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Päivi Setälä
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[[File:Paivi-Setala-1992.jpg|thumb|Päivi Setälä (1992)]]
'''Päivi Setälä''' (January 20, 1943 – March 7, 2014) was a Finnish historian and professor who influenced different areas of Finnish cultural life.<ref name="otava.fi">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was one of the best advocates of Finnish women's research. She was the first female professor of Women's Studies in Finland.<ref name="helsinki.fiTiedenaisia"></ref>
==Biography==
Päivi Eeva Marjatta Priha was born January 20, 1943 in [[Kuopio]].<ref name="yle.fi"></ref>
Setälä defended her doctorate in history from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1977.<ref name="otava.fi" /> Her thesis ''Private domini in Roman brick stamps of the empire'' dealt with [[brick stamp]]s used in the [[Roman Empire]]. Setälä worked at the university as a history assistant between 1970 and 1982, and in the 1980s, held several professor positions. In 1991, she was appointed as an extraordinary professor of women's history at the Kristiina Institute, founded in the same year.<ref name="helsinki.fi"></ref> After three years of professorship, she served as Director of the Finnish Institute in Rome from 1994 to 1997.<ref name="otava.fi" />
The main part of Setälä's research is biographies of women's history. The work ''Kuningatar Kristiina – aikansa eurooppalainen '' ("Queen Kristiina, the European of her time") (1990), which she co-authored with [[Matti Klingen]], [[Laura Kolbe]], and [[Maria-Liisa Nevala]], received the honorary mention for the [[Finlandia Prize]].<ref name="KustannusosakeyhtiöOtava">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She authored the trilogy, ''Antiikin nainen'' ("Ancient Woman") (1993), ''Keskiajan nainen'' ("Medieval Woman") (1996) and ''Renessanssin nainen'' ("Renaissance Woman") (2000).
Setälä died March 7, 2014 in Helsinki.<ref name="yle.fi" />
==Awards==
*1991, State Disclosure Award for promoting women's research and women's history
*1998, The Finnish Writers' Association's Warelius Award,
*2001, Professor's title awarded by President of the Republic [[Tarja Halonen]]
*2003, The Cultural Award of the Church for valuable contribution to the activities of [[Bridget of Sweden|St. Birgita]]'s 700th anniversary.
*2006, JV Snellman Award
==Selected works==
*Private domini in Roman brick stamps of the empire (väitöskirja). Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1977.
*Kuningatar Kristiina – aikansa eurooppalainen. (Matti Klingen, Laura Kolben ja Maria-Liisa Nevalan kanssa.) Otava 1990.
*Antiikin nainen. Helsingissä: Otava, 1993 (6. painos 2005). ISBN 951-1-12613-X.
*Keskiajan nainen. Helsingissä: Otava, 1996 (4. painos 2005). ISBN 951-1-13305-5.
*Näköaloja Villa Lantesta (Otava 1998)
*Renessanssin nainen: Naisten elämää 1400- ja 1500-luvun Italiassa. Helsingissä: Otava, 2000. ISBN 951-1-15976-3.
*Pohjoisen renessanssin nainen: 1500- ja 1600-luvun naishistoriaa. Helsingissä: Otava, 2002. ISBN 951-1-18059-2.
*Setälä, Päivi & Ahl, Eva (toim.): Pyhä Birgitta: Euroopan suojeluspyhimys. Helsingissä: Otava, 2003. ISBN 951-1-18646-9.
==References==
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kuopio]]
[[Category:Finnish historians]]
[[Category:Gender studies academics]]
[[Category:University of Helsinki alumni]]
[[Category:Finnish biographers]]
[[Category:Finnish non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish women writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Finnish writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Finnish women writers]]
'''Päivi Setälä''' (January 20, 1943 – March 7, 2014) was a Finnish historian and professor who influenced different areas of Finnish cultural life.<ref name="otava.fi">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was one of the best advocates of Finnish women's research. She was the first female professor of Women's Studies in Finland.<ref name="helsinki.fiTiedenaisia"></ref>
==Biography==
Päivi Eeva Marjatta Priha was born January 20, 1943 in [[Kuopio]].<ref name="yle.fi"></ref>
Setälä defended her doctorate in history from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1977.<ref name="otava.fi" /> Her thesis ''Private domini in Roman brick stamps of the empire'' dealt with [[brick stamp]]s used in the [[Roman Empire]]. Setälä worked at the university as a history assistant between 1970 and 1982, and in the 1980s, held several professor positions. In 1991, she was appointed as an extraordinary professor of women's history at the Kristiina Institute, founded in the same year.<ref name="helsinki.fi"></ref> After three years of professorship, she served as Director of the Finnish Institute in Rome from 1994 to 1997.<ref name="otava.fi" />
The main part of Setälä's research is biographies of women's history. The work ''Kuningatar Kristiina – aikansa eurooppalainen '' ("Queen Kristiina, the European of her time") (1990), which she co-authored with [[Matti Klingen]], [[Laura Kolbe]], and [[Maria-Liisa Nevala]], received the honorary mention for the [[Finlandia Prize]].<ref name="KustannusosakeyhtiöOtava">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She authored the trilogy, ''Antiikin nainen'' ("Ancient Woman") (1993), ''Keskiajan nainen'' ("Medieval Woman") (1996) and ''Renessanssin nainen'' ("Renaissance Woman") (2000).
Setälä died March 7, 2014 in Helsinki.<ref name="yle.fi" />
==Awards==
*1991, State Disclosure Award for promoting women's research and women's history
*1998, The Finnish Writers' Association's Warelius Award,
*2001, Professor's title awarded by President of the Republic [[Tarja Halonen]]
*2003, The Cultural Award of the Church for valuable contribution to the activities of [[Bridget of Sweden|St. Birgita]]'s 700th anniversary.
*2006, JV Snellman Award
==Selected works==
*Private domini in Roman brick stamps of the empire (väitöskirja). Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1977.
*Kuningatar Kristiina – aikansa eurooppalainen. (Matti Klingen, Laura Kolben ja Maria-Liisa Nevalan kanssa.) Otava 1990.
*Antiikin nainen. Helsingissä: Otava, 1993 (6. painos 2005). ISBN 951-1-12613-X.
*Keskiajan nainen. Helsingissä: Otava, 1996 (4. painos 2005). ISBN 951-1-13305-5.
*Näköaloja Villa Lantesta (Otava 1998)
*Renessanssin nainen: Naisten elämää 1400- ja 1500-luvun Italiassa. Helsingissä: Otava, 2000. ISBN 951-1-15976-3.
*Pohjoisen renessanssin nainen: 1500- ja 1600-luvun naishistoriaa. Helsingissä: Otava, 2002. ISBN 951-1-18059-2.
*Setälä, Päivi & Ahl, Eva (toim.): Pyhä Birgitta: Euroopan suojeluspyhimys. Helsingissä: Otava, 2003. ISBN 951-1-18646-9.
==References==
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kuopio]]
[[Category:Finnish historians]]
[[Category:Gender studies academics]]
[[Category:University of Helsinki alumni]]
[[Category:Finnish biographers]]
[[Category:Finnish non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish women writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Finnish writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Finnish women writers]]
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