Education
He has studied the Deutsche Demokratische Republik-Finnish relations and Finnish athletics history.
He has studied the Deutsche Demokratische Republik-Finnish relations and Finnish athletics history.
Hentilä was 1980-1998 docent in political history at Helsinki University and became 1998 professor in the subject of matter. Amongst his productions can be found Suomen työläisurheilun historia (3 parts, 1982-1987), Kaksi Saksaa ja Suomi (2003) and several academic textbooks. In 2007 to 2008 Hentilä was an visiting professor in the Berlin"s Humboldt University.
Hentilä has also written about the Swedish working class movement and socialdemocracy: Den svenska arbetarklassen och reformismens genombrott inom Systems, Applications and Products före 1914: arbetarklassens ställning, strategi och ideologi (1979).
This study is also translated to English.