Looking for Finnish speakers whose fields are Mathematics, Economics or Finnish/Scandinavian mythology, Kalevala, Cultural history, etc.

Hei,

I'm looking for Finnish speakers whose fields are Mathematics, Economics or Finnish/Scandinavian mythology, Kalevala, Cultural history. This would involve being interviewed in Finnish by a UCB Finnish student for our Spring 2011 final project.

Please email me at sirpa@berkeley.edu if you know of any such person who would be willing to help out our Finnish Studies students.

Kiitos,

Sirpa Tuomainen
Finnish Studies Professor
University of California at Berkeley
http://ies.berkeley.edu/fsp/finnishstudies/

UC Berkeley Finnish Studies Presents Film - Tuesday 4/19 at 5:30pm - Äideistä Parhain (Mother of Mine, 2005)

The Department of Scandinavian and the Finnish Studies Program at UC Berkeley are pleased to present the final Spring 2011 Finnish Film Series Screening:

Äideistä Parhain ("Mother of Mine")
111 mins, in Finnish with English subtitles
Directed by Klaus Härö, 2005

Tuesday 4/19 at 5:30pm
UC Berkeley Campus
Dwinelle B-4*

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7-AM1oE_uk

We close the season with the jewel in the crown of the BLC´s Finnish movies, Äideistä Parhain (literally meaning "The Best Of All Mothers").

A touching must-see, the film tells a story of a little boy named Eero, one of the 70,000 Finnish children evacuated from Finland during World War II and relocated in neutral Sweden. Eero´s father dies in the war and his broken mother sends her son away in order to protect him. Eero ends up in a rural village in Sweden with foster parents Hjalmar and Signe but the adaptation isn’t easy for anyone.

In a beautiful way, the movie addresses the relationship between the mother(s) and the son, the meaning of family as well as the nature of loss.

Plus, we'll even bring some Easter Snacks!

Tervetuloa!

The UC Berkeley Finnish Studies Film Screening Group