Members
The members of TUCEMEMS share an interest in medieval and early modern studies. The goals of the Centre include facilitating contacts and connections among members, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration among different university departments, and facilitating national and international discussion. The Centre currently has some seventy members, as well as numerous associates, representing various fields and disciplines, in Finland and abroad.
Aali, Heta
Research interests: French Romanticism, French historiography, Merovingian queens
Bernotas, Rivo
Research interests: Archaeology and social history of urban defence, medieval walled towns in Old Livonia and Finland
Carroll, Ruth
Research interests: The linguistics of historical English, especially pragmatics, discourse analysis, and phraseology.
de Anna, Luigi G.
Research interests: Relations of Italy and Finland, knowledge about the Nordic countries in European culture, history of nobility, history of orders
De Bruyn, Daryl
Ernvall, Liisa
Fonsén, Tuomo
Research interests: The literary production of Justus Georg Schottelius (1612-1676), the "father of German grammar", focusing in particular on the relevance of his work for grammar and for language policy.
Harjula, Janne
Research interests: material culture in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era
Harri, Jopi
Research interests: Eastern Slavic church music
Hartola, Marja
Research interests: Subject of dissertation: Finnish medieval food economy.
Heinonen, Meri
Research interests:medieval mysticism, especially the meanings of gender and body, spiritual friendship
Helin, Irmeli
Research interests: Jaakko Finno's hymnal (1583)
Hiltunen, Risto
Research interests:History of English, historical discourse studies, Old and Middle English, legal discourse, Salem witchcraft documents.
Holmberg, Eva Johanna
Research interests: early modern ethnic and religious identities, Jewish-Christian relations, history of the body, cultural history of travel and cross-cultural encounters
Honkapohja, Alpo
Research interests: research of manuscripts, paleography, Digital Humanities, medieval medicine, Middle English, medieval Latin, historical Linguistics, multilingualism, historical Dialectology
Hovi, Tuomas
Research interests: Dracula tourism in Romania
Huhtinen, Johannes
Research interests: early modern era, historiography, English Civil War
Hukantaival, Sonja
Research interests:Building deposits and beliefs concerning them in Finland
Ijäs, Ulla
Research interests:Marie Hackmanista (1776-1865), activity of women
Immonen, Teemu
Research interests: hermit monks and eremitical spirituality at the monastery of Monte Cassino
Immonen, Visa
Research interests: material culture in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era, history of archaeological research of the Middle Ages
Inaba Nobufumi
Kaartinen, Marjo
Kallio, Maria
Research interests: MA Thesis dealt with medieval testaments in the area of Turku bishopric, the influence of religion in writing of testaments
Kallioinen, Mika
Research interests: history of trade from the Middle Ages to 20th century
Kanerva, Kirsi
Research interests: history of emotions, Icelandic culture 13th and 14th centuries, sagas
Kataisto, Ruut
Research interests: Cardinal Domenico Capranica's biography from 15th century
Kauko, Mikko
Research interests: history of Swedish language, Swedish language in the Middle Ages, Jöns Budde, Latin
Keinästö, Kari
Research interests: German language in the Middle Ages, German literature, German grammatical tradition in Finland and Nordic countries, the oldest German newspapers and their language, lingual relations of Germany and Finland
Keskinen, Jarkko
Research interests: The change of trade in Pori 1765-1852
Kivistö, Terhi
Research interests: taxation in Turku province from 13th century to 1540s
Koistinen, Olli
Research interests: early modern philosophy, theory of act, metaphysics
Korte, Tapio
Kuusamo, Altti
Laakso, Ville
Research interests:orthodox culture in Finland
Lagerstam, Liisa
Research interests: 17th century way of living, noblemen and material culture
Lahti, Sofia
Research interests: medieval body-part reliquaries in Nordic countries
Lahtinen, Anu
Research interests: family relations and economic and cultural gender hierarchies in the Nordic Kingdoms ca. 1400-1620
Laiho, Hemmo
Research interests: philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Laitinen, Riitta
Research interests: Order and Disorder in Early Modern Urban Space
Lehtomäki, Minna
Lehtosalo, Kaisa
Research interests: Finnish language in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era, vocabulary of Michael Agricola
Lempiäinen, Terttu
Lidman, Satu
Research interests: late medieval and early modern periods, including legal culture, discipline and punishment, values and attitudes, violence against women, chastity and sexuality.
Linkinen, Tom
Research interests: cultural history and understanding of same-sex sexuality, late medieval England
Lönnroth, Harry
Research interests: language in history, language in society
Maines, Elina
Maunu, Ari
Melan, Mikael
Research interests: various explanations for human actions, philosophies of antiquity, the middle ages and the early modern period
Miettinen, Riikka
Research interests: suicides in early modern Finland and Sweden, history of crime and justice, history of mental illnesses
Mäkikalli, Aino
Research interests: English novel 17th and 18th centuries
Mäkilähde, Aleksi
Research interests:Code-switching between English, Latin and Greek
Nummila, Kirsi-Maria
Research interests: Michael Agricola's agents
Partanen, Hanna
Research interests: church paintings in Finland in 1510s
Peake-Liedes, Rose-Marie
Research interests: Louise de Marillac (1591-1660), from the viewpoint of missionary work
Peikola, Matti
Research interests: Wycliff's translation of the Bible, liturgical paratexts, the art of writing in 17th century New Enland, English in Turku Academy
Rajala, Kirsi
Ranki, Kreeta
Research interests: animal experience in early modern philosophy
Raunio, Anu
Research interests: Italian travel literature, early modern cross-cultural encounters between Italy and Scandinavia, conversion narratives.
Repo, Arto
Rintala, Arto
Research interests: Short stories collection of Miguel de Cervantes
Romano, Ciro
Ruohonen, Juha
Räsänen, Marika
Research interests: The relic cult of Thomas Aquinas in Late Medieval Italy
Saarenpää, Taina
Research interests: Finnish bourgeois women in medieval documents
Saari, Seppo
Research interests: music in culture and music as culture
Salmi, Hanna
Research interests: Text-organising devices and interaction in Middle English debate poetry
Salmi, Heidi
Salonen, Kirsi
Research interests: Apostolic Penitentiary, law history, church history, crimes and sinns
Sandelin, Minna
Research interests: 13th and 14th century province laws in Sweden
Sarjala, Jukka
Research interests: musical philosophy of different disciplines, affects
Seppälä, Suvianna
Research interests: taxation of peasants in 16th century Finland
Seppänen, Liisa
Research interests: PhD dissertation: Times of transformation. Construction activities, living environment and urban community in medieval Turku c. 1300–1450.
Seppänen, Minna
Research interests: Greek and Latin literature and language from Hellenistic period to early Middle Ages
Sievers, Anita
Sinokki, Jani
Research interests: John Locke's teoretical philosophy
Skaffari, Janne
Research interests: lingual contacts in medieval English
Steinby, Liisa
Research interests: 18th century German literature and philosophy
Szurawitzki, Michael
Research interests: Machiavelli and European literature
Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa
Tolonen, Pekka
Research interests: spiritual movements of laity in Languedoc in the 13th century
Tuhkanen, Tuija
Research interests: 17th century pulpits in Finnish churches
Tunturi, Janne
Research interests: Early modern historiography and historical thinking, history of books, medievalism
Tuominiemi, Tiina
Research interests: Charles Perrault's stories (1697), thematic of getting lost and hiding
Uotila, Kari
Vaahtera, Jaana
Research interests: history of scholarship and linguistics, from 5th century to 10th century
Vaahtera, Jyri
Research interests: antiquity, Orationes-project
Vainio-Korhonen, Kirsi
Vaittinen, Tanja
Valle, Ellen
Varila, Mari-Liisa
Research interests: patterns of production and dissemination of vernacular scientific writing in 16th-century England
Viinikkala, Lauri
Research interests: peasants as agents in 18th century Varsinais-Suomi (Southwest Finland)
Vuohu, Meri
Research interests: Water Management in Pisa from 1475 to 1530
Vuorinen, Juha-Matti
Research interests: buildings in late Iron age and early Middle Ages in Southwest Finland
Välimäki, Reima
Research interests: Doctorial dissertation: religious control, heresy, Petrus Zwicker
Ylä-Anttila, Tupu
Research interests: classical humanisim in the education of 16th century noblewomen