Päivi Setälä (20 January 1943 – 7 March 2014) was a Finnish historian and professor who influenced different areas of Finnish cultural life. She was one of the best advocates of Finnish women's research. In 1991, she became the first female professor of Women's Studies in Finland. She received the State Disclosure Award, Finnish Writers' Association's Warelius Award, and JV Snellman Award.

Biography

Päivi Eeva Marjatta Priha was born on 20 January 1943 in

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

. Setälä defended her doctorate in history from the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

in 1977. Her thesis ''Private domini in Roman brick stamps of the empire'' dealt with brick stamps used in the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

. 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. After three years of professorship, she served as Director of the Finnish Institute in Rome from 1994 to 1997. 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

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, and Maria-Liisa Nevala, received the honorary mention for the

Finlandia Prize The Finlandia Prize ( fi, Finlandia-palkinto; sv, Finlandiaprisen) is a set of Finnish literary prizes awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation to "celebrate reading and highlight new Finnish first-rate literature." Considered the most prestigious ...

. She authored the trilogy, ''Antiikin nainen'' ("Ancient Woman") (1993), ''Keskiajan nainen'' ("Medieval Woman") (1996) and ''Renessanssin nainen'' ("Renaissance Woman") (2000). Setälä died on 7 March 2014 in Helsinki.

Awards

*1991, State Disclosure Award for promoting women's research and women's history *1998, Finnish Writers' Association's Warelius Award *2001, Professor's title awarded by President of the Republic

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*2003, Cultural Award of the Church for valuable contribution to the activities of 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). . *Keskiajan nainen. Helsingissä: Otava, 1996 (4. painos 2005). . *Näköaloja Villa Lantesta (Otava 1998) *Renessanssin nainen: Naisten elämää 1400- ja 1500-luvun Italiassa. Helsingissä: Otava, 2000. . *Pohjoisen renessanssin nainen: 1500- ja 1600-luvun naishistoriaa. Helsingissä: Otava, 2002. . *Setälä, Päivi & Ahl, Eva (toim.): Pyhä Birgitta: Euroopan suojeluspyhimys. Helsingissä: Otava, 2003. .

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