Publications
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Tekstin nautinnosta
(2022)
The book explores the discourses of modernism, contemporary art and art history writing as well as their interdisciplinary values and boundaries – and cases that do not fit within these boundaries.The articles explore the ...
Rhyme and Rhyming in Verbal Art, Language, and Song
(2022)
This collection of thirteen chapters answers new questions about rhyme, with views from folklore, ethnopoetics, the history of literature, literary criticism and music criticism, psychology and linguistics. The book examines ...
Elää, kokea, ymmärtää
(2023)
Alex Matson (1888–1972) is an important Finnish literary critic and essayist, whose literary reviews and collections of essays have made a vital contribution to the development of Finland's postwar literary generation. ...
Kirjailijapoetiikat
(2024)
Uudisraivaajien maa
(2024)
This edited volume looks at the spread of settlements and the development of living conditions favorable to permanent peasant habitation in Finland during the pre-industrial period. The case to study in this volume is the ...
Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870–1990
(2024)
This edited collection re-examines the long history of Finnish-Namibian relations through the lens of colonialism without colonies as well as anti-colonialism. The book argues that although Finland never acquired colonies, ...
Sociolinguistic Variation in Urban Linguistic Landscapes
(2024)
This book is about how urban linguistic landscapes reflect and create sociolinguistic, societal and urban dynamics, and how these relations can be scientifically explored. Focusing on the linguistic landscapes of selected ...
Henkinen muuri
(2024)
Current volume examines Finnish-Russian literary contacts that have not been thoroughly studied previously – the translation and reception history of Russian literature in Finland, and Finnish literature in Russia from ...
Mikael Agricolan Vanhan testamentin esipuheet
(2025)
Michael Agricola translated the Psalter and parts of the Old Testament prophets in 1551 and 1552. The Vulgate, the Luther Bible, and the Swedish Bible of 1541 served as the source texts.
In his translation, Agricola ...
Muinais-DNA
(2025)
Modernisation in Russia since 1900
(2006)
"Modernisation has been a constant theme in Russian history at least since Peter the Great launched a series of initiatives aimed at closing the economic, technical and cultural gap between Russia and the more ‘advanced’ ...
Storied and Supernatural Places
(2018)
"This book addresses the narrative construction of places, the relationship between tradition communities and their environments, the supernatural dimensions of cultural landscapes and wilderness as they are manifested in ...
Moving in the USSR
(2005)
"This book deals with 20th century resettlements in the western areas of the former USSR, in particular the territory of Karelia that was ceded by Finland in the WWII, Podolia in the Ukraine, and the North-West periphery ...
Kansankirkko ristipaineessa
(2014)
As the highest internal decision-making body within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the General Synod began, from 1876, congregating in Turku every tenth, and then eventually, every fifth year. By the 1960s, ...
The Springs Of Democracy
(2017)
During the First World War, conflicts between the people’s sacrifices and their political participation led to crises of parliamentary legitimacy. This volume compares British, German, Swedish and Finnish debates on ...
Koko illan ilo? Kolmoskanava ja television kaupallistuminen Suomessa
(2012)
“Channel Three will entertain you when television gets too serious”, the new entrant in Finland’s broadcast television announced proudly at its launch in 1986. Channel Three was the first fully commercial television channel ...
Saamentutkimus tänään
(2011)
Saamentutkimus tänään is an introduction to the Sámi studies, i.e. the scientific study of the Sámi people. It gives many-faceted basic information of the Sámi people and presents up-to-date views of the disciplines related ...
Sinisten maisemien mies
(2011)
The man of blue landscapes describes the life and work of the Finnish geographer Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882–1956), whose career also reflected Finland’s development as a modern state. Granö was a scientific explorer, ...