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Department of History
Tel. +358 8 553 3313
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P.O. Box 1000
FIN-90014 University of Oulu
Finland
Heini Hakosalo
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• History of medicine, particularly the history of 19th- and early 20th-century brain research
• women's educational history, in specific the first phase of women's medical training
• 19th- and 20th-century cultural history
Exclusive Treatment: Women in Academic Medicine in 20th-Century Finland, which is part of a research project Forcing the Way: Women in Professional Networks of Power and Knowledge in 20th-Century Finland. The project is led by Professor Jouko Vahtola and financed by the Academy of Finland (Power in Finland -programme).
Ten most important publications
• On Speaking Terms: Scientific Boundary Work and the Discovery of Aphasia, 1861-1874. Oulu, 2006.
• "Kivuton murros? Naisten oikeus akateemisiin opintoihin ja ammatinharjoitukseen autonomian ajan Suomessa" [A painless rupture? Women's right to academic study and professional practice in Finland prior to 1917], Historiallinen aikakauskirja 4 / 2006: 397-407.
• "The Brain under the Knife: Serial Sectioning and the Development of Late 19th-Century Neuroanatomy," Studies in the History and Philosophy of Biology and Biological Sciences 37 (2006): 172-202.
• "Ihmiskoneen implikaatiot - La Mettrie medikalisaation näkökulmasta" [The implications of l'homme machine: La Mettrie and medicalizatio], Niin & näin: Filosofinen aikakauslehti 1 / 2004: 97-99.
• "Théodule Ribot'n naturalistinen psykologia" [The naturalistic psychology of Théodule Ribot], Niin & näin: filosofinen aikakauslehti 2 / 2002: 35-37.
• "Akateemisen vallan variaatioita: naiset saksalaisessa yliopistojärjestelmässä ennen ensimmäistä maailmansotaa" [Variations of academic power: women in German academic system prior to WWI], Tiede & Edistys 3 / 2000: 191-204.
• "The Wonder Organ: Essay Review on Michael Hagner's Homo cerebralis: der Wandel vom Seelenorgan zum Gehirn", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 31 (2000): 355-363.
• "The Silenced Brain: Language and Intellect in the Early History of Aphasiology", teoksessa Älyn ulottuvuudet ja oppihistoria. Matka logiikan, psykologian ja tekoälyn juurille, s. 130-133. Toimittaneet L. Haaparanta, E. Hyvönen ja J. Silvonen. Helsinki : Suomen filosofinen yhdistys, 1995.
• "Aivoanatomiasta introspektioon. Kolme lukua psykoanalyysin esihistoriaa" [From brain anatomy to introspection: Three chapters in the history of psychoanalysis], Tiede ja edistys 4 / 1994: 301-320.
• Bio-Power and Pathology: Science and Power in the Foucauldian Histories of Medicine, Psychiatry and Sexuality. Reports from the Department of History 1 / 1991. Oulu : University of Oulu, 1991.