The Annual Conference of the Westermarck Society
5th and 6th March 2015
University of Helsinki, Finland
Conference programme
THU, 5.3.2015
10.00-12.15 Registration opens (University of Helsinki, Main Building, Entrance Lobby)
12.15-12.30 Welcome (Porthania, Lecture Hall PI, 1st floor):
- Director of the Social Research Department, Keijo Rahkonen (University of Helsinki)
- Chair of the Westermarck Society, Professor Terhi-Anna Wilska (University of Jyväskylä)
- Chair of Sociology Days 2015 organising committee, Assistant Professor Lena Näre (University of Helsinki)
12.30-14.30 Keynote lectures (Porthania, Lecture Hall PI, 1st floor):
- Prof. Lisa Adkins (University of Newcastle, Australia): Speculative Futures in the Time of Debt
Chair: Professor Elina Oinas (University of Helsinki)
- Prof. Nicholas Gane (University of Warwick, UK): Sociology and Neoliberalism: Three
Cycles that Open onto the Present
Chair: Professor Ilkka Arminen (University of Helsinki)
14.30-15.00 Break
15.00-18.00 Workshops
19.00 Reception by the University of Helsinki (Main Building, Teachers’ Lobby)
20.00 Conference Dinner: Restaurant Pörssitalo (Fabianinkatu 14)
FRI, 6.3.2015
9.00-12.00 Workshops
12.00-13.00 Lunch Break
13.00-13.30 The Westermarck Society- spring meeting (Main Building, Lecture Hall 1)
13.30-13.50 Westermarck Thesis Award (Main Building, Lecture Hall 1)
14.00-16.00 ’Ajan merkit ja sosiologin tehtävä’ -Panel Discussion
(Main Building, Lecture Hall 1)
Chair:
- Assistant Professor Lena Näre (University of Helsinki)
Panelists:
- Student representant Jutta Harjunen (University of Helsinki)
- Director Riikka Heikinheimo (Academy of Finland)
- Professor Juho Saari (University of Eastern Finland)
- Professor Pekka Sulkunen (University of Helsinki)
- Professor Soile Veijola (University of Lapland)
- Executive director Juhana Vartiainen (Government Institute for Economic Research)
16.00–17.00 Ending of Sociology Days
