Virva Liski

I am a historian specializing in war, crisis, and their far-reaching aftereffects. I am currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at Tampere University in the project Unequal War, funded by the Research Council of Finland. My previous research and publications focus on survival, coping, traumatization, remembrance, and meaning-making in the aftermath of the Finnish Civil War of 1918.

My doctoral dissertation examined the long-term consequences of civil war for veterans’ mental health, intergenerational patterns of remembrance, and the mediation of war experiences among the descendants of civil war veterans across three generations. In addition, it analysed the effects of parental exposure to the civil war on the mental health of their children.

My methodological expertise includes the collection, management, and analysis of large quantitative datasets in the study of war, as well as the application of statistical methods in historical research. I have published one research monograph, Vankileirin selviytyjät (Into, 2020), and several peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Social and cultural history of war

Gender studies

Memory studies

Historical trauma studies

Quantitative history

Intergenerational phenomena