Contact information of the Department of Comparative Literature

Visiting Address
Arcanuminkuja 1
20500 Turku
Arcanum

Mailing address
Department of Comparative Literature
FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland

Student services
kirjallisuus-toimisto@utu.fi

 

Teaching and research staff

Hanna Meretoja profile picture
Hanna
Meretoja
PhD, Professor of Comparative Literature
Professor, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
+358 29 450 3457
+358 50 329 1783
Markku Lehtimäki profile picture
Markku
Lehtimäki
Ph.D., Professor of Comparative Literature
Professor, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
+358 29 450 4864
+358 50 355 0498
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Aino
Mäkikalli
FT, dosentti (PhD, Title of Docent)
Senior University Lecturer, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Growing into Literature (LITEFI)
+358 29 450 3458
+358 50 329 1858
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Kaisa
Ilmonen
Collegium Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Docent, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)
PI: Intersectional Reading, Social Justice and Literary Activism
+358 29 450 3490
+358 50 329 0979
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Jouni
Teittinen
FT / PhD
School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
+358 50 344 0162

Student services

Researchers and doctoral students

Marta
Cenedese
PhD
Docent, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
INTERACT: Intersectional Reading, Social Justice and Literary Activism (PI Kaisa Ilmonen)
Aapo
Forsell
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
The topic of my research is: Reason and communication in Thomas Mann's novel "Der Zauberberg" and in Hermann Hesse's novels "Der Steppenwolf" and "Das Glasperlenspiel".
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Niina
Hanhinen
FM / MA
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Photographs, Motion, and Ambivalence – War and Migration in Iconotexts by Krug, Moisseinen, and Sebald
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Elias
Heikkonen
MA, Finnish and Literature Teacher
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Lecturer
Tommi
Hjelt
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Koko
Hubara
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Visibilising Counter-Stories of Mental Distress (MadEnCounters, 2023–2026/Kone Foundation)
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Kaisa
Ilmonen
Collegium Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Docent, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)
PI: Intersectional Reading, Social Justice and Literary Activism
+358 29 450 3490
+358 50 329 0979
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Astrid
Joutseno
PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Counter-narratives of Cancer: Shaping Narrative Agency (Research Council of Finland)
Maiju
Kilkki
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Tintti Klapuri profile picture
Tintti
Klapuri
Docent, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
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Päivi
Kosonen
PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
SELMA, Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientality and Memory; Counter-Narratives of Cancer. Shaping Narrative Agency. (Research Council of Finland, 2023-27, PI Hanna Meretoja)
Tuuli
Kunnas
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Mimosa
Laine
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Narrative techniques and the use of personal experience in creative non-fiction
Joosua Lehtinen profile picture
Joosua
Lehtinen
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Minna
Leppäaho-Kotimäki
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Julian
Mendoza
Co-editor, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
SELMA, University of Turku; AASSC, Canada; SASS, United States; University of Iceland; University of British Columbia; University of Manitoba; ENSCAN; ISSS; Centre for Climate Justice UBC
Danial
Molooghi
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Hilla
Pohjalainen
Project Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
+358 29 450 3061
+358 50 430 1095
Deborah Pauline Prang profile picture
Deborah Pauline
Prang
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Nea
Pälä
Information Specialist, University of Turku Library
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Faeze Rezaii profile picture
Faeze
Rezaii
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Oiva
Ristimäki
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Jouni
Teittinen
FT / PhD
School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
+358 50 344 0162
Jonna
Urpilainen
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Saku-Petteri
Urpo
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Virpi
Vairinen
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
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Anna
Vuorinne
FT / PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Diversity in Finnish Comics History: Minorities and Self-representation Project
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Oisin
Hughes
PhD
Doctoral Researcher, Literary Studies and Creative Writing

Professors Emeriti

Liisa
Steinby
PhD, Professor emerita of Comparative Literature
Literary Studies and Creative Writing
+358 29 450 3382
+358 50 331 3064
Pirjo
Ahokas
Literary Studies and Creative Writing

Docents

Samuli Björninen, PhD
Jason Finch, PhD
Kaisa Ilmonen, PhD
Leena Kirstinä, PhD
Tintti Klapuri, PhD
Aino Mäkikalli, PhD
Jopi Nyman, PhD
Laura Oulanne, PhD
Gerhard Schmitt, PhD

Keywords
Comparative Literature
See also
Department of Comparative Literature
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