{"id":2258222,"date":"2026-01-30T16:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2258222"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:29:20","slug":"finlands-ambassador-to-the-u-s-speaks-at-scranton-photos-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/finlands-ambassador-to-the-u-s-speaks-at-scranton-photos-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland\u2019s Ambassador to the U.S. Speaks at Scranton (Photos + Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The ninth presentation in the Jay Nathan, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar Lecture Series featured remarks by a career diplomat and additional programming that celebrated her native country.<\/p>\n<p>Leena-Kaisa Mikkola, Ambassador of Finland to the U.S., participated in the program, titled, \u201cFinland: History. Culture. Economy,\u201d on Thursday, Jan. 15, at the PNC Auditorium inside The University of Scranton\u2019s Loyola Science Center.<\/p>\n<p>Mikkola, who previously served as Ambassador to China (2021-2024) and Israel (2011-2016) and as Director General for Africa and the Middle East (2017-2021), has been in her current role since September 2024. She spoke alongside Petri Koikkalainen, senior specialist for science and higher education.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Explore Finland&#039;s History, Culture and Economy | Jay Nathan, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar Lecture\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l1uB7eqi72s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the lecture, the evening\u2019s events included live performances by Finnish singer Josefin Sil\u00e9n and Finnish classical pianist Markus Kaitila, as well as a reception.<\/p>\n<p>Previous Nathan lecturers have included representatives from Denmark, Iceland, Lithuania, Romania, India, Thailand, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please see\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/wml\/events-and-programs\/jay-nathan\/index.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the series\u2019 webpage<\/a>\u00a0on The University of Scranton\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.scranton.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ninth presentation in the Jay Nathan, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar Lecture Series featured remarks by a career diplomat and additional programming that celebrated her native country. 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