fulbrighterinfinland

An interactive forum designed to document the experience of a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Oulu, Finland.

30 December 2006

Signing Off

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When, nearly thirty years ago, Ted Turner started the Cable News Network, critics scoffed. How committed are you to this crazy idea? they as...
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28 December 2006

Granite Igloo

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On the day I first arrived at the Oulu railway station last August, I espied an unusual structure alongside the tracks, and I made a note in...
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23 December 2006

Darkness at Noon (with apologies to Arthur Koestler)

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At about 11:50 a.m., ten minutes before check-out time at my hotel, I ran a quick errand up to Rovaniemi’s main square, which used to be cal...
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Rovaniemi and Hagerstown

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The other reason I went to Lapland after the semester ended was because I wanted to track down a loose end having to do with the history of...
20 December 2006

Ho! Ho! Ho!

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In Finland, Christmas is Joulu , which is related to our word, “yule,” and Santa Claus is Joulupukki . It is said that he lives in Rovanie...
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