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Invitation to attend a Research in Progress seminar at the University of

Minnesota

Speaker: Tuomas Savonen
(University of Helsinki)

Topic: “Gus Hall – Finnish-American Don Quixote”

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
308 Andersen Library
222-21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Free and open to students, faculty and the public.
Beverages will be provided.

Event notice on U Calendar:
http://events.tc.umn.edu/event?occurrence=411940;event=121961 

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As a David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professor of Finnish studies I’m
pleased co-sponsor a visit to the UMN campus of Professor Markus Jäntti.

Markus is currently the research director of the Luxembourg Income
Study, an international project to study welfare state outcomes. As a
Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, he is presently working
on a cross-national study of intergenerational socio-economic mobility
(with Timothy Smeeding). 

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Dear Gofdans:
Happy to announce the birth of our son. Joonas Kalervo was born on Good
Friday at 2:30 pm. 7lb 2oz, 19 inches. Both Wendy & Joonas are healthy
and doing well.

What a smart kid to time his birth for Spring Break!

Best,

Jukka

Dear Colleague:

I am pleased to sponsor a talk by Professor Markus Jäntti here at the
UMN. It takes place at the Minnesota Population Center in March 27.

Dr. Jäntti is the research director of the Luxembourg Income Study - a
cross national comparative project to study welfare state outcomes. He
is currently a fellow at the Russell Sage Foundation, working on a book
about cross-national differences in socio-economic mobility. His talk at
the MPC will illustrate a new component of the LIS: The Luxembourg
Wealth Study. (See the MPC flyer attached). 

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Dear Friends,

In keeping with our commitment to scholarly excellence, I am pleased to
announce that three Doctoral Fellows has joined our ranks for the period of
three months (January-March). They will be associated with the Department
of Political Science. They coming to Minnesota is made possible by the
GOFDANS resources. They will be working mainly on issues related to
humanitarianism. They are from the University of Tampere, Finland. I am
sure that they will be eager to contribute to the University community
generally and also to the Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer
–activities. What follows is a brief 

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Dear Friends:
I had a chance to visit Finland last week. My trip coincided with the
broadcast of the TV-documentary about the recent tour of the
Lannen-Jukka String Band around the Lake Superior area. (J. Karjalainen
and his band). As you may recall, the tour culminated in two events here
in MPLS: Suomi-Finland Social Club at the UMN Immigration History
Research Center and a concert at the Nordic Roots Festival (Cedar
Cultural Center). This whole experience was filmed by Mr. Erkki
Maattanen of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). 

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Hello,

Greeting from the unusually warm and rainy Finnish December. I just
arrived here with professor Raymond "Bud" Duval and a graduate student
Denis Kennedy. Our aim is to hold a two day conference on the theme
of "Humanitarianism". This international seminar is partly funded by
the professorship. Other funding comes from the Finnish International
Studies Association and Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. 

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SUOMI-FINLAND SOCIAL CLUB MUSIC/MOVIES EVENT
Jukka Savolainen, Visiting Professor from Finland, is sponsoring a
cultural event that will take place at the Immigration History
Research Center (120 Elmer Andersen Library) on Fri., Sept. 28 at
7:00 p.m. This is an evening with musical and cinematic tributes to
the Finnish immigrants to the Lake Superior region (MN, MI, WI and
Ontario). "Suomi-Finland Social Club" will feature Music (by Finns),
Movies (about Finns), and Munchies (for everybody). Everyone is
welcome! Free of charge! More event information is available at
<http://events.tc.umn.edu/event.xml?occurrence=402889>. The string
band from Finland will also play at the Nordic Roots 

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