Maarit Leskela
Specializing in
- Finnish literature, 19th century
- Cultural history of women’s writing
- Autobiographical sources and methodologies
- Current research deals with women’s biographical traditions in Finland from the end of the 19th century onwards
Personal website
- http://www.hum.utu.fi/oppiaineet/kulttuurihistoria/ihmiset/maarit_leskela-karki.html
- http://users.utu.fi/maales/inenglish.html
Some recent publications relevant for NEWW
- "Narrating life stories in between the fictional and the autobiographical", Qualitative Research, special issue edited by Liz Stanley. 2008/8, p.325-332 (online)
- "Constructing sisterly relations in epistolary practices: The writing Krohn sisters (1890-1950)", in NORA, Life-writing special issue, 2007/1, p.
- Kirjoittaen maailmassa. Krohnin sisaret ja kirjallinen elämä. Helsinki, Finnish Literature Society, 2006. 685 s. [Lives in writing: the Krohn sisters, PhD)
Realized or planned activities/publications in NEWW-context
- Participating, as member of the Management Committee and of Working Group 3, in COST Action IS 0901 “Women Writers In History” (2009-2013); cf. COST website; member of Working Group 3, Sources
- Presenting the paper "Women Biographers and the Uses of Source Material in Life-Writing." at the 21st International Congress of Historical Sciences, session: Biography and microhistory (chaired by Giovanni Levi). Amsterdam, August 2010.
- Participating in Colloquium “Women’s Authorship and Literatures of Small Countries in the 19th Century” (Ljubljana World Capital of Books and COST-WWIH), Ljubljana September 2010
- Participation in the Women Telling Nations: 1st Milestone conference, Madrid 11-13 November 2010
- Upcoming: participation in panel "Women's Biographical Traditions Across Europe" together with Katja Mihurko-Poniz, Tiina Kinnunen, Renee Frangeur, and Birgitte Possing at the IABA Europe 2011: Trajectories of (Be)longing: Europe in Life-Writing conference, Tallinn, May 2011.
E-mail
- maarit.leskela[at]utu.fi
SvD, December 2010
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