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
