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Jaakko Björklund

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Early modern military history, University of Helsinki

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Is the Age of Drones Really the Age of Poor Maneuver? On today’s battlefields, drones are undeniably lethal. They kill with precision, shape movement across the battlespace, and impose a constant

Drones dominate today’s battlefield, but history suggests their prominence may say more about failing institutions than revolutionary technology.

06.02.2026 14:45 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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1500- ja 1600-luvun tutkimuksen päivät Helsingin yliopistolla @uudenajanalku.bsky.social järjestäminä! Mattias Lundbergin keynote alkamassa ”The Long Reformation in Sweden: A Negotiation of Sounds and Beliefs”. Esitys sisältää myös 1500- ja 1600-luvun musiikkiesityksen!

22.01.2026 13:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Coming up!

'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530–1765' provides a holistic overview of continuity and change in the supply of #war over the course of three centuries.

Learn more about our upcoming books at: hup.fi/catalogue

#earlymodern #history #openaccess #OAbooks

13.01.2026 11:41 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1
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Suomen keskiajan ja uuden ajan alun maantiet ja etappipaikat karttaliittymänä | Positio Suomen keskiaikaiset ja varhaismodernit maantiet ja teiden varsilla olevat etappipaikat on koottu kartalle. Koneen Säätiön rahoittama Viabundus Suomi

Paikkatietoon erikoistunut Positio-lehti on julkaissut Katrina Virtasen @utu.fi artikkelin Viabundus Finland 1350-1650 -karttajulkaisusta. Uutinen on kirjoitettu hankkeessa sovellettujen paikkatietomenetelmien näkökulmasta.
@viabundus.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
positio-lehti.fi/2025/12/suom...

15.12.2025 12:11 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Yes, this is a good addition. However I wonder if you start adding such specific cases for every field of research, then how long will the list become? This of course is a finding of its own.

10.12.2025 22:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
CfP: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences and Experiences at the Military Periphery From enslaved soldiers in republican-era Rome to foreign mercenaries in the Thirty-Years War and commonwealth soldiers in the World Wars, militaries have never been monolithic organisations. they have served as key sites in the formation of state power and different kinds of collective belongings. Yet the boundaries that determine who may serve, under what conditions and on whose behalf have never been fixed as these boundaries have shifted in response to changing configurations of citizenship, empire, class, gender, race/ethnicity, religion, physical capacities and national identity. Militaries have functioned both as mechanism for producing social hierarchies, and as arenas in which such hierarchies are negotiated, contested and reconfigured. This conference explores how lines of inclusion and exclusion have been drawn, negotiated and experienced within military organisations across diverse historical periods and geographical contexts. The aim is to foster a nuanced conversation that broadens our understanding of military institutions by focusing on the experiences and narratives of those often marginalised within them. We welcome contributions which examine how distinctions such as the following have been historically constructed, negotiated and embodied/experienced within and/or in relation to military institutions, organisations and structures: Race, ethnicity and minority status:  Gender, gender-identity/non-conformity and sexuality Nationality, migration and statelessness: Religion: Disability status: While the emphasis is on historical perspectives, proposals are invited from scholars working in adjacent fields (political science, cultural studies). It will be held 22-23 October, 2026 the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden. We are applying for funding to hold it fully in person, but depending on the outcome, it could be a hybrid event.

CfP: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences and Experiences at the Military Periphery From enslaved soldiers in republican-era Rome to foreign mercenaries in the Thirty-Years War and commonwealth soldiers in the World Wars, militaries have never been monolithic organisations. they have served as key sites in the formation of state power and different kinds of collective belongings. Yet the boundaries that determine who may serve, under what conditions and on whose behalf have never been fixed as these boundaries have shifted in response to changing configurations of citizenship, empire, class, gender, race/ethnicity, religion, physical capacities and national identity. Militaries have functioned both as mechanism for producing social hierarchies, and as arenas in which such hierarchies are negotiated, contested and reconfigured. This conference explores how lines of inclusion and exclusion have been drawn, negotiated and experienced within military organisations across diverse historical periods and geographical contexts. The aim is to foster a nuanced conversation that broadens our understanding of military institutions by focusing on the experiences and narratives of those often marginalised within them. We welcome contributions which examine how distinctions such as the following have been historically constructed, negotiated and embodied/experienced within and/or in relation to military institutions, organisations and structures: Race, ethnicity and minority status: Gender, gender-identity/non-conformity and sexuality Nationality, migration and statelessness: Religion: Disability status: While the emphasis is on historical perspectives, proposals are invited from scholars working in adjacent fields (political science, cultural studies). It will be held 22-23 October, 2026 the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden. We are applying for funding to hold it fully in person, but depending on the outcome, it could be a hybrid event.

Please submit a preliminary title of maximum 150 characters and an abstract of maximum 350 words to MarginalMilitaries@gmail.com by no later than February 28. If you have any questions, please get in touch! Regards, Natalie Smith & Daniel Stridh

Please submit a preliminary title of maximum 150 characters and an abstract of maximum 350 words to MarginalMilitaries@gmail.com by no later than February 28. If you have any questions, please get in touch! Regards, Natalie Smith & Daniel Stridh

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences, and Experiences at the Military Periphery

Conference date: 22-23 October, 2026
Location: @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social Stockholm, Sweden (hybrid participation tbc)
Cfp Deadline: 28 February, 2026

28.11.2025 10:09 — 👍 14    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 2
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Tervetuloa Pätkätyön pitkä historia -projektin päätösseminaariin huomenna klo 14 Tampereen yliopistolle! Tiesitkö, että koko aikuisiän kestävät työsuhteet yleistyivät vasta teollistumisen yhteydessä? @Trivium_Tampere @TampereUni @koneensaatio.fi
research.tuni.fi/trivium-fi/t...

10.12.2025 10:00 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Ohjattavieni väitöskirjat vuodelta 2025. Monenlaista teemaa! Linkit:
hdl.handle.net/10138/590212
hdl.handle.net/10138/594718
hdl.handle.net/10138/597941
hdl.handle.net/10138/601696
hdl.handle.net/10138/601708
hdl.handle.net/10138/601707
hdl.handle.net/10138/602077
hdl.handle.net/10138/601709

07.12.2025 15:37 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Vieraskynä | Suomen kirjallisuudesta on tulossa ruotsalaisten kolonialistien alusmaa Kirjailijoiden tulee saada lain edelyttämä korvaus teostensa käytöstä suoratoistopalveluissa.

Suoratoisto- ja äänikirjapalvelut paremmalla sääntelyllä tukemaan kotimaisen kirjallisuuden tekijöitä, ja kirjan arvonlisävero alas osana kotimaisen kulttuurin pelastusohjelmaa.
#itsenäisyyspäivä

06.12.2025 13:26 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

With contributions from sixteen international scholars, it explores various forms of entrepreneurship and the broader social, economic, political, and military significance of the interaction between public and private actors in the supply of war. (3/3)

06.12.2025 06:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This edited volume provides the first holistic overview of continuity and change within this business in and from the Baltic Sea region over the course of three centuries. (2/3)

06.12.2025 06:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The business of war—meaning the commercial supply, financing, and organisation of soldiers and materiel for armies and navies—was one of the predominant economic sectors in early modern Europe. (1/3)

06.12.2025 06:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Coming next spring!

”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”

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06.12.2025 06:39 — 👍 66    🔁 24    💬 1    📌 2
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Some light evening reading.

03.12.2025 20:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let me know what you think!

18.11.2025 17:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Olipas mielenkiintoinen ja kiinnostava ”Miksi sodimme?” -paneelikeskustelu Tiedekulmassa. Keskustelemassa Ilmari Käihkö, Risto Marjomaa ja Katri Pynnöniemi. Moninaisia ja syvällisiä näkökulmia sodankäynnin syihin, luonteeseen ja vaikutuksiin.

18.11.2025 17:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Geopolitics of Drone Exports The rising importance of armed drones in modern warfare has created new opportunities for countries looking to expand their influence in the global arms

Drone exports are about more than sales. They are about influence, alliances, and power.

10.09.2025 04:45 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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What remains of colonial law in today’s world? What kinds of challenges do the remnants of colonial law pose for nation states? The Think Corner event on Thursday 11.9.2025 will explore these and other pertinent questions @helsinki.fi @SuomenAkatemia www.facebook.com/events/21096...

09.09.2025 12:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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CFP 1500- ja 1600-lukujen tutkimuksen päiville @helsinki.fi 22.–23.1.2026 on auki 31.10.2025 asti! Teemana on hengellisyys ja uskonto. Tutkimuspäivät järjestetään yhteistyönä @taideyliopisto.bsky.social Sibelius-Akatemian ja Historiafoorumin kanssa. www.uudenajanalku.fi/2025/09/08/c...

08.09.2025 07:38 — 👍 6    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkoston uusi hallitus on järjestäytynyt Keväällä järjestettiin Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkosto ry:n vuosikokous, jossa valittiin yhdistykselle uusi hallitus. Hallituksen puheenjohtajana jatkaa Sanna Raninen. Hallitukseen valittiin myös...

Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkoston uusi hallitus on järjestäytynyt! Keväällä järjestön vuosikokouksessa valittiin uusi hallitus, jonka puheenjohtajana jatkaa Sanna Raninen. Hallitukseen valittiin myös kaksi uutta jäsentä, Jaakko Santavuori ja Riikka Miettinen. www.uudenajanalku.fi/2025/06/06/u...

06.06.2025 13:13 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Lyhyt katsaus Kansallisarkiston suunnitelmiin Suomen historian henkilöitä ja tapahtumia sekä historian harrastamista kuvaava blogi.

Kelailin Kansallisarkiston suunnitelmia ja suomalaisen historiantutkimuksen tulevaisuus alkoi näyttää pimeältä. Erityisesti kansalaistutkimuksen osalta. sukututkijanloppuvuosi.blogspot.com/2025/05/lyhy...

29.05.2025 07:16 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0
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Väitös: Palestiina osoittaa, että globaali teknologiatalous on yhteydessä kolonialismiin | Helsingin yliopisto Startup-yrittäjyyden, uuden teknologian ja riskipääoman poliittisia vaikutuksia ei voida ymmärtää ilman asiayhteyttä asuttajakolonialismiin, paljastaa Helsingin yliopistossa tarkastettava väitöstutkim...

Mielenkiintoinen ja ajankohtainen väitöstilaisuus tulossa HY:lla.

www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/h...

29.05.2025 09:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kirjoitin arvion @jaakkob.bsky.social tuoreesta väitöskirjasta Masters of War: Military entrepreneurship and foreign soldiers in early seventeenth century Sweden (Helsingin yliopisto).
skeptinenalkemisti.blogspot.com/2025/05/pohj...

21.05.2025 11:57 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Tässä myös Suomen Historiallisen Seuran toiminnanjohtajan Sari Aallon raportti SHS:n vierailusta (johon Kirsikin viittaa) Kansallisarkistolla

agricolaverkko.fi/tietosanomat...

21.05.2025 08:56 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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”War and Economy: Past, Present, Future” (Routledge) was published. Interesting book presentation and discussions at @helsinki.fi today. Very topical. Congratulations to @jarielo.bsky.social and the other authors and editors!

19.05.2025 15:18 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It is too early to tell, but I suspect the societal impact of drones is also not as revolutionary as the authors argue. This may be a massive change militarily - a RMA - yet have only limited impact on broader social, economic and political structures as the early modern military revolution did. 2/2

16.05.2025 14:29 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Interesting and welcome comparison. Very topical! However, the article perhaps overlooks other military revolutions and RMAs and places too much emphasis on the tercio itself, rather than the broader infantry and gunpowder revolution. 1/2

16.05.2025 14:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Military Revolutions from the Spanish Tercio to First-Person View Drones - War on the Rocks By some estimates, 60 to 70 percent of casualties in Ukraine now come from drones — cheap, disposable first-person view drones piloted from miles away.

History proves weapons alone don’t make revolutions — systems do. warontherocks.com/20...

15.05.2025 18:30 — 👍 24    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 5
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Sebastian Schiavone defended his dissertation ”Sworn Swords and Unreliable Thieves” with eloquence and expertise. Supervising the defense was Prof. Kimmo Katajala and Prof. Emeritus Nils Erik Villstrand acted as the opponent. Congratulations!

16.05.2025 12:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0