Exhibition in the Cupola Hall: Mirage. Georg August Wallin 200 yeaars
Date: 21.10.2011 - 29.2.2012
Place: The Cupola Hall
Georg August Wallin´s portrait: R.V. Ekman, Foto: Matti Ruotsalainen ©
Georg August Wallin (1811–1852), a renowned Finnish explorer, arabist and professor of Oriental literature, was one of the first Europeans to study the Arabian Peninsula, its inhabitants, and dialects. Wallin's impact on Oriental studies in Finland was great but his most valuable contribution is to be found in his letters and diaries. These are kept in the National Library of Finland. In 2008 the project Georg August Wallins skrifter was initialized; its intent is to publish Wallin's entire literary output in a text-critical edition.
Exhibition’s expert group: MA Patricia Berg, Professor Emeritus Tapani Harviainen, Professor Klaus Karttunen, MA Katariina Timonen, MA Marianna Yilmazkurtdağ, Lic.Phil. Kaj Öhrnberg.
In cooperation: the University of Helsinki’s Department of World Cultures: Asian and African Languages and Cultures, Finnish Egyptological Society, Finnish Oriental Society, Finnish Society for the History of Science and Learning, Society of Swedish Literature in Finland.
Free admittance
