nefk2025 | Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference

Conference programme

Pre-conference workshop for doctoral researchers (organised by ÅA)

Social event

Registration and coffee

Opening of the conference

Keynote I: Antti Lindfors (University of Helsinki)

Lunch

Parallel sessions I

Parallel sessions II

Coffee break

Parallel sessions III

Reception, City of Turku

Panel discussion: Nordic 2.0 and beyond: Grasping the ordinary and extraordinary (Chair N.N.)

Anni Guttorm (Sámi Museum Siida), Tina Paphitis (University of Oslo), Olafur Rastrick (University of Iceland), Minna Sarantola-Weiss (Helsinki City Museum), Mark Vacher (University of Copenhagen), Robert Willim (Lund University) & Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch (SLS)

Lunch

Parallel sessions IV

Parallel sessions V

Coffee break

Parallel sessions VI

Networking meetings

Conference dinner

Keynote II: Jenny Gunnarson-Payne (Södertörns högskola)

Parallel sessions VII

Lunch

Parallel sessions VIII

Coffee break

Closing of the conference

Social event, e.g. sauna & party

Excursions, e.g. Paimio Sanatorium, Seili Island, visit to the woods (on own expense)

The 36th International Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference takes place in Turku, Finland. Scholars are invited to discuss contemporary perspectives on culture, identities, and socio-cultural shifts in the Nordic region and beyond, and to explore approaches to everyday life, traditions, history, and the future in these times of change.

Den 36:e Nordiska etnolog- och folkloristkonferensen äger rum i Åbo, Finland. Forskare välkomnas diskutera samtida perspektiv på kultur, identiteter och socio-kulturella förändringar i och utanför Norden, samt att utforska sätt att närma sig vardagsliv, traditioner, historien och framtiden i dessa föränderliga tider.

Registration and practical details
aboaevents@certia.fi

Conference programme
nefk@abo.fi