Making Nordic Historiography

Pertti Haapala is Professor of History and Director of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Historical Research at the University of Tampere in Finland. He has published widely on Finnish social history, methodology and historiography and has contributed to international anthologies such as War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War (ed. Robert Gerwarth and John Horne, 2013) and The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy (ed. Tuomas Tepora and Aapo Roselius, 2014).

“From the first pages of this volume’s introduction, it is clear that it is a carefully conceived and well-organized work of collaborative inquiry. It offers valuable insights into the mutual entanglement of nationalism and historiography.” · Koen Stapelbroek, University of Helsinki“In its transnational analysis of historiographical developments in the Nordic countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Making Nordic Historiography undertakes a laudable project. It provides fresh perspectives on such topics as the rise of history as an academic profession, the relationship between history written by academics and history written by novelists and other ‘outsiders,’ and the role of historical research in processes of nation-building and state-building.” · Patrik Winton, Uppsala University

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Nordic Historiography: From Methodological Nationalism to Empirical Transnationalism
Simon Larsson, Marja Jalava, and Pertti HaapalaChapter 1. Writing Our History: The History of the ‘Finnish People’ (As Written) by Zacharias Topelius and Väinö LinnaPertti HaapalaChapter 2. The Impact of Grundtvig’s Ideology on Icelandic HistoriographyIngi SigurðssonChapter 3. Cultural Aspects of the Pan-Scandinavian Movement: The Perspective of HistoriansKristín BragadóttirChapter 4. National, International or Transnational? Works and Networks of the Early Nordic Historians of SocietyMarja JalavaChapter 5. 
Scientific Historiography and its Discontents – Danish and Swedish ‘Aristocratic EmpiricismSimon LarssonChapter 6. 
Nationalist Internationalism: Danish and Norwegian Historical Research in the Aftermath of the First World WarJon Røyne KyllingstadChapter 7. 
Nordic Networks at Work: Power Struggles in the Scandinavian Historical Field, 1935-1942Pelle Oliver LarsenChapter 8. 
The Rhythm and Implicit Canon of Nordic History by Eli F. Heckscher and Eino JutikkalaPetteri NorringChapter 9. Negotiating Norden: Nordic Historians Revising History Textbooks, 1920–1970Henrik Åström ElmersjöChapter 10. 
Loneliness: Being a Woman in the Nordic Community of HistoriansMervi KaarninenChapter 11. Trans-Nordic Neo-empiricism in a European Setting – Or, Why Did Foucault Leave Uppsala?Peter EdelbergIndex