Fudan Nordic Lecture Series No.11

复旦北欧讲座系列第11期

Title/题目: 

Cycle of knowledge: what we can learn from the mass migration from Finland to Sweden

知识的循环：我们能从芬兰向瑞典的大规模迁移中学到什么

Speaker/主讲人: 

Prof. Hanna Snellman, University of Helsinki

Hanna Snellman教授 赫尔辛基大学

Host/主持人: 

Prof. Yijia Jing, Fudan IGPP

敬乂嘉教授 复旦全球公共政策研究院

Discussant / 评论人: 

Assoc. Prof. Meijun Liu, Fudan IGPP

柳美君副教授 复旦全球公共政策研究院

Time/时间: 

12:15-13:20, March 2nd, Monday, 2026

2026年3月2日 周一 12:15-13:20

Venue/地点: 

Room 805E, 8th Floor, West Sub-building of Guanghua Towers

光华楼西辅楼8楼805E会议室

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主讲人介绍/ The Speaker：

Hanna Snellman is Vice-Rector (2018-) and Professor of European Ethnology (2012-) at the University of Helsinki. In 2014–2018 she was first full-time Vice-Dean and after that Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the same university.  Snellman’s pioneering research in the ethnography of mobility has focused on people on the move, especially postwar mass migration of Finnish immigrants to Sweden. Currently she is working on a co-edited volume with the title Contested Knowledge. Political Dimensions of European Ethnology and Folklore Studies in Post-War Europe (Finnish Literature Society, 2026).  As Vice-Rector, Hanna Snellman’s responsibilities include international affairs, EDI, societal outreach, and cultural heritage. She has been in the Board of Directors of Una Europea European university alliance since 2019. She is also in the LERU International Policy Group’s steering group and senior leader representing the University of Helsinki in Universitas 21. She is a Fellow in the London Society of Antiquaries (FSA).

讲座内容/ Abstract:

The mass post-war emigration from Finland to Sweden during the 1960s and 1970s provides excellent substance for debating the effects of industrialization and urbanization on the family, individual, and community. What happened when, at a single stroke, people moved from rural environments and small farms to cities and city suburbs? In my talk I will shed light on my two ethnographic post-doc projects on Finnish immigrants in Sweden and the lessons learned from this research. My work with people who lacked even basic education has also informed my approach to university leadership. The lessons I have learned from my research are the following: equal opportunities are an asset, it is never too late to study, and migration is beneficial for both the receiving and sending country, hence the title of my talk: “Cycle of knowledge”.