Department Member, Culture and Society Research Unit
About
Since February 2010, I work as a Science Adviser at the Academy of Finland (Culture and Social Research Unit). Check: http://www.aka.fi
In 2008-2010 I worked as a postdoc researcher in the project ‘The Common People’, Writing, and the Process of Literary Attainment in Nineteenth-Century Finland. The homepage of the project: http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/skl/english/research/selftaught.htm
I serve as a recording secretary in the SHARP Executive Committee since 2009. I was the chair of the Organizing Committee for "Book Culture from Below - The 18th Annual SHARP Conference", held in Helsinki, 17-20 August 2010. Check: http://www.sharpweb.org
My dissertation on the history of book markets "Books’ Paths to Readers. How Book Stores Became the Norm for Book Distribution in Finland 1740–1860" (published in Finnish: Kirjan tie lukijalle. Kirjakauppojen vakiintuminen Suomessa 1740-1860) was accepted in Spring 2008 at the University of Helsinki. See 'Books'.





