Recognition Retreat

During 26-27 February, our CoE organized a two-day Recognition Retreat at the course centre Hvittorp in Kirkkonummi. The event was the first of its kind. Its idea was to get together, to get to know each others' research topics a bit better, and to develop the common strategies of our CoE.

Thursday lunch

In Thursday afternoon's programme, we had six presentations of individual research topics with a coffee break in between. The presentations were given by Joona Salminen, Tim Riggs, Panu-Matti Pöykkö, Hanne Appelqvist, Heikki Haara, and Aku Visala.

Attentive audience

After the papers, it was time for dinner. We then continued by discussing Risto Saarinen's book manuscript Recognition and Religion: A Historical and Systematic Study. A day before, on Wednesday 25 February, Saarinen had presented both the CoE and his own research topics at a meeting of The Philosophical Society of Finland in Helsinki.

Questions and comments

After the official proceedings of the first day, we continued our discussions in a more relaxed manner while enjoying some evening snacks, drinks, and good company.

Ring of Recognition

Returning to the big hall from Friday morning's breakfast gathering, we started the day by mapping and updating our overall timeline, listing various activities and events during the CoE period, most of which still remains in the future.

Discussion of book manuscript

We then divided into three groups in which various topics were discussed. These included academic research publications, popular writing and other forms of societal impact, and aspects of our research strategy.

After the final brainstorming sessions, we concluded by having lunch, and then proceeded to return to the world. Some of us came right back to the office, and prepared our proposals for the AAR Annual Meeting in Atlanta later this year.