Elina Siltanen
elinasilta.bsky.social
Elina Siltanen
@elinasilta.bsky.social
PhD; researcher with a focus on poetry, University Lecturer @ University of Eastern Finland. Posts on academic life, literature. Personal opinions. she/her
#NAASpirations day 3 done. Hanging up my badge. Thanks and good night! #NAASpirations2025
June 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#NAASpirations conference closing by P. & T. Kolehmainen (not related). But there's still the after party, too!
Many thanks to @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social who did most of the work and without whom @fasafinland.bsky.social couldn't have done this conference.
June 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#NAASpirations conference keynote by Julie Sze. #NAASpirations2025
June 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Day 3 of #NAASpirations. Panel on Activism, Right, and cultural narratives with Panteleimon Tsikos, Kaisa Ilmonen and Olli Saukko. #NAASpirations2025
June 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Race, classic and cultural expressions panel at #NAASpirations with Sarah Gleeson-White, Justin Parks and @kolehmaistuula.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Day 2 of #NAASpirations. Nordic plenary with Nina Öhman from @fasafinland.bsky.social and Randall J. Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social, with Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social as chair. #NAASpirations2025
June 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I also gave my own paper on Sally Wen Mao's Oculus, hyperreality, transmodernity and racism. #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025. Photo by Tuula!
June 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Keynote by Elisabeth Anker: ”fight dirty for democracy, it is time to go low” #NAASpirations #NAASpirations2025
June 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And Dr. Nina Öhman from @fasafinland.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#NAASpirations conference opening with Prof. Benita Heiskanen from @johnmortoncenter.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
NAAS tote bag, gift from the city of Turku.
June 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Marko Maunula speaking in one of the first panels, Identities, communities and dreams.
June 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
June 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The keynote by Timotheus Vermeulen at the Finnish Literature Research Society's conference in Joensuu. "Taking sides" - opened interesting ways to view many phenomena in contemporary life
May 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Top 5 poems being read on poets.org, an American poetry website.
January 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Currently reading my students' takes on said book and while I enjoy them, the point stands. Writing papers is about learning to think and write and learning to deal with the discomfort of not knowing yet.
November 22, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Vihdoin sain käsiini todistuksen opettajan pedagogisista opinnoista (60 op) yliopistopedagogiikassa. Pitkällisen prosessin tulos...
October 26, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Rainbow on the University of Eastern Finland campus. I hope this means someone found a pot of gold (like research funding)!
September 26, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1 554 474!
September 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM
It was also interesting to see the Future of Metamodernism roundtable, since I have written on this topic before too.
August 30, 2024 at 7:16 PM
The #ESSE conference in Lausanne was inspiring! While I didn't have a lot of time to explore, the city had some of the best views I have ever seen
August 30, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Just reading about climate change as a hyperobject and other ecocritical lit crit in this too hot weather, powered by my new fan. #academiclife #situationalirony
June 28, 2024 at 7:25 AM
An excellent keynote on hotels as spaces of mobility by Anna-Leena Toivanen at the #MESEA conference!
June 14, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Biking home from the conference dinner. Could be worse! #MESEA
June 13, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Koleaa vappua tuli vietettyä sisällä, parvekkeella tarkeni juuri kuvan ottaa. Mitäköhän huomenna keksisi täällä Joensuussa?
April 30, 2024 at 8:35 PM