Manors at war Conference Programme June 13-15 2024
The KAMU Espoo City Museum in Espoo is pleased to host the European conference on manors and manor museums on June 13th – 15th, 2024. The conference will be held together with the European Network for Country House and Estate Research ’ENCOUNTER’
First Day, Thursday 13th June
9.00–9.30 Hanaholmen Conference Hotel: Registration; coffee
9.30–9.45 Opening, welcoming words
Introduction:
Chair: Signe Boeskov
9.45–10.45 Keynote Professor Mattias Legnér (Uppsala University) Uses and abuses of heritage in Scandinavia: The Second World War (45 min and discussion 15 min)
10.45-11.15 Alex Snellman: Between Wars and Noble Owners: The Myrberg Family at Esbogård (presentation 20 min and discussion 10 min)
11.30–12.00 Bus Hanaholmen – Esbogård Manor
12.00–13.00 Lunch
13.00–14.00 Esbogård Manor guided tour Tryggve Gestrin
14.00–14.30 Bus Esbogård Manor – KAMU Espoo City Museum
14.30–15.30 The Esbogård Manor Project: book and exhibition presentations. Tryggve Gestrin and Göran Ulväng
15.30–16.00 Coffee, venue: Aitio
16.00.–16.45 The Esbogård Exhibition
16.45–17.10 Bus Hanaholmen
18.30 Conference Dinner, Hanaholmen Conference Hotel
Second Day, Friday 14th June
8.30–9.00 Hanaholmen: Coffee
9.00–11.40 Session 1
Chair: Jonathan Finch
9.00–9.30 Philipp Hesse: Halbes Schloss – Langenleuba-Niederhain (presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
9.30–10.00 Roderigo Dias: The Portuguese Restauration War. War as a way to open new territories for building Manor Houses and Landscape Estates in The Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and the Tagus Estuary (presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
10.00-10.30 Morten Baarvig Thomsen: A Tale of Two Manors – Danish Manors as Places of Care and Control in the Post-war Period (presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
10.30–11.00 Maiju Hautamäki: Håkansböle Manor: Unveiling histories of war, ownership, and silent narratives (presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
11.00–11.30 Susanna Eskola, Anne Finnilä: Life in Manor Houses (presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
11.30–12.30 Lunch
12.30–15.00 Keynote and Session 2
Chair: Hanneke Ronnes
12.30–13.30 Keynote Professor Paul Zalewski (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder): The End of Manorial Prussia. Social Change and the World Wars. (45 min and discussion 15 min)
13.30–14.10 Oula Seitsonen: Manors in Finnish class war: Conflict archaeology and heritage of the White Guard’s last stand in the Sigurds, Wohls, and Svidja Manors in February 1918 (presentation 25 min, discussion 15 min)
14.10–15.00 Elyze Storm-Smeets: War in Arcadia: Dutch country houses and estates in World War II (presentation 25 min, discussion 15 min)
15.00–15.30 Coffee
15.30–17.30 Session 3 (Esbogård Manor)
Chair: Göran Ulväng
15.30–16.00 Georg Haggrén: Esbo Gård during the Vasa Era. A node in the network of early modern royal demesnes in Sweden including Finland. (Presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
16.00–16.30 Kasper Kepsu: Esbogård as an economic and logistical centre during Sweden’s Era as a Great Power 1617–1721 (presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
16.30–17.00 Aapo Roselius: War and Land: Esbogård and the effects of the 20th century war-linked land reforms (presentation 20 min, discussion 10 min)
17.00–17.30 Closing remarks, Jonathan Finch
Third Day, Saturday 15th June: Excursions
9.00 Bus Hanaholmen – Svidja Manor (50 min)
9.50–10.40 Svidja Manor guided tour (50 min)
10.40–11.30 Bus Svidja Manor – Backby Manor (50 min)
11.30–12.20 Backby Manor, guided tour (50 min)
12.20-13.30 Lunch (1 h, 10 min)
13.30-13.45 Bus Backby Manor – Hovgård Manor (15 min)
13.45–14.15 Hovgård Manor (short presentation max 30 min)
14.15–14.30 Bus or walk Hovgård Manor – Rödskogs skola (distance ca 700 m)
14.30–15.15 Rödskogs skola, Coffee
15.15–15.30 Bus Rödskogs skola - Träskända Manor,
15.30–16.45 Träskända Park and House, guided tour (1 h 15 min)
16.45–17.10 Träskända Manor – Hanaholmen Conference Hotel (25 min).