Aira Kemiläinen

Infobox Person
name = Aira Kemiläinen


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birth_place = Kuopio, Finland
birth_date = Birth date|1919|8|4
death_date =Death date and age|2006|7|10|1919|8|4
death_place=Vesanto, Finland
education = Ph.D.
occupation = Historian
title = Professor
employer = University of Helsinki; University of Jyväskylä

Aira Tellervo Kemiläinen (4 August 1919 in Kuopio-10 July 2006 in Vesanto) was a Finnish historian who received her Ph.D. in 1957. In the 1950s and 1960s, Kemiläinen taught history at a number of different schools in Helsinki. In 1961 she became Associate Professor at University of Helsinki, and became Professor at University of Jyväskylä as well in 1971. She retired in 1986.

Aira Kemiläinen was for the most part engaged in the study of European history of ideas, which resulted in books like "Auffassung über die Sendung des deutschen Volkes" (1956) and "Nationalism" (1966). Her other works include "Suomalaiset, outo Pohjolan kansa" (1993), which discusses theories about the Finns and their national identity, and "Finns in the shadows of the 'Aryans"' (1998).

elected publications

*cite book|title="L'Affaire d'Avignon" (1789–1791) From the Viewpoint of Nationalism|last=Aira|first=Kemiläinen|publisher=Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia|location=Helsinki|date=1971|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l2gbGQAACAAJ
*cite book|title=Nationalism: Problems concerning the word, the concept and classification|last=Aira|first=Kemiläinen|publisher=Jyväskylän Kasvatusopillinen Korkeakoulu|location=Jyväskylä|date=1964|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=p0CrGAAACAAJ

References

* (in Finnish)
* "Uppslagsverket Finland", 2 (2004)