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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

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, in COST Action IS 0901 “Women Writers in History” (2009-2013); cf. COST website; member of Working Group 3, Sources




E-mail

  • maarit.leskela@utu.fi


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