Pertti Grönholm
FT (D.Phil)
pergro@utu.fi +358 29 450 3465 +358 50 329 0146 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2953-6901 |
Areas of expertise
Baltic Sea Region, Estonian History, Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia, German Cultural History, Communism, Nationalism, Modern and Postmodern Historiography, History and Memory, Collective Remembering, Utopian thinking, Popular Culture and Popular Music Studies. Electronic Music, History of Technology.
Baltic Sea Region, Estonian History, Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia, German Cultural History, Communism, Nationalism, Modern and Postmodern Historiography, History and Memory, Collective Remembering, Utopian thinking, Popular Culture and Popular Music Studies. Electronic Music, History of Technology.
Research community or research topic
Electronic voice and the interpretation of emotions and self-understanding in human– machine communication 1960–2020. Kone Foundation / University of Turku 2018–2022. Project Leader.
Electronic voice and the interpretation of emotions and self-understanding in human– machine communication 1960–2020. Kone Foundation / University of Turku 2018–2022. Project Leader.
Biography
Pertti Grönholm, DPhil (b. 1966) is an Adjunct Professor (dosentti) and Senior Lecturer (2018–2020) at the Department of European and World History in the University of Turku. I have worked as a Collegium Researcher in the Turku Institute of Advanced Studies (TIAS) in the University of Turku (2014–2016). My research project focused on the processes of official history making and the politics of memory in Estonia during the periods of independence (1920–1940 and 1991 onwards). I have been an Associate Researcher (non-funded) in Reimagining Futures in the European North at the End of the Cold War (REIMAG), a project funded by the Academy of Finland (2014–2017). In these projects, my research interests were lain in Estonian historical narratives and remembering in their relation to the imagining of the future. In 2020–2022 I lead a research project Talking Machines – Electronic voice and the interpretation of emotions and self-understanding in human– machine communication 1960–2020. The project is funded by the Kone Foundation and it explores human-machine interaction and its history from the perspective of voice and sound based communication.
In collaboration with Heli Paalumäki, I have conducted (since 2009) an ongoing multidisciplinary theme seminar and a loose research group Utopias, Ideas and the Future, devoted into Utopian studies in the School of History, Culture and Arts Studies in the University of Turku.
In addition, I am a task group member (since 2012) in the International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC), based in the University of Turku. Since 2003, I have occupied several temporary positions of Professor, University Lecturer, Senior Researcher and Researcher in the Department of European and World History (the University of Turku) and University Lecturer in the Department of History and Geography (the University of Eastern Finland / Joensuu Campus).
Pertti Grönholm, DPhil (b. 1966) is an Adjunct Professor (dosentti) and Senior Lecturer (2018–2020) at the Department of European and World History in the University of Turku. I have worked as a Collegium Researcher in the Turku Institute of Advanced Studies (TIAS) in the University of Turku (2014–2016). My research project focused on the processes of official history making and the politics of memory in Estonia during the periods of independence (1920–1940 and 1991 onwards). I have been an Associate Researcher (non-funded) in Reimagining Futures in the European North at the End of the Cold War (REIMAG), a project funded by the Academy of Finland (2014–2017). In these projects, my research interests were lain in Estonian historical narratives and remembering in their relation to the imagining of the future. In 2020–2022 I lead a research project Talking Machines – Electronic voice and the interpretation of emotions and self-understanding in human– machine communication 1960–2020. The project is funded by the Kone Foundation and it explores human-machine interaction and its history from the perspective of voice and sound based communication.
In collaboration with Heli Paalumäki, I have conducted (since 2009) an ongoing multidisciplinary theme seminar and a loose research group Utopias, Ideas and the Future, devoted into Utopian studies in the School of History, Culture and Arts Studies in the University of Turku.
In addition, I am a task group member (since 2012) in the International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC), based in the University of Turku. Since 2003, I have occupied several temporary positions of Professor, University Lecturer, Senior Researcher and Researcher in the Department of European and World History (the University of Turku) and University Lecturer in the Department of History and Geography (the University of Eastern Finland / Joensuu Campus).
Research
Throughout my career, I have been interested in the functions of historical knowledge in society and uses of historical narratives and myths in the realms of cultural memory and politics. My major research themes relate to the politics of history and memory and historiography in the Baltic states and the Soviet Union / Russia in the 20th Century. My doctoral thesis (the University of Turku, 2001) explored the relation of the academic writing of history to the Soviet politics of history and Marxism-Leninism in the Estonian SSR (1944–1991). In addition, I have studied 20th Century Utopian thinking, the history of music technology and the history of electronic popular music.
Throughout my career, I have been interested in the functions of historical knowledge in society and uses of historical narratives and myths in the realms of cultural memory and politics. My major research themes relate to the politics of history and memory and historiography in the Baltic states and the Soviet Union / Russia in the 20th Century. My doctoral thesis (the University of Turku, 2001) explored the relation of the academic writing of history to the Soviet politics of history and Marxism-Leninism in the Estonian SSR (1944–1991). In addition, I have studied 20th Century Utopian thinking, the history of music technology and the history of electronic popular music.
Teaching
I have produced and conducted more than 30 series of lectures and seminar courses in History and in the Baltic Sea Region Studies in B.A. and M.A. levels (1999–2014) in the University of Turku and the University of Eastern Finland. The courses range from basic methodological courses and seminars to the history of the Baltic Sea Region and Russia / Soviet Union, History and politics of remembering, utopian thinking and popular culture. In addition, I have supervised / evaluated more than 30 M.A. thesis in History. I have acted as an opponent in three doctoral dissertations (University of Turku 2011, University of Tartu 2013, and University of Jyväskylä 2018) and evaluated six doctoral theses.
I have produced and conducted more than 30 series of lectures and seminar courses in History and in the Baltic Sea Region Studies in B.A. and M.A. levels (1999–2014) in the University of Turku and the University of Eastern Finland. The courses range from basic methodological courses and seminars to the history of the Baltic Sea Region and Russia / Soviet Union, History and politics of remembering, utopian thinking and popular culture. In addition, I have supervised / evaluated more than 30 M.A. thesis in History. I have acted as an opponent in three doctoral dissertations (University of Turku 2011, University of Tartu 2013, and University of Jyväskylä 2018) and evaluated six doctoral theses.
Publications 
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- Historiatietoisuudet ja kilpailevat käsitykset menneisyyden merkityksestä (2024) Kertomuksia kansakunnasta. Suomi ja suomalaisuus muuttuvassa historiakulttuurissa Grönholm, Pertti
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - THY järjesti 18 ulkomaanmatkaa vuosina 2002–2022. Koettu pandemia ja Ukrainan sota varjostavat yhdistyksen matkatoimintaa (2024)
- Historia nyt - Turun Historiallisen Yhdistyksen jäsenlehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Venäjä rakentaa historiaan tukeutuvaa valtioideologiaa. Historioitsijat pakenevat säilyttääkseen vapautensa ja ammatillisen koskemattomuutensa (2024)
- Historioitsijat ilman rajoja
(E1 Popularised blog post) - Ash Ra Tempel, Manuel Gottsching, and Klaus Schulze (2023) CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO KRAUTROCK Gronholm, Pertti
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kirja-arvio: Hyvä nostalgia ja paha nostalgia. Antto Vihma: Nostalgia. Teoria ja käytäntö. 2021. ISBN 978-952-363-094-9 (2023)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Muistomerkit pyrkivät ohjaamaan historiantajuamme. Hallitsijoiden patsaat herättävät tunteita ja tulkintoja (2023)
- Historia nyt - Turun Historiallisen Yhdistyksen jäsenlehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Nostalgia. Historiallinen Aikakauskirja -lehden teemanumero 2/2023 (2023)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Nostalgia - Tunteita, muistoja ja identiteetin rakentamista (2023)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Ash Ra Tempel, Manuel Göttsching, and Klaus Schulze (2022) The Cambridge Companion to Krautrock Grönholm Pertti
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Itää ja länttä – Kalervon matkassa Euroopassa (2022)
- Yleinen historia
(E1 Popularised article) - Kui nootei? Viitteet, viittauskäytännöt ja lähdeluettelo Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan historia-aineissa (2022) Grönholm Pertti, Immonen Teemu, Kallio Hannu, Kallioinen Mika, Koivunen Pia, Maaranen Joona, Ollitervo Sakari.
(D5 Text book, professional manual or guide or dictionary ) - Leninin patsas muistuttaa suomettumisen ajasta (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Tunteita ja teknologiaa: Affektit ja emootiot näkökulmina tekniikan kulttuurihistoriaan (2022) Kulttuurihistorian tutkimus. Lähteistä menetelmiin ja tulkintaan. Grönholm Pertti, Kärki Kimi, Männistö-Funk Tiina, Sihvonen Tanja
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Belgium, one point. Syntetisaattoreita, ironiaa ja provokaatioita Eurovision laulukilpailuissa vuosina 1980 ja 1983 (2021)
- Lähikuva
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Euroviisut ja audiovisuaalisten esityskäytäntöjen murros. Lähikuva vol. 34 no. 1 (2021) Grönholm Pertti, Heinonen Yrjö, Pajala Mari
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Kirja-arvio: Kulttuuri, psykologia ja biologia ohjaavat meitä outoon laaksoon. arttinen, Jussi: Robofobia. Mikä roboteissa ja tekoälyssä pelottaa? 2020. ISBN 978-952-7347-31-7. (2021)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
(E1 Popularised article) - Puheen luovuttamiselle on laadittava selkeät pelisäännöt (2021)
- Helsingin Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Putinin hallinto kutoi nostalgian osaksi suurvaltaideologiaa (2021)
- Politiikasta.fi
(E1 Popularised article) - Yhdentymisen juhlaa ja ihanteiden kamppailua. Euroviisujen muuttuvat muodot ja merkitykset (2021)
- Lähikuva
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Avaruudessa konekaan ei kuule huutoasi. Ihmisen ja keinoälyn dialogi kolmessa vuosien 1968–1979 tieteiselokuvassa. (2020)
- Lähikuva
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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