TY - JOUR N2 - This paper aims to open the discussion about historian’s emotions during the research process that has mostly been covered up. It does not pretend to be a thorough account of the topic but a modest essay that might encourage other researcher to reflect on their experiences. Firstly, we briefly describe the current situation in a few neighboring disciplines. Secondly, we explain how we understand emotions and use the terms emotion, feeling and sentiment. Thirdly, we discuss the reasons why most historians keep silent about their feelings. Fourthly, with two examples, we illustrate how historians have written about their emotions. Fifthly, we present a model of emotional phases of research by the Danish social psychologist Steinar Kvale and evaluate its relevance to historical research. Then we look at the causes and/or objects of feelings of students or beginning scholars in cultural history. Finally, we suggest some ways we historians could make our scholarly community emotionally a more supportive one. It might be good to remember that our discussion concerns primarily the Finnish academic world, and the situation in other countries might be slightly different. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/109573/PDF/10_Rossi_Aarnio.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/109573 PY - 2012 EP - 185 KW - history KW - academic world KW - emotion KW - feeling KW - research in history A1 - Rossi, Leena A1 - Aarnio, Tuija PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział PAN w Krakowie PB - Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego VL - vol. 42 Special Issue DA - 2012 T1 - Feelings Matter: Historian’s Emotions SP - 165 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/109573 T2 - Historyka Studia Metodologiczne ER -