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Ville
Soimetsä
University Teacher, Contemporary History
VTT, dosentti / DSocSci | ent. / né Laamanen

Contact

+358 29 450 3100
+358 50 326 5104
Assistentinkatu 7
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

1930s
1960s
1970s
Baltic Sea Region History
Comintern
Communism
Cycling History
Fascism
History of Emotions
History of Student Activism
Intellectual History
Inter-War Period
Microhistory
National Socialism
Political History
Public and Popular History
Second World War
Soviet Cultural Diplomacy
Totalitarianism

Biography

I'm a Doctor of Social Sciences and University Teacher in Contemporary History at the University of Turku, and Adjunct Professor (Title of Docent) in Political History at the University of Helsinki.

Teaching

My recent course topics and teaching interests include the international and transnational history of the Baltic Sea region, the politics of history and remembering during the 20th century, the history of youth activism, the interaction of politics and culture, the individual's role in history, and the methodology of historical research.

Research

My research focuses on international and transnational history of the Baltic Sea region, Finnish and European 20th century political history, the interaction between politics and culture, the role of the individual in history, the history youth activism, oral history, and the political uses of history. I have written about Soviet cultural diplomacy with the Nordic countries at the outbreak of the Second World War, the Comintern's undercover network in Scandinavia, and Finnish intellectuals and domestic politics in the interwar period. Beginning in 2020, I'm in charge of the project "Passion and Emotion in Finnish Secondary Schools, 1960-1975: The Breaking of the Emotional Regime in the Final Stages of the Secondary School System", funded by the Kone Foundation. 

Publications

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Johdanto: Etujoukoissa (2023)

Soimetsä Ville, Jouhki Essi, Lalu Liisa
( B2 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)

Vimmaa ja rakkautta Teiniliitossa (2021)

Historia nyt - Turun Historiallisen Yhdistyksen jäsenlehti
Jouhki Essi, Soimetsä Ville
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))