Keijo Virtanen

Keijo Aarre Virtanen
Keijo Virtanen in 2010
Nationality	Finnish

Keijo Aarre Virtanen (born 28 August 1945 in Naantali), is a Finnish historian, PhD 1980. In 1970 Virtanen was affiliated with the University of Turku, where he became professor 1990 in cultural history.

Virtanen has focused on the spread of American culture and the cultural exchange between the European and American cultures, which has resulted in a doctors dissertation Settlement or return (1979), were the return of Finnish emigrants from America is studied, and the voluminous study Atlantin yhteys (1988), which concerns the cultural relations over the Atlantic ocean 1776-1917.

Awards

2000 Honorary degree of doctor from Klaipėda University.

Publications

Amerikkalaisen kulttuurin leviäminen Suomeen (1980, med Esko Heikkonen)
Uuden maailman jättiläinen (1991, with Reino Kero and Auvo Kostiainen)

References

Uppslagsverket Finland, 5 (2007)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 117351274 ISNI: 0000 0001 1085 6839

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