ARC Grant 2009 winner Tuomas Koskenniemi
ARC Grant 2009 winner Tuomas Koskenniemi from the University of Helsinki was one of the featured guests at a reception hosted by the American Resource Center on Friday, May 21. The reception also marked the conclusion of the 13th annual Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies. This 4-day rigorous convention of distinguished experts and students in American Studies was hosted at the University of Helsinki.
The American Resource Center grant was established in 2006 to celebrate the library’s 60th anniversary. Tuomas Koskenniemi became the 7th Finnish student to receive the grant. The competition is for students of Finnish nationality who are enrolled at a Finnish university and who are working on a master’s thesis on a topic related to the United States. Mr. Koskenniemi won the grant with his master’s thesis titled “We Are All Georgians, Aren’t We? The Neoconservative Reaction to the Russia-Georgia War.”
Congratulations once again, Mr. Koskenniemi.
