The new academic year at the department starts with three introductory meetings on Monday 4 September in Källan (C201, Arken)
The introduction is an important occasion where you will get a lot of essential information concerning your studies. So do come along!
The department is looking for a trainee for the period mid-February to mid-May 2023. For more information see the trainee ad on the Department’s Moodle Notice Board and sent to enge-info.
It is once again time for the annual Thesis Festival here at the English Department and the awarding of the H.W Donner Essay Prize. The Festival will take place in Kramer (M220) this Thursday.
The festival is an informal occasion for those, and others, who have or are about to complete their BA or MA thesis to present their hard work in a brief presentation (10-15min) and discuss the ups and downs of thesis writing. The presentation is informal and therefore does not require any Powerpoint presentations or similar and is instead an opportunity for people to present what they found interesting in their thesis work along with possible struggles, challenges and points of interest.
You can freely choose the focus of your presentation. The audience is likely to expect some information about the topic, aim and scope, research question(s), methods, materials and (main) findings of your thesis, including your arguments and conclusions. Along with any other information or findings that you may consider pertinent.
The event will start with the Thesis Festival and is followed by the awarding of the H.W. Donner Essay Prize.
All are welcome to partake in the festival and the refreshments.
Welcome to PREMIS on Wednesday 10 May, 2023, at 4 pm in Helikon (A202, Arken, Tehtaankatu 2).
This days speaker will be Kaarle-Juhani Bertel ‘Nalle’ Valtiala who will be presenting giving a talk on ‘Into the Blue: Anne Grant and James Fenimore Cooper’. A discussion the works of the Scottish writer Anne Grant and the work of James Fenimore Cooper.
All are welcome!
Further information can be found in the abstract.
The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/6066966700 (Meeting ID: 606 696 6700)
Welcome to PREMIS on Wednesday 26 April, 2023, at 4 pm in Helikon (A202, Arken, Tehtaankatu 2).
The speaker of the day is the author, editor, and journalist Karen Cheung. Her topic is “Towards Obliterature: Writing a Female Text of Hong Kong.”
Karen Cheung is a writer from Hong Kong. She is the author of The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir (Random House), which was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and The Economist. Her essays, reported features, and cultural criticism have been published in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, This American Life, New Statesman, The Rumpus, Evergreen Review, The Offing, and elsewhere. She was formerly a senior reporter at Hong Kong Free Press, and Associate Editor at Asia Art Archive.
All are welcome!
Further information can be found in the abstract.
The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/6066966700 (Meeting ID: 606 696 6700)
There will be a symposium on the 5th of May, from 9:00-17.00 in Arken (Tehtaankatu 2), Auditorium Helikon. The topic of the symposium will be Creating Time in Narrative Nonfiction and will be hosting seven different speakers with a variety of topics throughout the day.
The event is open to the public and all attendees are welcome.
(For those working on their Masters or Extra Curricular Activities this is an excellent opportunity for collecting reports.)
For further information on the readers, their topics and the schedule of the event see the attached file.
On the 27th of April in the City Library of Turku at 17:30 there will be a book reading by the writer, editor, and journalist Karen Cheung from her book The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir.
The work of nonfiction portraying the younger generation of the city, its spirit and its underground music scene draws on the author’s personal experiences and has been named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and The Economist.
Find additional information regarding the event at the Turku City Library’s website and on Facebook.
Welcome to SPREMI on Thursday 20 April, 2023, at 3 pm in Helikon (A202, Arken, Tehtaankatu 2).
The speaker of the day is university lecturer Debopam Das (English Language and Literature, ÅAU).). His topic is “Structuring discourse through discourse relations and relational signals.” The talk combines grammar, text, and discourse as well as semantics.
Further information can be found in the abstract.
The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/66312703059 (Meeting ID: 663 1270 3059)
Everybody is welcome!
Welcome to SPREMI on Thursday 23 March at 15.15-17 in Helikon (A202, Arken, Tehtaankatu 2).
The speaker of the day is docent Janne Skaffari (English Department, University of Turku). His topic is multilingualism in written texts, and the title of his talk is “Flags out for multilingualism: managing the ‘other’ language in manuscripts.” Abstract
The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/66312703059 (Meeting ID: 663 1270 3059)
Everybody is welcome!
The department is looking for a trainee for the period mid-February to mid-May 2023. For more information see the trainee ad on the Department’s Moodle Notice Board and sent to enge-info.
