M.A. Loukia Lindholm will publicly defend her doctoral thesis in English language and literature at the Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled Form and Function of Response Stories in Online Advice. (Doria)
Professor Camilla Vásquez, University of South Florida, USA will serve as external examiner and professor Tuija Virtanen-Ulfhielm, Åbo Akademi University, as chair.
Professor Camilla Vásquez (University of South Florida)
“Language, Creativity and Humor Online”
Thursday 12 December 3-5pm, in Helikon (A202) Arken
WELCOME!
PREMIS, Wednesday 27 November,
16-18 in Aud. Helikon (A202), Arken, to be followed by a book launch for The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History (18-19, Donner)
Richard Dennis, University College London
No Home-Like Place: Delusions of Home in Some Victorian and Edwardian Novels
All are welcome!
Martin Gill (Associate Professor, English Language and Literature)
“‘Post-civility’ and the public sphere: the Brexit debate in comments to Express online.”
Thursday 14 November, 2019, 3-5pm, in Jöns Budde
Welcome!
Programme Autumn 2019
SPREMI meets on Thursdays, every second week, 15-17, in Jöns Budde (except 17 October in Kramer).
Contact Urpo Nikanne if you’d like to present your work at SPREMI next spring.
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!
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
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!
The new academic year at the department starts with three introductory lectures on Monday 2 September:
The introduction is an important occasion where you will get a lot of essential information concerning your studies. So do come along!
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
