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Tuomas Savonen

Tuomas Savonen

Researcher (remote)

Contact

e-mail: tuomas.savonen(at)gmail.com        (at) > @

Tel.: 040-841 6211 (Int. +358-40-841 6211)


Education

  • Master of Arts, University of Helsinki 1997
  • MA in European Journalism Studies, Cardiff University 1999
  • Graduate student of political history, University of Helsinki 2004-

Research project

The political thinking of Gus Hall  (Dissertation).

In my doctoral dissertation I am studying the political thinking of Gus Hall, the long-time general secretary of the American Communist Party. Hall - originally Arvo Halberg - was born to a Finnish immigrant family in Minnesota in 1910. He acted as the general secretary of CPUSA during 1959-2000. In addition to Hall's political thinking, I am studying his relation to Finnish-American communism

 

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