Yle, the Finnish Public Broadcasting Company, will turn 100 years old in 2026. To commemorate the work of the past hundred years and to better understand its present position, Yle has initiated and is funding a four year research program on its own history. The focus of the project is on Yle’s relationship to Finns, Finland and the culture in Finland. Collaborating universities in the project are Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Tampere and Turku. The Yle 100 Program is the largest-ever academic research project focusing solely on Yle.
As a part of the project and one of the multiple project events, Yle 100 Research Program and Yle organize a research seminar Yle – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland on March 9th, 2023.
The language of the event is English. Please register in advance (by March 2, 2023) for coffee service. If you have not received an invitation and would like to participate, please email Olli Turunen.
Yle – Public Service 100 Years:
Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland
March 9, 2023, University of Helsinki
Start: 10:00
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- Opening
- Professor Niklas Jensen-Eriksen, University of Helsinki
- Serving audiences as citizens for 100 years: but can public service broadcasting survive?
- Opening keynote by professor Jean Seaton, University of Westminster
- comments
- Opening
12:00 Lunch-break
13:00–14:00 Presentations
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- Producing Transnational Culture in Early Finnish Radio
- Maiju Kannisto
- Janne Mäkelä
- comments
- Session produced by Yle and Culture research team
- Producing Transnational Culture in Early Finnish Radio
14:00–15:00 Presentations
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- Yle, Finland and the Finns
- Jukka Kortti
- Reetta Hänninen
- comments by Jean Seaton
- Session produced by Yle, Finland and the Finns research team
- Yle, Finland and the Finns
15:00 Coffee-break
15:30 Comments and Discussion
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- A Dim Light of Dawn: Finnish Post-Cold War Experiences Between East and West, 1989–1995
- Tuomas Tepora
- Mission Finland – Cold War Cultural Diplomacy at the Crossroads of East and West
- Pia Koivunen
- A Dim Light of Dawn: Finnish Post-Cold War Experiences Between East and West, 1989–1995
16:30 End of Seminar