Reetta Humalajoki
Academy Research Fellow, University of Turku, Finland; Historian specializing in U.S. and Canadian history & Indigenous policy, settler colonialism, activism, solidarity, cultural appropriation; she/her.
- 1/2 Väitöskirjatutkijat! Koskeeko tutkimuksesi jollain tapaa Yhdysvaltoja? Onko sinulla tiedossa konferenssi, mutta jostain pitäisi löytää rahoitusta? Vielä ehtii hakea @fasafinland.bsky.social ja SAMin yhteistä konferenssiapurahaa! www.samsuomi.fi/konferenssia...
- 2/2 NB! International doctoral candidates at Finnish universities are welcome to apply! So if you are doing a PhD related in any way to the United States and based at a Finnish university, consider applying for this conference travel grant by @fasafinland.bsky.social and SAM. Deadline May 9!
- This week I have been doing archival research at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College. Aside from all the fascinating things I've found at the archives, I appreciate getting to spend time on this stunning campus.
- Historians, if you must spend a Saturday in the archives, there is no better place than the Harry Ransom Center. @ransomcenter.bsky.social
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- I know that feeling! It is weird, but you'll be fine.
- Tässä kuussa pääsin vuorostani vieraaksi Humanisti vastaa -podcastiin, kiitos kutsusta @riittamonto.bsky.social ! Kiva oli päästä puhumaan myös hankkeestamme, jota rahoittaa @koneensaatio.fi. Toki aina olisi lisättävää ja tarkennettavaa...!
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- Voi kiitos Reetta!
- Olipa mukava kuulla tänä aamuna lapsen päiväkodissa, että heillä on viikkoteemana saamelaisten kansallispäivä! Tehtäviä ja materiaalia he löysivät täältä: www.oktavuohta.com
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- Registration for NAAS2025 is now open! Don't forget that as a member of any of the Nordic Associations for American Studies, European Association for American Studies, or American Studies Association, you can register at the members rate. So join @fasafinland.bsky.social now!!
- Really important essay from Petra Laiti on colonial names, problems with the term #Lapland and Sápmi. I especially appreciate the suggestions for alternative names for areas in Northern Finland that are not part of Sápmi - something that has been on my mind. Strongly recommended reading!
- I want to add a story to elaborate on this. A few years ago while in Canada, I told a colleague that I was going to visit Lapland after I returned home. She was silent for awhile before asking, "Do people still call it that in Finland?" 1/2
- I explained that the area I was going to is not part of Sápmi, the Sámi homelands, but still in the region of Finland called "Lappi." She still wondered why there wasn't any other name to use without the derogatory connotations. It really made me think. This essay addresses exactly those issues. 2/2
- This summer the biannual Nordic Assocation for American Studies conference is coming to Turku! You can now follow us here @naas2025.bsky.social for update.
- My attempt to finish a chapter draft by Christmas has turned into wiping snotty noses and reading Dear Santa approximately 50 times a day. Sigh. I got about halfway, at least. #academicwriting #academicparent
- Tänään julkaistiin tämä pohdintani liittyen Bidenin taannoiseen anteeksipyyntöön alkuperäiskansoille. Teksti on osa Suomen Yhdysvaltain tutkimuksen seuran eli FASA:n kolumnisarjaa. @fasafinland.bsky.social www.sammagazine.fi/puheenvuorot...
- Jos aihe kiinnostaa, huomenna osana kolumnisarjaa julkaistaan tohtorikoulutettava Vincent Veerbeekin (Helsingin yliopisto) englanninkielinen kolumni myöskin anteeksipyyntöön liittyen. Kannattaa lukea sekin!
- Not a particularly successful transition to Bluesky for me so far. Perhaps I can use this for writing accountability. I'm aiming to have a draft of a monograph chapter done before the Christmas break. 2385 words in so far! Let's see how far I get today. #academicwriting #acwri
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- Yes, reflected in the fact this is the first time I've logged on here in over two months. I have so little enthusiasm for building a social media research profile again (if I ever properly had one). Just feels like diminishing returns.
- Hello out there! Attempting to actually start using this platform and cut ties to "the other place".
