Lotte Tarkka#
| Membership Number: | 5190 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://tuhat.helsinki.fi/portal/en/persons/lotte-tarkka(eb32e422-10d3-4253-9198-bb9e3a717b4d).html https://375humanistia.helsinki.fi/en/humanists/lotte-tarkka |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1211-7647 |
https://375humanistia.helsinki.fi/en/humanists/lotte-tarkka
Present and Previous Positions
- 2009,08 Professor of Folklore Studies, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki
- 2007,05 Docent / Adjunct Professor of Folklore Studies, Institute for Cultural Research, Department of Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki
- 2006,08 - 2007,03 Post-Doctoral Assistant, Institute for Cultural Research, Department of Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki
- 2007,06 - 2009,07 Post-Doctoral Assistant, Institute for Cultural Research, Department of Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki
- 1999,10 - 2004,07 Assistant teacher, Institute for Cultural Research, Department of Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki
- 1991,08 - 1995,12 Assistant teacher, Department of Cultural Studies, Folklore Studies, University of Turku
- 1996,01 - 1996,07 Assistant teacher, Department of Cultural Studies, Folklore Studies, University of Turku
Fields of Scholarship
- Oral poetry
- Folklore theory
- Genre theory
- Vernacular imagination
- Mythology
- Cultural heritage and nationalism
- Intertextuality
- National epics
- Paremiology
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 2007 Kalevala-Award of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 1990 The Kalevala Society Award for Young Scholars
