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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- Nostalgian ja utopian risteyksessä – Keskusteluja modernin kaipuun merkityksistä ja aikaulottuvuuksista (2015) Kaipaava moderni. Nostalgian ja utopian kohtaamisia Euroopassa 1600-luvulta 2000-luvulle Pertti Grönholm, Heli Paalumäki
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Olipa kerran tulevaisuus. – Retrofuturistinen nostalgia Kraftwerk-yhtyeen konseptissa. (2015) Kaipaava moderni. Nostalgian ja utopian kohtaamisia Euroopassa 1600-luvulta 2000-luvulle. Pertti Grönholm
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Onko Venäjän pelko yhä viisauden alku? (2015)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Sodat toivat puutteen ja epävarmuuden turkulaistenkin elämään (2015)
- Turun Historiallinen Arkisto
(E1 Popularised article) - When Tomorrow Began Yesterday: Kraftwerk's Nostalgia for the Past Futures (2015)
- Popular Music and Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Elämää sotavuosien Turussa 1939-1945 (2014) Pertti Grönholm, Pirkko Kanervo, Olli Kleemola, Antti Nyqvist
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Lukijalle (2014) Elämää sotavuosien Turussa 1939–1945 Pertti Grönholm, Pirkko Kanervo, Olli Kleemola, Antti Nyqvist
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Naturalistinen kuvaus oli liikaa kustantajalle (2014) Elämää sotavuosien Turussa 1939–1945 Pertti Grönholm
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Sodat sitoivat Göteborgin ja Turun yhteen (2014) Elämää sotavuosien Turussa 1939–1945 Pertti Grönholm
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Suojeluskunnat kotijoukkojen kivijalkana (2014) Elämää sotavuosien Turussa 1939–1945 Pertti Grönholm
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Valkoisen Suomen hovirunoilija uskoi Saksaan ja aseveljeyteen (2014) Elämää sotavuosien Turussa 1939–1945 Pertti Grönholm
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Monipuolisesti historian vääryyksistä ja niiden hyvittämisestä (2013)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kirja-arvio: Baltian historia helposti avautuvassa pähkinänkuoressa. Andres Kasekamp: A History of the Baltic States. 2010. ISBN 978-0-23-001941-6. (2012)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Nostalgian ja utopian välissä. Historiallisen tiedon käyttö ja tehtävät Viron jälleenitsenäistymisen kamppailuissa vuosina 1987–1991 (2012)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Viro katsoi tulevaisuuteensa menneisyyden peilistä (2012)
- Elo
(E1 Popularised article) - Historia Virolle samanaikaisesti vahvuus ja rasite (2011)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Historia Viron valtiojohdon retoriikassa (2011)
- Idäntutkimus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Periodisointi, nimeäminen ja kamppailu menneisyydestä: Viron poliittiset murrokset ja historian esittäminen (2011)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Utopianismi nousee toiveista, peloista ja tyytymättömyydestä (2011)
- Kritiikki
(E1 Popularised article) - Virolaisdiplomaattien saavuttamaton unelma (2011)
- Idäntutkimus
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
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