Curriculum vitae in English

Katriina Kajannes


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CURRICULUM VITAE


FULL NAMES
Katriina Annikki Kajannes (b. Haapasalo)

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Jyväskylä 8th September 1951

NATIONALITY
Finnish

ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, EMAIL
Sulkakynä 23, 40340 Jyväskylä, Finland
+358 14-282442, +358 14-2601304
katkajan@campus.jyu.fi



EDUCATION AND TRAINING
* Matriculation certificate, Jyväskylän tyttölyseo (senior secondary school) 1972
- average grade 9.4
- five Laudaturs, one Magna cum laude approbatur
* Degree in speech communication, part of the eligibility requirements set down for Lecturer in Finnish (Decree: AsK 267/1956, highest grade), University of Jyväskylä 1975
* Bachelor of Arts, University of Jyväskylä 1977
* Degree in School Administration, Pass degree, examiner: Uuno Tuomela 1978
* Course The Culture of Ancient Rome in the light of its preserved monuments . Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, 3 months, 1978
* Master of Arts, University of Jyväskylä 1979
- Comparative Literature
- Finnish Literature
- Latin
- Finnish
- Education
* Certificate of oral and written proficiency in Swedish. Obtained as part of the requirements when appointed to a post at the University of Jyväskylä in 1980
* Laudatur in Finnish Literature, University of Helsinki 1983
* Licentiate in Finnish Literature, University of Jyväskylä 1987
(Finnish literature, magna cum laude approbatur / second highest grade; Comparative literature, lubenter approbatur/third highest grade)
* Doctor of Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä 1997
* Dissertation entitled “Maisema ulkona ja sisällä on sama” – kognitioanalyyttinen tutkimus Lassi Nummen proosasta” (SKS 1997) [“The Landscape outside and inside is the same” – A cognitive-analytical study on Lassi Nummi’s prose works] (magna cum laude approbatur / second highest grade)
* Very good teaching skill for the position of senior assistant, University of Jyväskylä 1996
* Very good teaching skill and academic qualification for the position of docent of Finnish literature, University of Jyväskylä 2001
* Appointed docent of Finnish Literature, Faculty of Humanities, University of Jyväskylä 2001
* Course on the use of information and communication technology in teaching, 10 credits, University of Jyväskylä’s Virtual University Project, 31.1.2007
* Portfolio Course, 5 ects, University of Jyväskylä 8.2.2007.
* Expert training programme TieVie in Educational Use of ICT 14.8.2006.-15.5.2005. This course corresponds to ope.fi III level studies. The course was arranged by a network of 5 universities. 5.2007 completed as per the course schedule 7/15 credits.


PRESENT POSITION
Docent in Literature, University of Jyväskylä 2001 –
Senior Assistant in Literature, University of Jyväskylä 2002 -


FIELDS OF RESEARCH
* Cognitive Analysis of Literature
* Semiotics
* Gender Studies
* Modernism
* Contemporary Literature
* Local Culture and Literature
* Medieval Latin Drama


PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
University of Jyväskylä, various positions held 1979 –
* Senior Assistant
* Acting Senior Assistant
* Assistant
* Full-time teacher
* Research Assistant
* Academic Secretary
* Librarian
* Teacher at the senior comprehensive school and senior secondary school at Vihanti, substitute teacher
* Teacher at the senior comprehensive school at Vesanto, substitute teacher


RESEARCH AWARDS, HONOURS AND MAJOR GRANTS
* Scholarship for participating in a course in Rome (Ministry of Education) 1978
* Grant from Publications Committee, University of Jyväskylä 1989-1990
* Grant from The Kalevala Women’s Association of Jyväskylä 1993
* Grant from Central Finland’s Art Committee 1994
* Grant from Ellen and Artturi Nyyssönen’s Foundation 1996
* Grant from Jyväskylä Arts and Sciences Foundation 2004
* Grant from Central Finland’s Art Committee 2004


MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Member of the Finnish Literary Society 1998 -
Member of the Committee of Finnish Literary Research Society 1999-2002
Member of the Finnish Semiotic Society 2006 -
Member of the Finnish Literary Therapy Society 2007-

OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MERITS AND ACTIVITIES
* Editor of the following books: Suomalaisia nykykirjailijoita, Kirjallisuus, kieli ja kognitio, Keskisuomalaisia nykykirjailijoita, Katkos ja kytkös, PoMon tila
* Referee of the Yearbook of Finnish Literary Research Society 2002-2003
* Referee of the Journal Avain 2006-
* Member of the project team Art of the Renaissance, University of Jyväskylä 1980-1981
* Member of The Kalevala Women’s Association 1990-
* Lecturer at a Finnish-Estonian-Hungarian research seminar 1995
* Lecturer at the research seminar “The 1940s”. Finnish Literary History project and University of Helsinki 1996
* Coordinator, lecturer and chairperson at Lassi Nummi research seminar, leader of the Lassi Nummi Project 1998
* Coordinator and lecturer at Jenny Lilja’s Commemorative Seminar ”Human growth” 1998
* Appointed an examiner of the Licentiate thesis of Mikko Turunen. University of Tampere 8.4.1999
* Member and lecturer at the research seminar “Taasteitud aeg. Eesti ja Soome kirjanduse muutumine 1950.-1969. aastatel”. Tartu 1999
* Leader of a cognitive science project. Coordinator, lecturer and leader of a workshop on multidisciplinary research seminar entitled “Cognitive Seminar on Research in Linguistics and Arts” 2000
* Member of a team assigned to prepare a seminar funded by the Finnish Literary Research Society. Leader of a Workshop on Cognitive Analysis 2000
* Member of the Finnica Project 2001-2006
* Member of the organizing committee for the research congress “How to read and why?” of the Finnish Literary Research Society. Leader of the Modernism section 2002
* Member of the organizing committee for a nation-wide research seminar “Birth of Modern Finnish Poetry”. Kuopio 2003
* Coordinator and chairperson of the seminar ”Central Finland – Finland – Europe” 2004
* Member of organizing committee for the seminar ”Jyväskylä – Finland’s Athens?” 2004
* One of the founders of The Cultural Association of Central Finland, president 2004-
* Coordinator and lecturer at the seminar ”The Power of The Word” 2004
* Coordinator and lecturer at the seminar “Central Finland in the Global World” 2005
* Coordinator of the seminar ”Classical Literature Today” 2005
* Coordinator of the literature seminar ”Mikael Agricola” 2005
* Member of the organizing committee of the folklore seminar “Larin Paraske” 2005
* Coordinator of the seminar “Central Finland” 2005
* Member of the group organizing the seminar “Values and Respect for Life” 2005
* Lecturer at the international research seminar “Writing, Image and Sacredness” 2005
* Coordinator of the seminar “The Time of Humanism” 2005
* Coordinator of the seminar “Aleksis Kivi Day” 2005
* Member of the group organizing the campus seminar on Kalevala’s Day, lecturer 2005
* Member of the group coordinating the J.V. Snellman seminar, lecturer 2006
* Member of the group organizing “Campus of Science and the Arts” at the University of Jyväskylä, lecturer 2006
* Member of the group organizing “Campus of Science and of the Arts” at the University of Jyväskylä, lecturer 2006
* One of the founders of “Isis”, a semioticians group 2006
* Lecturer at the congress Dies medievales 2006
* Member of the group coordinating the round table “Women in Semiotics” at the 9th World Congress of Semiotics 2007