Maarit Leskelä-Kärki
Biographic Data
| ID | 289121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maarit Leskelä-Kärki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maarit |
| FAMILY NAME | Leskelä-Kärki |
| SIGNATURE | LESKELÄ-KÄRKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8028-1740 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hengästyttävä matka säveltävien naisten uudelleen löydettyihin maailmoihin
Arvio teoksesta: Susanna Välimäki & Nuppu Koivisto-Kaasik: Sävelten tyttäret. Säveltävät naiset Suomessa 1800-luvulta 1900-luvulle. Historiallinen arkisto 154. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki 2023. 480 s. ISBN 978-951-858-596-4. Verkossa saatavilla: https://doi.org/10.21435/ha.154
Reimagining the Past, Present, and Future: History, Temporality, and Life Writing
This cluster, comprising an introduction and six essays, seeks to integrate the disciplines of life writing and history, building on discussions from the 2022 IABA World Conference, "Life-Writing: Imagining the Past, Present, and Future." Temporality has emerged as a critical dimension for analyzing narratives of lives, and serves as a central theme of this cluster, explored through diverse methodologies, including historians' attentiveness to th…
The Visible and Invisible Lives of Kerstin Söderholm: The Year in Finland
The Visible and Invisible Lives of Kerstin SöderholmThe Year in Finland Kirsi Tuohela (bio) and Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) Kan du någonsin känna hur vårt liv är som invävt i det osynligas garn liksom i det synligas? (Can you sometimes feel how it's as if our lives are woven in the yarn of the invisible as well as the visible?) Kerstin Söderholm In the early 2000s, while participating in a research project on the cultural history of women's writin…
Mihin menneitä elämiä käytämme
Historiallisen Aikakauskirjan edellisessä numerossa (1/2022) tutkijatohtori Rose-Marie Peake ja väitöskirjatutkija Saara Hilpinen jatkoivat dosentti Tuula Juvosen viime vuonna aloittamaa keskustelua kotimaisen historiantutkimuksen suhteesta niin sanottuun sateenkaarihistoriaan. Peake ja Hilpinen näyttävät olevan suhteellisen samaa mieltä Juvosen kanssa siitä, että historiantutkijat ovat olleet sokeita queer-historiallisille lähestymistavoille ja …
Empatia historioitsijan työvälineenä
Opening minds for the wisdom of art
A reflection on the symposium 'Clear-sighted Art - Open Mind? Encounters between Art and Esotericism' arranged at the Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki, 25th August 2020
New currents in the research on esotericism and mysticism
The current 29th volume of Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis is based on a symposium arranged by the Donner Institute and the research project ‘Seekers of the New: Esotericism and the Transformation of Religiosity in the Modernising Finland’ at the University of Turku in June 2017, under the title: ‘Approaching Esotericism and Mysticism: Cultural Influences’. All the articles published in this volume were initially presented as papers at this…
Ethical encounters in the archives
This article discusses archival sources and biographical history in the context of the history of modern esotericism. Presenting a case study and archival material of a Finnish writer Aarni Kouta (1884-1924) the article asks, what are the ethical challenges of studying individuals and their intimate sources in the context of esotericism. The starting point is in the forgotten figures of esoteric history, and thus the article reflects how our unde…
Life Writing Genres on the Move: The Year in Finland
Review on life writing literature published in Finland in 2019-2020
Beyond the Archive: Memory, Narrative, and the Autobiographical Process-Explorations in Narrative Psychology by Jens Brockmeier
Reviewed by: Beyond the Archive: Memory, Narrative, and the Autobiographical Process—Explorations in Narrative Psychology by Jens Brockmeier Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) Jens Brockmeier. Beyond the Archive: Memory, Narrative, and the Autobiographical Process—Explorations in Narrative Psychology. Oxford UP, 2015, 424 pp. ISBN 978-0199861569, $79.00. Norwegian writer Karl-Ove Knausgård defines memory in the third part of his six-part book series, tit…
The history of modern Western esotericism
The study of Western esoteric traditions and practices has been a growing research field since the 1990s. This thematic issue aims at opening this field particularly in the context of Finnish cultural history, although the articles cover also other parts of the long tradition of Western esotericism in the history of Europe
Women in the Margins, or Not: The Year in Finland
Women in the Margins, or Not?The Year in Finland Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) As 2017 marks the hundredth anniversary of Finland's independence, media coverage on literature and art depicting the history of Finland has grown, including the country's biographies. In August, the biggest newspaper in Finland, Helsingin Sanomat, revealed how unbalanced the publishing of biographies has been. The article claims that out of fifty-six published biographie…
Old Traditions and New Experiments: The Year in Finland
Old Traditions and New ExperimentsThe Year in Finland Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) In 2015, the nonfiction bestseller in Finland was the autobiography of the football player Jari Litmanen entitled Litmanen 10, and third on the list was the biography of ice hockey player Jarkko Ruutu. In September 2016, the bestseller was journalist Maarit Tyrkkö’s autobiographical memoir Presidentti ja toimittaja, a book about her close relationship with President …
Narrating life stories in between the fictional and the autobiographical
This article discusses the processes of identity formation in different textual narratives, particularly in the intersections of fictional and epistolary texts, the in-between spaces where the autobiographical self becomes constituted. An important question concerns how to write about other people's lives and engage with the different textual narratives they have left behind. The Finnish writer Helmi Krohn (1871—1967) and her fictional and partic…
Constructing Sisterly Relations in Epistolary Practices: The Writing Krohn Sisters (1890–1950)
The article focuses on three Finnish sisters, writers Helmi Krohn (1871–1967), Aino Kallas (1878–1956), and Aune Krohn (1881–1967), and their mutual correspondence. Their vast personal archives, consisting of letters and diaries, offer fruitful material for the purpose of exploring the connection between lives lived and lives written. In this article Leskelä‐Kärki explores the ways of constructing life‐stories based on autobiographical material o…
Narrating life stories in between the fictional and the autobiographical
This article discusses the processes of identity formation in different textual narratives, particularly in the intersections of fictional and epistolary texts, the in-between spaces where the autobiographical self becomes constituted. An important question concerns how to write about other people's lives and engage with the different textual narratives they have left behind. The Finnish writer Helmi Krohn (1871—1967) and her fictional and partic…
Constructing Sisterly Relations in Epistolary Practices: The Writing Krohn Sisters (1890–1950)
The article focuses on three Finnish sisters, writers Helmi Krohn (1871–1967), Aino Kallas (1878–1956), and Aune Krohn (1881–1967), and their mutual correspondence. Their vast personal archives, consisting of letters and diaries, offer fruitful material for the purpose of exploring the connection between lives lived and lives written. In this article Leskelä‐Kärki explores the ways of constructing life‐stories based on autobiographical material o…
Constructing Sisterly Relations in Epistolary Practices: The Writing Krohn Sisters (1890–1950)
The article focuses on three Finnish sisters, writers Helmi Krohn (1871–1967), Aino Kallas (1878–1956), and Aune Krohn (1881–1967), and their mutual correspondence. Their vast personal archives, consisting of letters and diaries, offer fruitful material for the purpose of exploring the connection between lives lived and lives written. In this article Leskelä‐Kärki explores the ways of constructing life‐stories based on autobiographical material o…
Narrating life stories in between the fictional and the autobiographical
This article discusses the processes of identity formation in different textual narratives, particularly in the intersections of fictional and epistolary texts, the in-between spaces where the autobiographical self becomes constituted. An important question concerns how to write about other people's lives and engage with the different textual narratives they have left behind. The Finnish writer Helmi Krohn (1871—1967) and her fictional and partic…
Old Traditions and New Experiments: The Year in Finland
Old Traditions and New ExperimentsThe Year in Finland Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) In 2015, the nonfiction bestseller in Finland was the autobiography of the football player Jari Litmanen entitled Litmanen 10, and third on the list was the biography of ice hockey player Jarkko Ruutu. In September 2016, the bestseller was journalist Maarit Tyrkkö’s autobiographical memoir Presidentti ja toimittaja, a book about her close relationship with President …
Women in the Margins, or Not: The Year in Finland
Women in the Margins, or Not?The Year in Finland Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) As 2017 marks the hundredth anniversary of Finland's independence, media coverage on literature and art depicting the history of Finland has grown, including the country's biographies. In August, the biggest newspaper in Finland, Helsingin Sanomat, revealed how unbalanced the publishing of biographies has been. The article claims that out of fifty-six published biographie…
Beyond the Archive: Memory, Narrative, and the Autobiographical Process-Explorations in Narrative Psychology by Jens Brockmeier
Reviewed by: Beyond the Archive: Memory, Narrative, and the Autobiographical Process—Explorations in Narrative Psychology by Jens Brockmeier Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) Jens Brockmeier. Beyond the Archive: Memory, Narrative, and the Autobiographical Process—Explorations in Narrative Psychology. Oxford UP, 2015, 424 pp. ISBN 978-0199861569, $79.00. Norwegian writer Karl-Ove Knausgård defines memory in the third part of his six-part book series, tit…
The history of modern Western esotericism
The study of Western esoteric traditions and practices has been a growing research field since the 1990s. This thematic issue aims at opening this field particularly in the context of Finnish cultural history, although the articles cover also other parts of the long tradition of Western esotericism in the history of Europe
New currents in the research on esotericism and mysticism
The current 29th volume of Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis is based on a symposium arranged by the Donner Institute and the research project ‘Seekers of the New: Esotericism and the Transformation of Religiosity in the Modernising Finland’ at the University of Turku in June 2017, under the title: ‘Approaching Esotericism and Mysticism: Cultural Influences’. All the articles published in this volume were initially presented as papers at this…
Ethical encounters in the archives
This article discusses archival sources and biographical history in the context of the history of modern esotericism. Presenting a case study and archival material of a Finnish writer Aarni Kouta (1884-1924) the article asks, what are the ethical challenges of studying individuals and their intimate sources in the context of esotericism. The starting point is in the forgotten figures of esoteric history, and thus the article reflects how our unde…
Life Writing Genres on the Move: The Year in Finland
Review on life writing literature published in Finland in 2019-2020
Empatia historioitsijan työvälineenä
Opening minds for the wisdom of art
A reflection on the symposium 'Clear-sighted Art - Open Mind? Encounters between Art and Esotericism' arranged at the Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki, 25th August 2020
Mihin menneitä elämiä käytämme
Historiallisen Aikakauskirjan edellisessä numerossa (1/2022) tutkijatohtori Rose-Marie Peake ja väitöskirjatutkija Saara Hilpinen jatkoivat dosentti Tuula Juvosen viime vuonna aloittamaa keskustelua kotimaisen historiantutkimuksen suhteesta niin sanottuun sateenkaarihistoriaan. Peake ja Hilpinen näyttävät olevan suhteellisen samaa mieltä Juvosen kanssa siitä, että historiantutkijat ovat olleet sokeita queer-historiallisille lähestymistavoille ja …
Reimagining the Past, Present, and Future: History, Temporality, and Life Writing
This cluster, comprising an introduction and six essays, seeks to integrate the disciplines of life writing and history, building on discussions from the 2022 IABA World Conference, "Life-Writing: Imagining the Past, Present, and Future." Temporality has emerged as a critical dimension for analyzing narratives of lives, and serves as a central theme of this cluster, explored through diverse methodologies, including historians' attentiveness to th…
The Visible and Invisible Lives of Kerstin Söderholm: The Year in Finland
The Visible and Invisible Lives of Kerstin SöderholmThe Year in Finland Kirsi Tuohela (bio) and Maarit Leskelä-Kärki (bio) Kan du någonsin känna hur vårt liv är som invävt i det osynligas garn liksom i det synligas? (Can you sometimes feel how it's as if our lives are woven in the yarn of the invisible as well as the visible?) Kerstin Söderholm In the early 2000s, while participating in a research project on the cultural history of women's writin…
Hengästyttävä matka säveltävien naisten uudelleen löydettyihin maailmoihin
Arvio teoksesta: Susanna Välimäki & Nuppu Koivisto-Kaasik: Sävelten tyttäret. Säveltävät naiset Suomessa 1800-luvulta 1900-luvulle. Historiallinen arkisto 154. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki 2023. 480 s. ISBN 978-951-858-596-4. Verkossa saatavilla: https://doi.org/10.21435/ha.154
Art (8 works) · History (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Literature (6 works) · Research in Social Sciences (6 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)