The Aleksanteri Institute of the University of
Helsinki organized in 25–26 of September 2009 a special symposium
Northern Lights — Facets of Enlightenment Culture with the
aim to discuss form of Enlightenment thought in Sweden/Finland
and Russia. The symposium, which was opened by Prof. Emeritus
Matti Klinge, a renowned historian of 18th- and 19th-century Finland,
had four participants from Russia, five from Finland and one
from Germany; thus, it was yet a quite small event, but we hope
that wit…
Read moreThe Aleksanteri Institute of the University of
Helsinki organized in 25–26 of September 2009 a special symposium
Northern Lights — Facets of Enlightenment Culture with the
aim to discuss form of Enlightenment thought in Sweden/Finland
and Russia. The symposium, which was opened by Prof. Emeritus
Matti Klinge, a renowned historian of 18th- and 19th-century Finland,
had four participants from Russia, five from Finland and one
from Germany; thus, it was yet a quite small event, but we hope
that with it the foundations of a fruitful co-operation, with annual
symposia on questions of Enlightenment culture, will be laid.
Of the speakers, Prof. Tatiana Artemyeva, Dr. Oili Pulkkinen
and Prof. Vesa Oittinen focused on more general problems of
study of Enlightenment ideas, while the other contributions dealt
with different ―case studies‖ either in Sweden/Finland (Dr. Kimmo
Sarje, Dr. Johan Sten), Russia (Prof. Mikhail Mikeshin, Dr. Johannes
Remy, Dr. Larisa Agamalian), in France (Dr. Alla Zlatopolskaya)
or Germany (Dr. Carola Häntsch).
