Rinna Kullaa
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1: PERSONAL INFORMATION
Rinna Elina Kullaa
Year of Birth: 1977 (Helsinki, Finland)
2: EDUCATION
PhD in European History September 2008.
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
General Field: Europe; Special Field: Southeastern Europe; Minor Field: Russia
Dissertation Title: “From the Tito-Stalin Split to Yugoslavia’s Finnish Connection:
Neutralism before Non-Alignment, 1948-1958.”
Dissertation Advisor: Professor John R. Lampe
Dissertation Committee: Professor Michael David-Fox, Professor Jeffrey Herf
MPhil in Russian and Eastern European Studies May 2004.
University of Oxford, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, UK
Thesis Title: “Political conflict in Serbia after Milošević: the consequences for
development of democracy of the breakdown of the Coalition for Democratic Opposition.
Thesis Advisor: Richard J. Crampton College Advisor: Robert Service
BA in Political Science May 2001.
Columbia University, New York, NY
Senior Thesis Title: “He is Finished: An analysis of the Serbian political opposition 1991-2000.”
Birkerød Gymnasium, Copenhagen, Denmark June 1998
International Baccalaureate Diploma, concentrations in English, History and Chemistry.
3: DOCENTSHIP
Docent (Dosentti) in Modern European History and International Relations.
University of Jyväskylä, Department of History and Ethnology, November 2011 –
4: CURRENT APPOINTMENT
-Yliopistotutkija (Associate Professor/Senior Researcher), Department of History and
Ethnology, University of Jyvaskyla, 1.4 2012–Current.
-Eurooppa opintojen vastuuhenkilö (Head of European Studies), Faculty of Humanities
University of Jyvaskyla 1.4.2012- Current
5: KEY APPOINTMENTS
-Post-doctoral Fellow – The European Institute and the Harriman Institute Columbia University,
September 2008-2010.
-Tutkijatohtori (Post-doctoral Fellow), Department of History and Ethnology, University of
Jyvaskyla, 1.10 2010–31.03.2012
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6. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
Monographs:
Non-Alignment and its Origins in Cold War Europe: Finland, Yugoslavia and the Soviet
Challenge. London and New York: I.B. Tauris 2012. ISBN 978-1-84885-624-0. 226 pages.
1. Peer reviewed scientific articles: “Roots of the Non-Aligned Movement in Neutralism.” In “Neutrality and Neutralism in the Global
Cold War” Eds. Jussi Hanhimäki et-al. London: Routledge. Forthcoming in 2015.
“The Non-Aligned Movement (Incorporating Yugoslavia).” Submitted to the volume “The Palgrave
Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism” Eds. Bâ, S., Ness, I. London: Palgrave
Macmillan. Forthcoming in 2015. 4297 words. Publisher's acknowledgement of receipt available.
“The Birth and Development of the CSCE: Finnish and Yugoslav Models for Neutrality” in volume
From Helsinki to Belgrade – The First CSCE Follow-up Meeting and the Crisis of Détente Eds.
Vladimir Bilandžić, Dittmar Dahlmann and Milan Kosanovic. Bonn: Bonn University Press, 2012.
ISBN 978-3-89971-938-3. Pages 39-59.
“U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s Estimates of the Crises in Croatia and its Relationship to Detente
in East-West Relations across Europe 1971-1972” in volume Hrvatsko Proljece, 40 Godina Poslije
(The Croatian Spring 40 Years Afterwards) Zagreb Miko Tripalo Center and Zagreb University Press,
2012. ISBN 978-9-53568-751-1. Pages 93-111.
“Origins of the Tito-Stalin Split within the Wider Set of Yugoslav-Soviet Relations (1941–1948)” in
Vojislav G. Pavlović ed., The Balkans in the Cold War: Balkan Federations, Cominform, YugoslavSoviet Conflict, Belgrade: Institute for Balkan Studies Press, 2011. ISBN 978-86-7179-073-4. Pages
87-109.
2. Non-refereed scientific articles:
“Parliament and Europe: Rhetorical and Conceptual Studies on Their Contemporary Connections”
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, London, 13 (4) 2012, 513-514.
“Serbia” in edited volume Itä-Eurooppa matkalla länteen (Eastern Europe on its road to the West)
Eds. Jouko Lindsted and Jouni Järvinen, Helsinki: Gaudeamus, 2011. ISBN 978-952-495-214-9.
Pages 230-248.
“Montenegro” in edited volume Itä-Eurooppa matkalla länteen (Eastern Europe on its road to the
West) Eds. Jouko Lindsted and Jouni Järvinen, Helsinki: Gaudeamus, 2011. ISBN 978-952-495-2149. Pages 249-263.
“Finnish-Yugoslav Relations 1948-1961: Finland, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Border in Europe”
chapter in edited volume: Spoljna Politika Jugoslavije 1950-1961 (Foreign Relations of Yugoslavia
1950-1961) Eds. Slobodan Selinić et.al.The Institute for Contemporary History of Serbia, Belgrade,
Serbia November, 2008. ISBN 978-86-7005-058-7. Pages 381-397.
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3. Scientific books:
Kroatia on EU: uusin tulokas (Croatia: History, Geography and Politics of the EU’s Newest Member
State), main/first author together with Johanna Virkkula, Juhana Aunesluoma, Erkki Tuomioja, Max
Wahlström, Mauri Vidović. Helsinki: Europe Information, 2014. ISBN 978-952-281-134-9. 94 pages.
(Also in Swedish language translation: Kroatien är den senaste nykomlingen i EU. ISBN 978-952281-136-3.)
4. Publications intended for professional communities:
Balance of Competences: EU Enlargement Report. The United Kingdom Government, Balance of
Competences Review. Submitted upon the request of the Europe Directorate, Western Balkans and
Enlargement Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office in June 2014. Forthcoming in print
2014/2015 by Government Print Office, London. 5179 words. Publisher's acknowledgement of
receipt available.
The United Kingdom Parliament, House of Lords, Select Committee on the European Union:
Enlargement of the European Union Report, Published by the Authority of the House of Lords, the
Parliament Stationary Office, London, Great Britain. Report pages 1-79, EV pages 209-215. 2013.
EU-US Agenda in 2012: Transatlantic Support for Enlargement and Stability amidst Financial Crises
Working Paper #8: Working Group on the Western Balkans. Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson
Center for International Scholars, March 2012. Policy Paper. Pages 1-8.
“Signing the Treaty: Croatia and the EU” with Boglarka Bolya, Europe’s World, Brussels, December
2011. (10)
The United Kingdom Parliament, House of Commons, Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Report on the Western Balkans Published by the Parliament Stationary Office, London, Great
Britain. ´Serbia´ pages EV. 134 – 138, 2005.
“Erkki Liikanen: Euro je Najbolje Rješenje” (With ECB Board Member Erkki Liikanen: Euro is the
Best Solution), Banka, Zagreb, Croatia, April 2012 (4). Pages 16-22.
5. Publications intended for general public, linked to the applicant’s research:
“Rinna Kullaa, politologinja: 2013. Godina za Hrvatsku” (Rinna Kullaa: 2013, the Year for Croatian
[EU entry]), Banka, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2011 (5). Pages 38-41.
“Dobar Susjed EU” (Good neighborhood [policy] of the EU), Monitor, Podgorica, Montenegro, April
2012.
Op-eds.:
I have written political commentary and 14 op-eds in four languages between 2004 and 2014. Below
are three examples:
“Russia’s borders: Scandinavians are masters of the delicate balancing act” The Conversation,
www.theconservation.com, 29.9.2014
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“Novi politički izazovi za zelmju članicu” Banka, Zagreb, 1.7.2013 (New Political Challenges for an
EU member state.)
“Kroatian EU-jäsenyys sinetöidään lähiaikoina” (Croatia’s EU membership will be finalized soon)
Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, 17.1.2011
6. Theses:
From the Tito-Stalin Split to Yugoslavia’s Finnish Connection: Neutralism before Non-Alignment,
1948-1958. PhD Dissertation. University of California Berkeley: UMI Dissertation Publishing, 2011.
ISBN 978-1243574985. 322 pages.
7: SUPERVISED DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
Elina Kastepohja: Economic Interests of Two NATO Countries in Collision: The Westminister
Parliament and the Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars, 1971-1976. Supervision ongoing since 2013.
Jukka Nissinen: Challenging the Hallstein Doctrine? Finnish Political reporting from East
Germany, West Germany and Austria 1954-1973. Supervision ongoing since 2012.
Jani Kokko: The Speeches of the Presidents of the United States: Genres and Rhetoric.
Supervision ongoing since 2012.
Jarmo Taskinen: Domestic Policies across Multinational Arenas: Political discourses on economic
policies of Austria, Finland and Sweden in the European Union 1995-1999. Supervision ongoing
since 2014.
8: SCIENTIFIC EXPERT POSITIONS
-Diplomatic History Journal, Oxford University Press, Reviewer.
-Analyst/ Expert Witness, The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, Western Balkans and Enlargement Department: Balance of Competences
Review, 2014.
-Analyst/ Expert Witness, The United Kingdom Parliament: House of Lords, Select
Committee on the EU, 2013.
-Expert, Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Scholars, Washington D.C.
Global Europe Program (Democratic Transition; European Union; Mediterranean.)
2011-Advisory Board Member, Foreign Ministry of Finland and the Kalevi Sorsa
Foundation: Supporting Democracy in Multiethnic Macedonia –education project,
2010-2014.
-Invited Participant, Council on Foreign Relations, Pieter A. Fisher Roundtable
series, 2008.
-Analyst/ Expert Witness, The United Kingdom Parliament: House of Lords,
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 2004.
-State Visits’ Organization: Visit of Finnish President Tarja Halonen to Columbia
University: School of International and Public Affairs, New York, September 2009;
Visit of the Croatian President Ivo Josipović to Finland and lecture at the University
of Helsinki, May 2011; Visit of the Finnish Foreign Minister to Croatia and lecture at
the University of Zagreb, October 2012.
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-Political Commentary: EU-Russia Centre, Brussels; Radio Free Europe-Radio
Liberty, Washington D.C.; Bloomberg News, New York; Finnish National Public
Television and Radio ‘Yleisradio’, Helsinki; Finnish Daily ‘Helsingin Sanomat’,
Helsinki; Banka Magazine of the Croatian financial sector, Zagreb; Ulkopolitiikka
(Foreign Policy) Magazine of Finnish Parliament Institute, Helsinki; Al-Jazeera
English, London; Monocle 24 Radio, London. 01/03-Current
9: MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC POSITIONS OF TRUST AND
ADMINISTRATION
-Head of European Studies (Eurooppa-opinnot kokonaisuuden vastuuhenkilö),
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä. Sept.2013Current.
-Appointments Committee Member: University of Maryland, College Park,
Search Committee for new Professorships in “Modern Middle East.” Jan.-June 2007.
-Appointments Committee Member: Columbia University, New York:
Search Committee for new professorship in “Comparative Politics.” Jan.-June 2000.
10: MOST IMPORTANT FOREIGN VISITS
-Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs, Spring 2014.
-Invited presentations to international advanced schools and institutions:
Between 2008 and 2014 I have given a total of 39 invited guest lectures and conference presentations.
A sampling of a variety of invited talks and presentations is below:
Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Conference Boston,11/2013
Panel: Revolution, State Power, and Foreign Policy: International Relations between Russia and its
Neighbors. Paper: “Soviet Foreign Policy on the Periphery, From Finland and Yugoslavia to the
Non-Aligned Movement”
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Slavic Studies, Moscow, 10/2013
“The Soviet-Yugoslav Conflict and the Peoples’ Democracies 1948-1953:Intelligence,
Diplomacy and Yugoslavia.”
United States Department of State, Main State, Washington D.C. 09/2012. Invited 90 minute talk
“European Union and the Balkans.”
European University Institute, Max Weber Program, Florence, 05/2012
Strategies of Economic Aid and Development in the Arab Word from the Cold War to the Present
“Non-Alignment and Development in the Mediterranean”
Princeton University, Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton, 08/2011
“Yugoslavia, Egypt and the Mediterranean five: A regional perspective on the
birth and early period of non-alignment 1958-1970”
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington D.C., 11/2011
Together with Professor Ivan Grdešić, Ambassador of Croatia to the UK
“Croatia’s EU Accession and the Regional Approach to Enlargement.”
University of Zagreb: Croatia, Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb, 05/2010
“Historiography of 20th Century Croatia in Western Sources.”
Conference Organization:
Between 2008 and 2014 I organized and co-organized six international workshops and several
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seminars at Columbia University, the European Union Institute in Florence. Two examples are below:
European Union Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advance Studies, Florence, Italy, 03/2010
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“Superpower Rivalry and the Third Way(s) in the Mediterranean”
Conference participants: Ante Batović (University of Zadar), Victoria de Grazia
(Columbia University), Tvrtko Jakovina (University of Zagreb), Rinna Kullaa
(Columbia University), Konstantina Maragkou (Yale University), Vojislav Pavlović
(Institute for Balkan Studies Belgrade and CNRS, Paris), Silvio Pons (Tor Vergata
Universita, Rome), Massimiliano Trentin (University of Padova), David Zierler (U.S.
Department of State).
Columbia University: The Harriman Institute, 02/2009
“Contending with the Superpowers: The Non-Aligned Movement in the Mediterranean”
Organizer Conference participants: Jeffrey Byrne (LSE), Nathan Citino (University of Colorado),
David Engerman (Brandeis/Harvard University), Tvrtko Jakovina (University of Zagreb), Pavle
Jevremović (Mission of Serbia to the UN), Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University), John R. Lampe
(University of Maryland), Martin Sletzinger (Woodrow Wilson Center), Robert Vitalis
(University of Pennsylvania), Marilyn Young (New York University).
-Field Work:
I have completed archival research work in 12 state archives over 27 months 2006-2015.
A sampling of my archival and field research work is below.
La Courneuve, France: The Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
of France. Researched Country Files, Foreign Ministers´ Cabinet Files, Regional Files of the Levant,
Regional Files of North African states. May 2014
London, the UK: Westminster and HM Treasury. Interviews with civil servants and Members of
Parliament of the House of Commons Select European Scrutiny Committee; The House of Lords
Select Committee on the European Union and the Overseas Office on EU’s Common Security
and Foreign Policy. December 2012.
Kirchberg, Luxembourg: Historical Archives of the European Commission. Researched the files on
relations between the Commission and the European Parliament on inter-institutional procedures
regarding foreign policy decision capacities, plans for setting up the European Defense Union and
the role of national parliaments in relation to the European parliament in EU’s Common Security and
Foreign Policy. February 2012.
Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian State Archive. Researched Financial Records: the files on banking in
Croatia after the Second World War. July-September 2010.
Belgrade, Serbia: The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives; the Marshall Tito
Presidential Archive; the Archive of Serbia and Montenegro. Document collection for
doctoral dissertation. August 2005- February 2006.
Belgrade, FR of Yugoslavia: Student democracy activist Otpor-movement. Collected materials on
Serbian opposition and political parties for BA thesis from among activists, civic groups and
journalists. 1999-2000.
11. MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC AWKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND AWARDS
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The 2013 Marshall Shulman Book Prize Honorable Mention for Monograph awarded by the
Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies; the award committee was chaired
by Professor David Holloway of Stanford University.
2015 Developing Finnish Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Europe, Africa
and the LAC Region (FinCEAL) Travel Grant
2012 University of Jyväskylä Rector´s Award for Success in ERC Starting Grant competition.
2005 Helsingin Sanomat Centennial Foundation Award.
2004 University of Maryland Prang Award for European History.
2003 University of Oxford Russian and Eastern European Studies Field Work Award.
2001 Columbia University Tow Award for Early Achievement in Political Analysis.
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