EuroStorie Podcast

Tune in to Academy Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor Timo Miettinen’s talk from the workshop Europe and the Crisis of Reason: “The Ordoliberal Dream of Europe.” The Europe and the Crisis of Reason Conference series, delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series...

Listen to Dr. Karolina Stenlund's talk "Swedish answers to an American Dilemma? The influence of Gunnar Myrdal’s thinking in the American Civil rights Movement" The Europe and the Crisis of Reason  Conference series, delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series als...

Listen to Dr. Kolar Aparna's talk "Reading “post-WWII Europe” against the grain: Black feminist Poethical responses to Slavery and the crisis of Reason". The Europe and the Crisis of Reason  Conference series, delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series also inclu...

Listen to Tuija's talk on exceptional Reason: Kant, Husserl and Derrida The Europe and the Crisis of Reason  Conference series, delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series also includes presentations from various fields within the theoretical humanities and social...

Listen to Ville Erkkilä's talk on "The Images of Law and Society After the End Law" The Europe and the Crisis of Reason Conference series, delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series also includes presentations from various fields within the theoreti...

Catch philosopher  Mirja Hartimo’s  speech from the workshop Europe and the Crisis of Reason: “Logic and the Crisis of Reason.” The Europe and the Crisis of Reason  Conference series, delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series also includes presentations from var...

Tune in to philosopher  Sami Pihlström’s  speech: "The Crisis of Pacifism: Pragmatist and Transcendental Perspectives.” Read the Full transcription from our website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/law-identity-and-the-european-narratives/news-and-events/europe-and-the-crisis-of-reason-podcast-mirja-hartimo-logic-and-the-crisis-of-reason This episode is part of the  Europe and the Crisis...

Tune in to Professor of Philosophy  Lee Braver’s  speech from the workshop Europe and the Crisis of Reason: “A Crisis Such as The Earth Has Never Seen: Why Reading Nietzsche Is Our Destiny.” This episode is part of the  Europe and the Crisis of Reason  Conference series, which delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ide...

This episode is part of the  Europe and the Crisis of Reason  Conference series, which delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series also includes presentations from various fields within the theoretical humanities and social sciences, offering a multidisciplinary p...

This episode is part of the  Europe and the Crisis of Reason  Conference series, which delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series also includes presentations from various fields within the theoretical humanities and social sciences, offering a multidisciplinary p...

This episode is part of the Europe and the Crisis of Reason Conference series, which delves into the philosophical and intellectual responses to the crises of the twentieth century and examines how these ideas have shaped the post-WWII European project. The series also includes presentations from various fields within the theoretical humanities and social sciences, offering a multidisciplinary per...

In the last episode of this EuroStorie Podcast season, we get to talk with Natasha Wheatley about the relationship between law, time, and the state. How do we understand a sovereign state as being both a ”timeless” as well as a ”historical” political entity? What happens when a sovereign political entity suddenly dies? How does law relate to these questions? And can sovereignty transfigure time th...

In this episode of the EuroStorie Podcast, we get to know Marco Piasentier, the new team leader of Subproject 2, Discovering the Limits of Reason – Europe and the Crisis of Universalism, who helps us unpack the concept of biopolitics. Drawing from the enquiries developed by Michel Foucault in the 1970s, biopolitics refers to perspectives concerned with the entrance of biological life into the sphe...

In this episode of the EuroStorie Podcast we talk to Martti Koskenniemi about legal imagination and how it relates to the formation of international law as a discipline. Additionally, we discuss the different ways the basic structures of international power – sovereignty and property – have been conceptualized, and how the history of legal imagination can help us better understand the nature of th...

In this first episode of the new EuroStorie Podcast season we dive into the history of East Germany, more specifically we tackle some of the narratives when trying to conceptualize “socialist justice” in the GDR. How did the judicial system of the GDR come into being? How did the GDR manage to engage people in upholding and supporting the moral values of the socialist legal system? More importantl...

Sustainability is a key goal in much contemporary social and political decision-making, from EU climate policy to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. But the term has many different meanings and uses. In this episode of the EuroStorie Podcast, legal anthropologist and sustainability specialist Professor Reetta Toivanen shares her insights on the concept of cultural sustainability, how it inter...

The development and distribution of several effective vaccinations for Covid-19 means managing and living with the virus might finally be a tangible possibility. But the politics of ‘vaccine nationalism’ means distribution of the vaccine around the world has been highly uneven, while in Europe and other countries where they are widely available, there are many who worry about the safety, efficacy...

What can architecture teach us about contemporary debates about national identity, Europe, and empire? Is early Roman architecture part of the legacy of Europe’s ‘common heritage’ as much as Roman law and politics? What makes a building look ‘Roman’, ‘German’, ‘Finnish’ or ‘European’? Juhana Heikonen will help us understand all these questions and more, drawing on his expertise as an architect and...

The longest-running international televised event in the world, the Eurovision Song Contest is famous for dramatic key changes and fiercely competitive bloc-voting. But what does it have to do with European cooperation and identity? How do stories of Europe and national identity play out on the musical stage? How can a contest that claims to be ‘non-political’ also claim to be part of the intrinsi...

In this episode, Ali Ali talks to us about his research on the themes of belonging, community and solidarity in the lives of exiles and migrants who identify as queer or sexually non-normative. Critiquing dominant narratives of Europe as a place of security, freedom and justice, Ali explains what protracted processing periods and legal limbos, complicated state bureaucracies, and societal assumpti...

Is Differentiated Integration the Answer to Euroscepticism? Differentiated integration is an important part of understanding how an ever-larger European Union copes (or fails to cope) with the diversity of interests and resources among its 27 Member States. But the idea that not all states are able or want to integrate at the same pace or to the same degree is also one of the core tensions underpi...

The Finnish labor market is predominantly white and discrimination based on someone's ethnicity or skin color is not a new phenomenon. Having studied Russian-speaking migrants in Helsinki and Ukrainians in Warsaw, researcher Daria Krivonos talks with us about why and how migrants strive for whiteness in their new host country. Racialization and institutional racism are visible not only in the labo...

There seem to be as many definitions of populism as there are researchers of it. As a concept it is widely used in the current European politics and therefore it deserves a thorough, even philosophical consideration of it. Helping us with that task is PhD student Tuukka Brunila from EuroStorie. How does populism relate to the de-politicization of certain questions? We have all heard of right-wing...

What if we for a change did not focus on Europe as the center of attention? What comes after Europe, what kinds of other geographical powers affect global flows of movement? Researcher Samuli Schielke’s work in Egypt brings new perspectives to thinking about Europe. We discuss Eurocentrism, people’s hopes and dreams of a better life and the limits of economic growth and natural resources.

In this episode, scholar Timo Miettinen offers some perspectives for understanding the balancing between individual liberties versus restrictions during the global pandemic. Going into discussions of liberalism and universalism, we talk about state intervention, trust towards political leaders and the juxtaposition between “the obedient North” and the “irresponsible South” in Europe.