You are most welcome to attend the next PREMIS seminar on Wednesday, 9 October (16-18 in Helikon, Arken) when Professor Casie Hermansson (Pittsburg State University, USA) will be speaking with the title “Filming the Children’s Book”.
Welcome!
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Subject Moot
Our first Subject Moot meeting this academic year will take place on Wednesday the 2nd of October at 16:15 in Arken Donner (M225).
The agenda will include
- Attendance policy and deadlines
- Events and seminars at the department
The Subject Moot meeting is open for all students, researchers and staff of English Language and Literature. If you would like to suggest topics to discuss, please send you suggestions by email to aino.tuomola@abo.fi. You can also suggest an issue to discuss during the meeting. Do come along!
Introductory lectures Monday 2 September 2019
The new academic year at the department starts with three introductory lectures on Monday 2 September:
- New students: 9-10 in Westermarck (C101)
- ‘Old’ BA students: 11-12 in Helikon (A202)
- MA students: 12-13 in Helikon (A202)
The introduction is an important occasion where you will get a lot of essential information concerning your studies. So do come along!
Doctoral defence, 27 April 2019: Petter Skult
FM Petter Skult from English Language and Literature, Åbo Akademi University, will defend his doctoral thesis on Saturday, 27th April, at 13 in Auditorium Armfelt, Arken (Fabriksgatan 2 / Tehtaankatu 2).
The thesis is entitled: The End of the World as We Know It: Theoretical Perspectives on Apocalyptic Science Fiction.
The opponent is Professor Adam C. Roberts (Royal Holloway, University of London). Custos is Professor Anthony Johnson.
Apart from the lectio praecursoria in Swedish, the defence will take place in English.
The thesis is available at http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/168350
SPREMI PROGRAMME SPRING 2019
Updated SPREMI spring 2019 programme.
SPREMI meets on Thursdays, every second week, 15-17, in Jöns Budde. Two slots are still available for a presentation this spring. Do not hesitate to contact me or Urpo if you’d like to present work at SPREMI this autumn.
All the best,
Tuija (& Urpo)
PREMIS, the English department’s literary research seminar, schedule for Autumn 2018
Here is the PREMIS schedule in Autumn 2018.
If you would like to present in Spring 2019, please contact me (Jason).
STOP PRESS, Booker long-listed novelist Guy Gunaratne will speak at PREMIS on 21 November. The session originally scheduled for then will be rescheduled.
Introductory lectures on Monday 3 September 2018
The new academic year at the department starts with three introductory lectures on Monday 3 September:
- New students: 9-10 in Westermarck (C101)
- ‘Old’ BA students: 11-12 in Helikon (A202)
- MA students: 12-13 in Helikon (A202)
The introduction is an important occasion where you will get a lot of essential information concerning your studies. So do come along!
29 June: Public defence of Kai Latvalehto’s doctoral thesis
29 June, 2018, at 13, Auditorium A, Gadolinia:
Public defence of FM Kai Latvalehto’s doctoral thesis, entitled Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart? Examining Second-Generation Sweden-Finnishness.
Opponent: Dr., Reader in Media and Culture Sean Campbell, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
Custos (chair): Professor Anthony Johnson.
Thesis in Doria
Second Prize in Arvid Mörne contest to Emma Kanckos
Emma Kanckos, doctoral student at English Language and Literature, received second prize for her poems in the Arvid Mörne contest.
Congratulations!
Doctoral defence, 23 February 2018: FM Jennie Öhman
FM Jennie Öhman from English Language and Literature, Åbo Akademi University, will defend her doctoral thesis on Friday, 23rd February, at 13 in Auditorium Ringbom, Axelia (Biskopsgatan 8 / Piispankatu 8). The thesis is entitled: Interaction in Text and Hypertext: Participant Roles on Corporate Websites. The opponent is Professor Merja Koskela, University of Vaasa. Custos is Associate Professor Martin Gill. Apart from the lectio praecursoria in Swedish, the defence will take place in English.
A link to the online version of the thesis can be found here: