Country of residence

Finland

Brief introduction

Researcher, History of the Finnish Roma-project, Finnish Literature Society

Education

PhD (Doctor of History and Civilization of the European University Institute, 2010

Academic profile

I am a historian currently working in a project The history of the Finnish Roma, focussing on 19^th and 20^th centuries. My PhD thesis (European University Institute, 2010) dealt with the rise of the so-called ‘Gypsy’ and ‘tattare’ ‘questions’ in Finland and Sweden – i.e., the way in which modern nation-state building problematized the Roma and Resande (‘Traveller’) minorities in these countries. Besides historical perspectives, I am interested in- and have written about- the contemporary situation of Roma and Traveller groups in Europe, particularly dealing with anti-Roma populism and ethnic violence, as well as with long-term continuities in the Westward movement of Roma and the attempts to block this mobility. My other research interests relate to comparative history of immigration, ethnic relations, citizenship regimes, border control and nation-building.

Publications

• (Forthcoming) ‘Exclusion of Roma: Continuity and change.’ Pietarinen K. (ed.) Roma inclusion in Europe: Green questions and answers. Luxemburg: Green
•  European Foundation, 2011. (Forthcoming) ‘Nation and its outsiders: the 'Gypsy question' in Finland, c. 1860–1900.’ Beyen M., van Ginderachter M. (eds.) Nationhood from below. Europe in the long nineteenth century. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011.
• ‘Gypsies’, ‘Travellers’ and ‘peasants’. A Study on ethnic boundary drawing in Finland and Sweden, c.1860-1925. Doctoral thesis. Florence: European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization 2010, 301 p.

Keywords

Minorities; history; nationalism; Romani people; citizenship

Contact

miika.tervonen@eui.eu browse members list