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​Jonas Ahlskog is University Lecturer in History at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU). Ahlskog holds the Title of Docent in Philosophy (ÅAU, 2020) and the Title of Docent in the History of Ideas (University of Oulu, 2023).

Ahlskog's research interests lie at the intersection of the philosophy and theory of history, intellectual history, history of historiography, and political history. Within historical research, he is primarily interested in conceptions of nation, class and minority in political and ideological movements during the 20th century. His philosophical and theoretical research focuses on historical knowledge, action, understanding, explanation, testimony, memory, and cultural theory.

Currently, Ahlskog is on research leave from his position as University Lecturer until January 2027. His present research work is conducted as Principal Investigator of the Kone Foundation research project Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory. ​

 

External positions

Docent of the History of Ideas, University of Oulu

2023 → …

Visiting Research Fellow, Södertörns högskola

1 Jul 201831 Dec 2018

Visiting Research Fellow, Harvard University

1 Sept 201515 Dec 2015

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