Historians without Borders in Finland (HWB) was founded at the initiative of Erkki Tuomioja, PhD, MP, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, on 17 June 2015 in Helsinki. The purpose of the organization is to further public discussion about history and to promote the use of historical knowledge for peace-building and conflict-resolution. Through an international network of experts, HWB aims to promote and deepen general and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of history; promote open and free access to historical material and archives; promote interactive dialogue between different views and interpretations of history to bring closer diverging views of the course of historical events; support efforts to impede the abuse of history to foster conflicts or to sustain enemy images and distorted myths, and to contribute to the use of history in defusing and resolving conflicts.
HWB seeks to achieve these objectives by organizing public and expert discussions, participating in general debate in the media, carrying out research and publishing on the theme as well as by taking part in different conflict-resolution processes.The idea is to create an international network of experts who can both independently and in cooperation actively promote the HWB objectives in their own countries and communities. This network will work as a basis for a fixed international committee and, eventually, an official global organization.
Webseite
historianswithoutborders.fi/en/
Country
Finland
Runtime
since 2015
Contact
Heta Hedman: heta.hedman(at)hwb.fi
Results of Activity
Projects:
Products:
- Final report on Nordic Belarusian History Dialogue
- A report on the state and challenges of diverse historical research, teaching and dialogue in Finland "Whose history"
- A report on of the Finnish-Estonian History Dialogue
[The description of the activity, individual projects and products is based on the content of the Initiative's website.]
