Louis Clerc
PhD
loucle@utu.fi +358 29 450 3099 +358 50 326 5043 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 293 My office hours are every Tuesday from 15 to 16. |
Areas of expertise
Contemporary History, International Relations, Foreign policy, Europe, Finland, Public Diplomacy, Propaganda, Diplomacy, France, Nordic Countries
Contemporary History, International Relations, Foreign policy, Europe, Finland, Public Diplomacy, Propaganda, Diplomacy, France, Nordic Countries
Biography
I am a Professor in Contemporary History with the University of Turku, Finland.
I am a Professor in Contemporary History with the University of Turku, Finland.
My research interests are:
- Kansainvälisten suhteiden historia / International History
- Suomen ulkopolitiikka / Finnish Foreign Policy
- Julkisuus- ja kulttuuridiplomatia, propaganda / Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Propaganda
My current projects (2018) are:
- Suomen julkisuus- ja kulttuuridiplomatia kylmän sodan aikana / Finnish Public and Cultural Diplomacy during the Cold War
- Ranskan ja pohjoismaiden väliset suhteet kylmän sodan aikana / Franco-Nordic relations during the Cold War
- Biographical projects / henkilöhistoriat: Kalervo Siikala ja Maurice de Coppet
- Suomalainen konsulijärjestelmä / Finnish consular system
- Turun kaupungin kansainväliset suhteet 1970-2010 / City diplomacy in Turku, 1971-2011
I teach a general introduction to Contemporary History (P. 2.1), and courses in the history of European Integration, European international relations, European policy in the Nordic Countries, and Finnish History (FNSC9007). I also manage my department's introduction seminar to Masters studies (S4).
I tweet in a personal capacity as @luikki and am present on Researchgate.
I try as much as possible to share open, post-print versions of my articles. For full-texts and if you have questions, either go to my Researchgate -page, or be in touch with me via e-mail or Twitter.
Publications
- Réseaux et images dans les contacts avec l’étranger: une propagande finlandaise? 1899-1980 (2010)
- Matériaux pour l'histoire de notre temps
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - (2010)
- Ajankohta : poliittisen historian vuosikirja
- Suomalaiset verkostot ulkomailla sortovuosien aikana (2010) Suomi muuttuvassa maailmassa Clerc Louis
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Un euroscepticisme nordique? Le Danemark face à la construction européenne (1918-1993) (2010) Contre l’Europe? Anti-européisme, euroscepticisme et alter-européisme dans la construction européenne de 1945 à nos jours (vol. I): les concepts Clerc Louis
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - (2009)
- Revue d'histoire Nordique
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rauhallinen, sivistynyt, taloudellisesti kehittynyt ja autonominen. Taistelu Suomen kuvasta ranskalaisessa mielipiteessä (2009) Taistelu autonomiasta, perustuslait vai itsevaltius? Clerc LouisB2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
- Onnen maa – Suomi elokuussa 1939De La province russe à l’Etat scandinave. Evolutions du regard diplomatique français sur la Finlande (1900-1920) (2008) Sovijärvi Sini, Paavilainen Ulla, Clerc Louis, Le Roy Eric, Perttola Mikka, Varilla Minna
(E2 Popularised book ) - Suomalaisten Ranska – kaunis tuntematon (2008) Clerc, Ranki
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - A feeling for justice: French reactions to the “Finnish cause” between 1870 and 1917 (2007)
- Journal of Baltic Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2007) Frontières du communisme Clerc Louis
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)



