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Jonas Ahlskog is Postdoctoral Researcher in Minority Studies and holds the title of Associate Professor of Philosophy (Docent) from Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU). He is also Principal Investigator of the Kone Foundation research project Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory. Ahlskog has experience of academic teaching in both history and philosophy as University Teacher (universitetslärare) at ÅAU. Ahlskog has held visiting research fellowships at Harvard University and Södertörn University.
Main research interests: the history of ideas; philosophy and theory of history and the human sciences. In the history of ideas, Ahlskog is primarily interested in conceptions of nation, class, language and identity in political and ideological movements during the 20th century. His philosophical and theoretical research focuses on questions concerning historical knowledge and method, action, understanding, explanation, testimony, memory, and cultural theory.
Besides his academic research, Ahlskog is concurrently working within non-formal adult education. He was managing director (verksamhetsledare) of the organisation Folkets Bildningsförbund r.f., 2010-2020, an association organizing public discussion about philosophical, social and cultural issues. At present, Ahlskog is adviser (sakkunnig) for Svenska folkskolans vänner r.f., within a project about contemporary challenges for non-formal adult education.
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Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory
01/01/22 → 01/01/27
Project: Foundation
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Folkbildningen har gjort de nordiska länderna bäst i världen – nu går utvecklingen i motsatt riktning
Ahlskog, J., 2 Apr 2023, In: Hufvudstadsbladet.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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”Världen har nått det skede, då alla vägar leder till socialismen”: Atos Wirtanens socialdemokratiska visioner för arbetarrörelsens enighet
Ahlskog, J., 1 Feb 2022, Klasskamp på svenska: Aktörer, idéer och erfarenheter i 1900-talets finlandssvenska arbetarrörelse. Kaihovirta, M. & Holm, C. (eds.). Työväen historian ja perinteen tutkimuksen seura, p. 207-237 (Papers on Labour History; vol. 10).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Har vi folkbildningen att tacka för den nordiska välfärden?
Ahlskog, J., 1 Jan 2023, In: SFV-magasinet. 33, p. 50-51Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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The pincer movement of The Idea of a Social Science: Winch, Collingwood, and philosophy as a human science
Ahlskog, J. & Lagerspetz, O., 5 May 2023, In: History of the Human Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Philosophy and the real reasons for action: G. H. von Wright's understanding explanations
Ahlskog, J., 4 Apr 2023, In: Metaphilosophy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Doing Justice to Experience: Avishai Margalit and the Moral Witness
Jonas Ahlskog (Speaker) & Natan Elgabsi (Speaker)
11 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Contesting the Collective Past: Exploring Testimony and Cultural Memory in Minority Research
Jonas Ahlskog (Organiser)
11 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Routledge (Publisher)
Jonas Ahlskog (Reviewer)
3 May 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Jonas Ahlskog (Reviewer)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Journal)
Jonas Ahlskog (Reviewer)
16 Mar 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Participant in the podcast "Philosophy Voiced", Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice.
22/09/22
1 Media contribution
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