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

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