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Kukku Eeva-Leena Melkas (24.6.1968, Helsinki, Finland)

  • 1987 Matriculation examination, Etu-Töölö Upper Secondary School, Helsinki
  • 1997 M.A., Finnish Literature, University of Helsinki
  • 2006 PhD, Finnish Literature, University of Turku
  • 2011 Title of Docent: A Docent in Finnish Literature and Cultural Studies. Literature, University of Oulu

Academic work:

  • Akademische Oberrätin, Institut für Skandinavistik/Fennistik, Universität zu Köln, 1.9.2022–28.2.2026
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Turku, 1.8.2007–
  • Research fellow in the project The Productions of Tove Jansson – Tove Jansson Companion, Literature, University of Oulu, 2020–2021
  • Research fellow in the project Multilingualism in Contemporary Literature in Finland, Finnish Literature, University of Turku, 2014–2015
  • Research fellow in the project The Transnationaĺ Connections of Finnish Literary Culture, Finnish Literature, University of Turku, 2012–2013
  • Research fellow, post-doctoral project Maids in Finnish Literature – Negotiations of a New Social Order Academy of Finland, 1.1.2008–31.12.2010
  • Research fellow in the project Imagined People – Finnish Self-Portrait in Turmoil, Finnish Literature, Department of Art Studies, University of Turku, 1.1.2006–31.12.2007