Jason Lavery

 

Education:

1997                 Ph.D., Department of History, Yale University

                             Dissertation: “The Holy Roman Empire and the Danish-Swedish Rivalry 1563-1576”

1994                 M.A.; M.Phil., Department of History, Yale University

1988                 B.A. (with high honors), Department of History, University of California, Berkeley

Academic Positions:

Department of History, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

July 2019-                                   Regents Professor

July 2018-June 2019                  Interim Department Head

June 2010-June 2019                Professor

June 2002-June 2010                Associate Professor

August 1997-June 2002             Assistant Professor

Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

September 2010-Present     Adjunct Professor (Docent), Church History of Finland and Scandinavia

Helsinki Summer University, Helsinki, Finland

Summer 2000-20;               Instructor, “Finland Prehistory to Present,” lecture course

1997-96; 1992-94

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Fall 1990; Fall 1995-Spring 1997        Teaching Assistant for courses in European and world history

 

Books:

The Rise of Confession: Finland 1560-1611. Work in progress and planned completion in 2022.

Reforming Finland: The Diocese of Turku in the Age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560. Boston and Leiden: Brill Academic Press, 2017. 

The History of Finland. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

Germany’s Northern Challenge: The Holy Roman Empire and the Scandinavian Struggle for the Baltic 1563-1576. Boston and Leiden: Brill Academic Press, 2002.

Recent Scholarly Articles:

“Mikael Agricola and Finland’s Vernacular Reformation,” article accepted for publication in book with working title Studien zur schwedischen Buchgeschichte im Zeitalter von Reformation und Konfessionalisierung,  2020.

“Friedenskonferenzen ohne kriegsführende Parteien: Rostock als Standort für Friedenskonferenzen zwischen Schweden und Dänemark 1563–1576.“ In Verknüpfung des neuen Glaubens: Die Rostocker Reformationsgeschichte in ihren translokalen Beziehungen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2019,  377-390.

“Gustav Vasa and the Partition of the Diocese of Turku 1554.” In Reformatio Baltica: Kulturwirkungen der Reformation in den Metropolen des Ostseeraums, ed. Heinrich Assel, Johann Anselm Steiger, and Axel E. Walter. Berlin and Boston: DeGruyter, 2017, 837-848.

“Mikael Agricola: Father of the Finnish Language, Builder of the Swedish State.” In Lived Religion and the Long Reformation in Northern Europe c. 1300–1700, ed. Sari Katajala-Peltomaa and Raisa Maria Toivo. Leiden: Brill, 2016, 75-103.

Other Recent Publications:

 ”Mikael Agricola: Father of the Finnish Language,” Scandinavian Review 106, no. 3 (2019): 26-35.

 “Finland 1917-1919: Three Conflicts, One Country.”  Scandinavian Review 106, no. 2 (2019):48-54 Reprint of article from 2007.

 ”Changing Identities: Finland 1917-2017,” Scandinavian Review 104, no.1 (2017): 52-63.

 ”Yksi kysymys uudelle hallitukselle,” Vartija-lehti, 24 May 2015 http://www.vartija-lehti.fi/yksi-kysymys-uudelle-hallitukselle/

 ”Onnen päivät?” Vartija-lehti, 6 Jan. 2014. http://www.vartija-lehti.fi/onnen-paivat

Awards and Designations:

2010                     Teacher of the Year, Association of Finland´s Summer Universities.

2010                     Corresponding Member, Finnish Society for Church History

2010                     Research Member, Finnish Historical Society

2009                     Corresponding Member, Finnish Literature Society

2005                     Friends of the Non-Traditional Students Award

Selected Extramural Grant Awards

2013-2014        Visiting Scholar, Academy of Finland Center of Excellence Program, Jyväskylä University

2010                 Oklahoma Humanities Council Research Grant

2009                 Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant

2007-2008        Collegium for Advanced Study, Helsinki University

2007                 Oklahoma Humanities Council Research Grant

2005                 Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant

2005                 Oklahoma Humanities Council Research Grant

2004                 Alfred Kordelin Foundation Grant, Finland

2003                 Oklahoma Humanities Council Research Grant

1999                 American Philosophical Society Research Grant

1999                 American-Scandinavian Foundation Research Grant

1999                 Oklahoma Humanities Council Research Grant

1994                 Fellowship-in-Residence, Institut für Europäische Geschichte  (Mainz, Germany)

1993                 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant

1992-1993        Fulbright Fellowship (Vienna, Austria)

1992                 American-Scandinavian Foundation Research Grant

Service to Profession:

2018-                             Editorial Board Member, Journal of Finnish Studies

2011-present                 Secretary-Treasurer, Society of Historians of Scandinavia

2012-2014                     Parliamentarian, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

2011-2013                     Immediate Past President, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

2009-2011                     President, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

2009-2011                     Immediate Past President, Society of Historians of Scandinavia

2008-2011                     Delegate, American Council of Learned Societies

2007-2009                     Vice President and President-Elect, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

2007-2009                     President, Society of Historians of Scandinavia

2005-2007                     Vice President, Society of Historians of Scandinavia

2004-2007                     Advisory Board, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

2003-2006                     Executive Committee, Society of Historians of Scandinavia

Select Expert Assignments:

2019                             Expert evaluator for professorship in nonfiction literature and writing, Helsinki University

2019                             Expert evaluator for professorships in church history and nonfiction literature, Helsinki University

2018                             Country Expert for V-Dem Historical Varieties of Democracy Project

2017                             External Reviewer for Department of Scandinavian, University of Washington

2016-                            Member, Board of Fellowships and Grants, American-Scandinavian Foundation

2009-2012                    Member, Academic Advisory Board, Collegium for Advanced Study, Helsinki University

2009                             Opponent in public examination of doctoral dissertation, Helsinki University

2008                             Dissertation examiner, Dept. of Church History, Helsinki University

2006, 2008                   Expert evaluator, Academy of Finland

Selected Recent Media Appearances and Interviews:

Interview for article, “Teillä on vahva kirkko,” Sana 29-30/2018, 2-4.

Interview for article, “How Finland Found a Road to Reconciliation after the Civil War of 1918,” This is Finland, May 2018 https://finland.fi/life-society/how-finland-found-a-road-to-reconciliation-after-the-civil-war-of-1918

Interview for article, “Finlandization Is Not a Solution for Ukraine,” The American Interest, 27 July 201 http://www.the-american-interest.com/2014/07/27/finlandization-is-not-a-solution-for-ukraine

Interview for article, “Finland and Nokia Evolve Together,” This is Finland, September 2013. http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=282931&nodeid=37602&culture=en-US

Interview for program Rear View, “The True Finns: Populist Politics and Eurocepticism in Finland,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 6 July 2011.  http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-true-finns-populist-politics-and/292119