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Images from the Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland Seminar, March 9, 2023, University of Helsinki

Ismo Silvo of Yle and Jean Seaton of University of Westminster discussing the nuances of public broadcasting – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Ismo Silvo of Yle and Jean Seaton of University of Westminster discussing the nuances of public broadcasting – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Ismo Silvo of Yle and Jean Seaton of University of Westminster discussing the nuances of public broadcasting – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Jukka Kortti and Reetta Hänninen discussing their approach in the research project – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Pia Koivunen discussing the research project Mission Finland – Cold War Cultural Diplomacy at the Crossroads of East and West. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Janne Mäkelä on Producing Transnational Culture in Early Finnish Radio. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Maiju Kannisto presenting on Producing Transnational Culture in Early Finnish Radio. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Pia Koivunen (University of Turku) discussing Cold War cultural diplomacy in Finland – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Tuomas Tepora (University of Tampere) presenting on Finnish post-Cold War experiences between East and West – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Discussion and debates – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Discussion and debates – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Jukka Kortti (University of Helsinki) discussing the past images and idealizations – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Discussion and debates – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.
Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland, March 9, 2023, Porthania 3, University of Helsinki. Photo by Seppo Sarkkinen/Yle.

Yle – Public Service 100 Years: Mediating Culture and Imagining Finland

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

    • Opening
      • Professor Niklas Jensen-Eriksen, University of Helsinki
    • Serving audiences as citizens for 100 years: but can public service broadcasting survive?
    • comments

12:00 Lunch-break

13:00–14:00 Presentations

    • Producing Transnational Culture in Early Finnish Radio
      • Maiju Kannisto
      • Janne Mäkelä
    • comments
    • Session produced by Yle and Culture research team

14:00–15:00 Presentations

    • Yle, Finland and the Finns
      • Jukka Kortti
      • Reetta Hänninen
    • comments by Jean Seaton
    • Session produced by Yle, Finland and the Finns research team

15:00 Coffee-break

15:30 Comments and Discussion

    • 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

16:30 End of Seminar