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Ainur Elmgren
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Docent in Nordic history, university lecturer in history and social studies (University of Oulu). Draws comics. Interests: History education, 1910s/1920s politics & culture, Tatars, Avars, Late Antiquity-Early Middle Ages.
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Aus gegebenem Anlass. #9November #Schicksalstag
Natürlich sind diese Fotos erst später entstanden (irgendwann im Sommer 1990). Wir sind ein halbes Jahr später aus Schweden nach Deutschland (West) umgezogen.
Meine Familie an der Berliner Mauer im Sommer 1990. Vier Schnappschüsse von einer finnischen Familie in heller Sommerkleidung. Zwei Töchter und die Mutter greifen die Reste von der Mauer mit Hammer och Meißel an, der Vater hilft.
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Tutkimushankkeemme #KeidenKaupunki on virallisesti päättynyt (kiitos @koneensaatio.fi !) mutta sarjakuvanpiirtäjämme Tiitu Takalo julkaisee vielä vuoden loppuun saakka yhteisasumisesta kertovaa dokumenttisarjakuvaa nimeltä #Yhteiselämää. Blogissa on jo 4 osaa!

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Ruutu Tiitu Takalon sarjakuvasta Yhteiselämää. Neljä ihmistä kiipeilee sammaleisilla kallioilla, joiden välissä kasvaa puita.
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Minne HAKA-kirjautuminen on kadonnut? Aina kun pitäisi äkkiä tarkistaa jotain...
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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New publication!

The Tatar Language in Finland: Sociolinguistic Perspectives and Audiovisual Archival Resources

Authors: Ainur Elmgren and Orsolya Sild

The Author Link provides free access to the article for 3 months after publication.

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Journal of Finnish Studies (2025) 28 (1): 8–31.
October 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I'll have to turn off notifications soon. Why the typos though... #instafamous
Screencap of an Instagram comment to the account @ethnocynology by user @burebika: A chilling tale! It reminds me of a Mongolian folk tale about a girl who has two yellow dogs. On a journey, they meet a mangas (monster). The girl climbs up a tree and the dogs chase the mangus into a cave. Then one of the dogs tells the girl: If red blood comes out of the cave, the mangus is dead. If yellow blood comes out, we will be dead. This tale has a happy ending! It was collected by Hungarian scholar András Róna-Tas.
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Kirjahyllyssäni on vuonna 1990 painetusta Bonniersin maailmanhistoria-kirjasarjasta yksi ainoa nide, jonka omin jo teininä ja jota olen raahannut mukanani maasta toiseen ainakin 30 vuoden ajan. Tarkastelin sitä nyt lähemmin selvittääkseni kuka on vaikuttanut käsityksiini varhaiskeskiajasta.
Bonniers världshistoria band 7, Europas födelse Heikki Kirkinen (22. syyskuuta 1927 Kuusjärvi – 9. tammikuuta 2018)[1] oli Itä-Suomen yliopiston (Joensuu) historian professori. Hän toimi Joensuun yliopiston rehtorina 1971–1981 sekä Sorbonnen yliopiston suomen kielen, kirjallisuuden ja kulttuurin vierailevana professorina 1966–1970. Kirkinen ansioitui Karjalan historian ja karjalaisen identiteetin tutkijana. (Wikipedia)
October 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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I made this a few years ago and I need it on a t-shirt.
First frame: stereotypical central asian equestrian warrior horde advancing in front of an enormous raging fire; second frame: closeup of one of the warriors brandishing a sword with a speech bubble saying: "This is fine."
October 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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After Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, France, and Peru: Straw Hat Pirates flag spotted in Antananarivo, Madagascar, a few days ago. #onepiece #genzprotests #strawhatpirates #jollyroger
Apparently the president has been spirited away in a French military plane: www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2...
A protester holds a placard as demonstrators gather during a strike demanding constitutional reforms and the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina, in Antananarivo, on October 9, 2025. AFP - LUIS TATO
October 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Back in the 18th century, novel titles were a bit spoiler-y:

The life of Madam de Beaumount, a French lady; who lived in a cave in Wales above fourteen years undiscovered, being forced to fly to France for her religion; ... Also her lord's adventures in Muscovy (1721) (full title in ALT text)
Title page of the novel: THE LIFE OF Madam de Beaumont, a French LADY; Who lived in a Cave in Wales above fourteen Years undiſcovered, being forced to fly France for her Religion; and of the cruel Uſage ſhe had there. ALSO Her LORD's Adventures in Muſcovy, where he was a Priſoner ſome Years. WITH An Account of his returning to France, and her being diſcover'd by a Welsh Gentleman, who fetch'd her Lord to Wales: And of many ſtrange Accidents which befel them, and their Daughter Belinda, who was stolen away from them; and of their Return to France in the Year 1718. THE SECOND EDITION. By Mrs. AUBIN.
October 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Penelope Aubin, where have you been all my life?

Her translation of French Orientalist François Pétis de la Croix senior's work Histoire du Grand Genghizcan apparently influenced the strange spelling of Genghis Khan's title in English.

But she was an interesting writer in her own right!
Title page of the book The History of Genghizcan the Great by François Pétis de la Croix senior (1622–1695), translated from French to English by Penelope Aubin. Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – 1738?) was an English novelist, poet, and translator. She published seven novels between 1721 and 1728. Aubin translated French works in the 1720s, spoke publicly on moral and political issues at her Lady's Oratory in 1729, and wrote a play in 1730.
October 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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No new pics, where are you mentally?
September 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Share your favourite black & white film
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Thanks, Keenious.

New field of research unlocked? I refuse to believe that I am the only one thinking about this every day.
Keenious result: "I conducted a search for research on historiographical bias against nomadic societies, including its impact on education, but unfortunately, no results were found. This is likely because the search was extremely specific, combining several niche concepts: Historiography and specific biases (Eurocentrism, Sinocentrism) Nomadic/pastoral societies of the Eurasian steppe The exact phrase "sedentary bias" or "civilizational narrative" The connection to education"
September 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Kan någon hjälpa mig identifiera runstenen på det gamla fotot? Obs.! Det går inte att läsa runorna, eftersom fotot är oskarpt. Obs.!! Jag känner redan till raa.se. Klicka på bilden för att läsa ALT-texten - det är all information jag har. #runsten
Stenen verkar ha ett kors i mitten och runorna är ristade i ett band som snörklar sig utåt i ändarna. Ingen aning var bilden togs - någonstans i Småland ca 1987-88?
August 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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With our history? According to historian Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, the Huns were our glorious ancestors, but that was a while ago. Otherwise, Huns have not played any central role in Finnish historiography, afaik. Of course, in context it's just a substitute for Mongol/Tatar as an insult (thanks!).
August 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Helsingfors faktaboksfestival - #tietokirjafestivaali - har även svenskspråkigt program. På lördagen 6.9. pratar jag med Mats Bergman och Aapo Roselius om propagandans historia och #finlandssvensk #antifascism på 1920- och 1930-talet. Lina Laurent (SLS) intervjuar. tietokirjafestivaali.fi/ohjelma/
Tid: lördagen 6.9.2025, kl 16. Plats: Tekstin talo, Lintulahdenkatu 3, Helsinki.
August 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Asuin Helsingissä 10 vuotta enkä koskaan käynyt Luonnontieteellisessä Museossa eli "Eläinmuseossa". Asia piti korjata tänään ennen Oulun junan lähtöä. Iida Turpeisen Elolliset-romaanista tuttu Stellerin merilehmän luuranko oli tärkein nähtävyys! #elolliset #stellerinmerilehmä
Stellerin merilehmän luuranko Helsingin eläinmuseossa. Stellerin merilehmän luuranko Helsingin eläinmuseossa.
July 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Looking for imagined and real ancestors at #iccees2025 in London. Photos from presentation by Andrii Bovgyria ("Khazar Forefathers": The Myth of Origin in 17th-18th Century Ukraine) and film essay by Assiya Issemberdiyeva (Framing the Steppe: Colonial Representations in Soviet Kazakh Cinema).
July 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Ehkä kyseessä on isänmaallinen mielenosoitus? (Leike: Itä-Suomen Sanomat 25.9.1900)
July 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The #ICCEES2025 conference programme is vast, but here is my humble contribution (in collaboration with dear colleage Orsolya Sild). Check the full programme here: www.iccees2025.org/programme/
Screenshot of ICCEE 2025 conference programme: Ainur Elmgren's and Orsolya Sild's session title "Educators and Pan-ideologies after Empire in Finland and Hungary 1920-1937"
July 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Any history- and/or tea-related tips for London in late July? I will be attending the #ICCEES (International Council for Central and East European Studies) XI World Congress at UCL and want to make the most out of my stay. Bookmarks the bookshop and the British Museum are already on my to-do list.
Logo: ICCEES XI World Congress University College London 21-25 July 2025
July 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Monty Pythonien legendaarinen puvustaja Hazel Pethig varusti kuningas Arthurin ritareineen metallivärillä maalatuilla villapaidoilla, koska budjetti ei riittänyt rengaspanssareihin (paitsi Graham Chapmanille päähän). Nekin näyttivät autenttisemmilta kuin tuo hirveys.
June 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Interesting statistics from the German regional public broadcaster MDR (programme "Manga-Hefte: Arbeiten am Limit", aired 24.03.2025). Sales of print manga has more than tripled between 2011 and 2024. Covid boom had lasting effect. #manga #comics #printmedia

www.ardmediathek.de/video/mdr-sa...
Statistik: Umsatz mit gedruckten Manga-Bänden in Deutschland in Mio. Euro. Auszug: 2011: 22,8 Mio. Euro. 2024: 92,7 Mio. Euro. Sales of printed manga volumes in Germany in million euros. Excerpt: 2011: 22.8 million euros. 2024: 92.7 million euros.
June 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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This weekend: International research seminar "Digital Livonia: For a digitally enhanced study of medieval Livonia (Tallinn University Fri 16 - Sat 17 May 2025). See you there!

www.tlu.ee/en/ht/events...

#wannabemedievalist
Page from the Chronicle of Henry the Livonian
May 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Tutkimushankkeemme #KeidenKaupunki järjestää 5.6. tapahtuman #LevonJaLevottomuudenKaupunki Turussa. Ideana on tarjota näkökulmia parempaan kaupunkiin tieteen ja taiteen keinoin. Tapahtuma on maksuton ja kaikille avoin. Tervetuloa!

Ohjelma ja tarkemmat tiedot: keidenkaupunki.com/2025/05/05/l...
Levon ja levottomuuden kaupunki 5.6.25Tiitu Takalon tekemä kuva, jossa hymyilevä ihminen lepää kerrostalon katolla kukkien ja ruohon keskellä. Kerrostalo on harmaa ja kulmikas, ja sen ympärillä on paljon punaisia autoja, jotka ajavat eri suuntiin ruuhkassa.
May 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM