Bo Stråth

Professor

Bo Stråth (Curriculum Vitae) was 2007-2014 Finnish Academy Distinguished Professor in Nordic, European and World History and Director of Research at the Department of World Cultures / Centre of Nordic Studies (CENS), University of Helsinki. 1997-2007 he was Professor of Contemporary History at the European University Institute in Florence, and 1991-1996 Professor in History at the University of Gothenburg. He is a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Bo Stråth

States and Citizens History Theory Prospects
Anthologies, Publications

States and Citizens

History, Theory, Prospects Quentin Skinner, Bo Stråth (eds.), States and Citizens. History, Theory, Prospects. Cambridge UP, 2003 Abstract The imminent demise of the nation-state in the face of global capitalism and supra-national agencies has often been predicted,...

Homelands
Anthologies, Publications

Homelands

Poetic Power and the Politics of Space Ron Robin, Bo Stråth (eds.), Homelands. Poetic Power and the Politics of Space. P.I.E. Lang, Brussels 2003 The team of this book project was a group of some ten Israel and Palestinian historians, and the project's backdrop was...

Research projects, Curriculum vitae

The Cultural Construction of Communities in the Process of Modernisation in Comparison

The object of the interdisciplinary project at the outset was to foster a deeper understanding of why basically similar processes of modernisation have resulted in different problem resolutions. The question of governability and social cohesion and division studied through an analytical focus on language and culture was at the centre of the project.

Research projects, Curriculum vitae

EURONAT

Under the assumption that domestic and European components constitute national identities, the aim of the project was to analyse and compare the combination of national-cum-European
components in national identities and representations of Europe and the EU with a special reference to the role of the media in their (trans)formation.

The Meaning of Europe
Anthologies, Publications

The Meaning of Europe

Mikael af Malmborg, Bo Stråth (eds.), The Meaning of Europe. Variety and Contention within and among Nations. Berg Publishers, Oxford 2002 Abstract Mention the word Europe in today's society, and you are greeted with a range of responses, from impassioned debate to...

Research projects, Curriculum vitae

IAPASIS

Development paths are constructed by
historians when they in retrospect, analyse what has happened. Cultural and historical heritages play a role but in what direction they affect actions is an open question. With a focus on politics and practices of immigration, the project explored the role of culture and traditions in the meeting with the immigrats, comparing how four national administrations developed practices in response to the same problem and the same rule-setting framework.

Seminars and Discussion Groups, Curriculum vitae

Stranger. An IAPASIS and EURONAT Seminar

At border checkpoints, political and military power merge and the state monopoly of violence is made evident to those who intend to pass and those just standing by. There, the territory is demarcated, and this demarcation is enforced; enlightenment ideas of universal freedom and equality are shattered, and there is little rational justification for why the jurisdiction of one state should end and another begin. Why not one or twenty meters to the right or left? The seminar series at EUI 2001-2002 organized by James Kaye, Willfried Spohn, Bo Stråth and Anna Triandafyllidou was a forum for the EU framework programme projects IAPASIS and EURONAT.

Publications

  • Monographs
  • Anthologies
Creating Community and Ordering the World
A European Memory
A European Memory?
European Solidarities
European Solidarities
Reflections on Europe
Reflections on Europe
The Economy as a Polity
The Economy As a Polity
Representations of Europe and the Nation in Current and Prospective Member States
States and Citizens History Theory Prospects
States and Citizens
Homelands
Homelands
The Meaning of Europe
The Meaning of Europe
From the Werner Plan to the EMU
From the Werner Plan to the EMU
Europe and the Other and Europe as the Other
Europe and the Other and Europe as the Other
Myth and Memory in the Construction of Community
Myth and Memory in the Construction of Community
AFTER FULL EMPLOYMENT European Discources on Work and Flexibility
After Full Employment
Enlightenment and Genocide Contradictions of Modernity
Enlightenment and Genocide, Contradictions of Modernity
Department of History and Civilization Nationalism and Modernity EUI Working Papers
Nationalism and Modernity
The Postmodern Challenge Perspectives East and West
The Postmodern Challenge
The Cultural Construction of Norden
The Cultural Construction of Norden
Comparativ Wohnungsbau im Internationalen Vergleich Heft 3-1996
Wohnungsbau im internationalen Vergleich
Language and the Construction of Class Identities
Language and the Construction of Class Identities
Idylle oder Aufbruch
Idylle oder Aufbruch?
Democratisation in Scandinavia in Comparison

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