Manager for the Nordic Spaces programme, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies, Södertörn University. Research fellow at the Department of Humanities, Mid Sweden University. Leader of the Distant News and Local Opinion project.
Jonas Harvard
2006: PhD in History from Umeå University. 2003-2006: Adjunct lecturer and Lecturer in History at Department of Humanities, Mid Sweden University. 2007: Invited lecturer at Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. April-May 2009 Visiting scholar at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Department of History of Technology and Science. 2008-2012: Research fellow at the Department of Humanities, Mid Sweden University. 2008-2010: Research officer, Faculty of Human sciences, Mid Sweden University. 2010-2011: Coordinator for the International research programme Nordic Spaces, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies, Södertörn University.
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Selected publications
Harvard Jonas, & Lundell, Patrik, eds. (2010) 1800-talets mediesystem, Stockholm, Kungl. biblioteket, Mediehistoriskt arkiv. [Book editor]
Harvard Jonas (2010) ‛Nya medier, gamla transporter: Hästar, tåg och ångbåtar i den elektriska telegrafens tjänst‛, in Harvard & Lundell (eds.) 1800-talets mediesystem, Stockholm, Kungl. biblioteket, Mediehistoriskt arkiv. [Book chapter]
Harvard Jonas, & Lundell, Patrik (2010) ‛1800-talets medier: System, landskap, nätverk‛, in Harvard & Lundell (eds.) 1800-talets mediesystem, Stockholm, Kungl. biblioteket, Mediehistoriskt arkiv. [Book chapter]
Harvard Jonas (2010) ‛Representationsreformen och opinionsstormen: Att mobilisera mediesystemet‛, in Harvard & Lundell (eds.) 1800-talets mediesystem, Kungl. biblioteket, Mediehistoriskt arkiv. [Book chapter]
Harvard Jonas (2009) Dagens opinion, tidens anda. Temporala aspekter av ‛allmänna opinionen‛ 1850–1870. Folkmålsstudier (Finland). [Article in refereed journal]
Harvard Jonas (2008) En högst sakkunnig opinion. Användningen av ‛enquèter‛ i svensk dagspress, 1900-1920. Presshistorisk årsbok 2008. [Book chapter]
Harvard Jonas (2007) Modernitetens depescher? Telegrafen och den norrländska pressens tidshorisonter 1850–1870. Presshistorisk årsbok 2007. [Book
chapter]
Harvard Jonas (2006) En helig allmännelig opinion, Föreställningar om offentlighet och legitimitet i svensk riksdagsdebatt 1848 – 1919. Umeå, Skrifter från Institutionen för historiska studier, Umeå universitet. [Dissertation]
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More from Jonas Harvard
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The Nordic Spaces research programme has secured an agreement with British academic publisher Ashgate for the the publication of a book series, "The Nordic Experience", consisting of five volumes. Three of the books will be included in the Ashgate History list, one in the Politics list and one in the Music list, but the series as a whole will be promoted across a variety of disciplines. In total the books contain close to 60 chapters addressing various aspects of the Nordic region. The series has been accepted after a rigorous peer review conducted by 10 international experts.
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The scholars of the Nordic Dance in Nordic Spaces project have published a new book at Tapir forlag, Trondheim. This book fills a gap in existing dance studies literature on the Nordic countries, and contains eight chapters addressing different aspects of the role of dance in the formation of Norden.
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Debate on the future of the Nordic region, with Birgitta Ohlsson, Gunnar Wetterberg, Jonas Harvard and Sofi Oksanen
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The book "Ett nordiskt rum" (A Nordic Space), which features a range of contributions from scholars in the Nordic Spaces project, was launched at a seminar during the Almedalen political week in Visby, Gotland, under the headline: The Baltic Countries - 20 years after their regained independence.
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At the 101st Annual Meeting of The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, held in Chicago on 28-30 April 2012, scholars from the Nordic Spaces programme featured in two sessions with paper presentations.
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The yearbook of the Riksbankens jubileumsfond for 2011 is themed around Norden, and features a range of researchers from the Nordic spaces programme.
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Several members of the Nordic Spaces programme are participating in the 27th meeting of Nordic historians in Tromsö, 11-14 August. Members of the National History – Nordic Culture project are organising a half day session and Sverker Sörlin is participating in a round table discussion on Nordic polar research.
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To celebrate the occasion of Nordens dag (The Day of Norden) on March 23, Finnish TV Yle ran a segment on the issue of Nordic identity.
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The British-Lithuanian Society introduces a special issue of the academic journal Central Europe dealing with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The new issue will be introduced by Dr Richard Butterwick (School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, and Dr Eglė Rindzevičiūtė (Linköping University, Sweden) at the Lithuanian Embassy in London on January 10.
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The journal Culture Unbound has a new issue out entitled "Uses of the Past: Nordic Historical Cultures in a Comparative Perspective", edited by Peter Aronsson. Of the articles no less than seven are written by scholars from Nordic Spaces, representing three of the sub-projects.
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On 12–15 June 2011, the 9th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe is organised at Södertörn University, Huddinge, Stockholm. The theme of the conference is- Transitions, Visions and Beyond.
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Nordic Spaces now has picture galleries at the picture sharing website Flickr. Here is a preview of some pictures and a link to the gallery webpage.
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On August 25–27, the Steering Committee of Nordic Spaces convened in the Nordic House in Torshavn, the Faroe Islands. In a short video some of the members reflect on the Nordic region and the value of Nordic research cooperation.
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The research programme now has a channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NordicSpaces.
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