Marjatta Hietala
Marjatta Hietala (née Puusa, born 19 June 1943) is a Finnish historian specialising in urban history and the history of innovations. She is professor emerita of General History at the University of Tampere.[1]
Hietala introduced in Finland the study of innovations and international contacts. She has held a range of positions of trust both in Finland and internationally.[2]
Education
Hietala read general history, Finnish and Scandinavian history, statistics, sociology and politics at the University of Helsinki, gaining her MA in 1968, Licentiate degree in 1970 and master's degree in Social Sciences in 1971. Her PhD (1975) analysed German right-wing and militaristic nationalism on the basis of the works by Ernst Jünger and his associates. Hietala's doctoral dissertation paved the way for using content analysis and statistical methods in Finnish historiography.
Hietala's doctoral work brought her into close contact with the school of thought on the
Career
Hietala opened her research career in the
In Tampere, a group of researchers congregated around Marjatta Hietala, with a focus on the history of science and innovations, and intellectual and urban history. It was in this group that her successor in Tampere, Marjaana Niemi, completed her academic training.
Focus of teaching and research
In the study of history Marjatta Hietala has applied a range of methods typically used in the natural sciences, especially quantitative methods involving the analysis of long time series. She has also encouraged participation in international research groups, and has herself done comparative research in, for example, Germany and the United States. Her studies on urban history and the spread of innovations show that Finland was among the first nations to adopt technological advances (such as telephones and street lighting) at the end of the 19th century and in the opening decades of the 20th century. Hietala's comparative methods on the spread of innovations are widely used internationally.[5]
Selected publications
- Marjatta Hietala & Marjatta Bell (2017), Helsinki, Finland’s Innovative Capital. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society. ISBN 9789522228833
- Marjatta Hietala (2017), Finnisch-deutsche Wissenschaftskontakte. Zusammenarbeit in Ausbildung, Forschung und Praxis im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Aue Stiftung & Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8305-1747-4
- Katia Pizzi & Marjatta Hietala, Eds (2016), Cold War Cities: History, Memory and Culture. London: Peter Lang. ISBN 9783034317665
- Marjatta Hietala, Martti Helminen & Merja Lahtinen, Eds (2009), Helsinki. Helsingfors. Historic Towns Atlas, Scandinavian Atlas of Historic Towns. Helsinki: Helsinki Urban Facts. ISBN 9789522233301
- Marjatta Hietala, Ed. (2006), Tutkijat ja sota. Suomalaisten tutkijoiden kontakteja ja kohtaloita toisen maailmansodan aikana [Academics and the war. The contacts and fates of Finnish academics during the Second World War]. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society.
- Marjatta Hietala & Tanja Vahtikari, Eds (2003), Landscape of Food: The Food Relationship of Town and Country in Modern Times. Finnish Literature Society. ISBN 9789517464789
- Marjatta Hietala & Lars Nilsson, Eds (1999), Women in Towns: The Social Position of Urban Women in a Historical Context. Stads- och kommunhistoriska institutet, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet & Finnish Historical Society. ISBN 951-710-105-8
- Marjatta Hietala (1992), Innovaatioiden ja kansainvälistymisen vuosikymmenet. Helsinki eurooppalaisessa kehityksessä 1875-1917, I [The decades of innovations and internationalization. Helsinki in the perspective of European development, 1875–1917, vol. I]. Helsinki: Finnish Historical Society.
- Marjatta Hietala (1987), Services and Urbanization at the Turn of the Century: The Diffusion of Innovations. Helsinki: Finnish Historical Society. ISBN 951-9254-88-9
- Marjatta Hietala (1975), Der neue Nationalismus in der Publizistik Ernst Jüngers und des Kreises um ihn 1920–1933. Helsinki: Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. ISBN 951-41-0255-X
Family
Marjatta Hietala is married to Kari Hietala, a researcher. They have three children and seven grandchildren. Hietala's parents Nikolai and Maire Puusa were evacuees from the part of Finnish Karelia ceded to the Soviet Union in the Second World War.
References
- ISBN 978-951-0-22044-3.
- ^ "Marjatta Hietala". University of Tampere, Faculty of Social Sciences, Staff / History. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ISBN 978-951-710-084-7.
- ISBN 978-951-0-23105-0.
- ^ Korppi-Tommola, Aura (2016). "Marjatta Hietala -- yleisen historian professori, kaupunki- ja innovaatiohistorian tutkija [Marjatta Hietala: Professor of General History; Scholar of urban history and the history of innovations]". Naisten ääni -tietokanta [Women's Voice Database]. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
External links
- The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters presents Professor Marjatta Hietala with the academy’s highest distinction, the Honorary Award, in 2017
- Honorary Membership, Finnish Historical Society in 2015 (in Finnish)
- Honorary Doctorates awarded at Stockholm University in 2012
- Outstanding Cultural Achievement Prize, Finnish Cultural Foundation in 2010 (in Finnish)
- Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
- The Veteran Members of the Parliament of Finland Oral History Archive
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