The Migration Institute of Finland turns 50 in 2024!
Anniversary year programme
(Subject to change, and the programme will be updated throughout the year.)
January
16.1. kick-off event for stakeholders and launch of the 50th anniversary book, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku
25.1. with the Night of the Sciences, “Mind the Gap – The gap between research and policy on migration issues”, Helsinki.
February
13.2. Researcher seminar on the move: Intra-country migration, Seinäjoki, Regional development. Migration Institute of Finland – 30 years in Ostrobothnia.
21.2. Book evening: author Anna Soudakova, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library, Turku.
March
12.3. Research seminar on the move: Northern migratory movements, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi.
April
9.4. Research seminar on the move: Mobility in Rural Contexts (Eng.), University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu
24.4. Book Night: author Sara Al Husaini, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library, Turku, Finland
May
7.5. Research seminar on the move/webinar: Changing expatriate Finnishness and the hope for a good old age, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku
In cooperation with Suomi-Seura ry.
29.5. Book Night: Sirpa Humalisto & Jarmo Lainio, Archive of the Swedish Finns, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library, Turku.
June
5.6. Research seminar on the move: Swedish-language migration and the theme of the day ‘Centret för Svenskfinland 10 years’, Åbo Akademi, Vaasa
13.6. Public event: park party, Tuomiokirkkopuisto, Turku, Finland
July
24.-28.7. with FinnFest, Duluth, USA
September
3.9. Research seminar on the move, University of Tampere, Finland
September (date to be confirmed) Book Night: author Juha-Pekka Koskinen: Fire-Wing and Hawkeye, Migration Institute of Finland’s Library
15.9. Turku Day, Open Doors, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku.
27.-29.9. with Turku Book Fair
October
1.10. Research seminar on the move, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
10.-11.10. 50. Migration Symposium: “Moving into the future through migration”, Turku, Finland
29.10. Research seminar on the move, University of Helsinki
November
1.-30.11. Exhibition of the Migration Institute, Turku City Library Main Library
14.-15.11. with INTEGRATION2024, Logomo, Turku
20.11. Book evening: author and journalist Maxim Fedorov: My Ukraine, Turku City Library
December
18.12. International Migrants’ Day, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku, Finland