Pirjo Markkola#
Photo: Pekka Kaatiala
| Membership Number: | 6390 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Affiliated section(s): | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://research.tuni.fi/hex/people/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8776-0974 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015, 08 Professor of History, Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences (permanent)
- 2009, 08 - 2015, 12 Professor of Finnish History, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, permanent
- 2006, 09 - 2009, 07 Professor in Nordic History, Åbo Akademi University, Faculty of Humanities
- 1999, 08 - 2000, 08 Visiting Scholar, York University, Department of History and Center for Feminist Research, Toronto, Canada
- 1998, 08 - 2006, 07 Academy Research Fellow, Academy of Finland
- 1997, 01 - 12 Acting professor of Finnish History, University of Tampere
Fields of Scholarship
- History of childhood and youth
- Gender history
- Nordic welfare states
- History of society
- Lived welfare institutions
- Lutheranism and welfare
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Gad Rausing Prize, awarded by the Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquity
- 2019 Eino Jutikkala Triannual History Award, awarded by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 2019 Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 2014 Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, invited member
