specimens for Science: Imperialism and Scientific Imagination of 19th century Iceland
Magdalena Naum: Souvenirs, Settler Colonialism and Representations of American Indian: a Case of Ojibwa Regalia and Thomas Petersen
13-15:00 Panel II Colonial Cultures
Johan Höglund: (Un)Writing Extraction: Colonialism, Capitalism and the Climate Emergency in Nordic Fiction
Åsa Bharathi Larsson: Looking from Within: Staging Race and Representations in the Nordic Region
Ólafur Rastrick: Obnoxious Jazz and the Predicaments of Postcoloniality in early 20th century Iceland
16-18:00 Public Outreach: What is Nordic Colonialism and Why Does it Matter?
Short statement papers (5 min each) on “Nordic Colonial Legacies and Durabilities. What is Nordic Colonialism and Why Does it Matter Today? by Janne Lahti, Kristín Loftsdóttir, Rinna Kullaa, John Hennessey, Johan Höglund and Laura Junka-Aikio, followed by panel discussion.
Moderator: Ólafur Rastrick
Friday September 23
Held in Safnahúsið (Norðurstofa), Hverfisgötu
10-12.00 Panel III Colonial Visions and Endings
Peter Stadius: Colonial Incapacity? Finnish Future Visions and Fears in Petsamo 1920-1944
Janne Lahti: Settler Colonial Memory in Finland: Petsamo, Settlers, and Endings
Rinna Kullaa: Forced Labor in the Finnish Districts of the Russian Imperial Army and Durability of Its Legacy as a Form of Societal Coercion
Mikko Toivanen: Catching up with Empires: Rethinking Colonial Relations in Post-independence Finland
13:00-15:00 Panel IV Policies and Politics
Anna Lísa Rúnarsdóttir: The Image of a Nation: Collecting for the National Museum of Iceland
Carl-Gösta Ojala: Managing Colonial Heritage? Colonial Collecting, Repatriation and Heritage Management in Sápmi
Laura Junka-Aikio: Appropriation, Appreciation and Revitalization: On recent shifts in Nordic Colonial and Indigenous Cultural Politics
Saara Alakorva: New National luohti (joik) of the Sámi and its Contradictions
15:00-15:10 Janne Lahti: Concluding remarks