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Research interests
Jason Finch is Associate Professor, English Language and Literature at Åbo Akademi University, and Principal Investigator for Finland on the ERC-funded project 'Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities: Narrating, Experiencing, Contesting' (PUTSPACE; 2019-22). He has written or co-edited ten books and special issues, including Deep Locational Criticism (Benjamins, 2016), Literatures of Urban Possibility (Palgrave, co-edited, 2021) and The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History (Routledge, co-edited 2020). Jason is a co-founder of the Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS) and from 2018–21 served as its President. His current research focuses on the literary urban history of London (focusing on representations of housing and public transport), mediations of the urbanity of British and US cities which boomed in the nineteenth century, and the practice of literary urban studies.
Biography
Jason Finch was born in London in 1970. In the UK he was educated at the University of Birmingham (BA, 1991) and the University of Oxford (MPhil, 1994). Between 1996 and 1998 he worked as an Assistant Editor on the third edition revisions of the Oxford English Dictionary. From 2002 until 2005 he worked at the Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University. He has been at Åbo Akademi University since 2005.
Teaching
Since 2006, Jason has taught courses in every aspect of English literary studies in the department of English Language and Literature at Åbo Akademi University, at levels ranging from first year to Master's. He has supervised nearly 30 BA and MA theses and nine PhD theses, three as main supervisor (two completed, seven in progress, as of October 2020). He also has university teaching experience in Estonia (Tallinn University) and the UK (Brasenose College, Oxford).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, PhD, English Language and Literature – Åbo Akademi University – Thesis title: 'E.M. Forster and English Place: A Literary Topography'. Supervisor, Roger D. Sell (ÅAU). Pre-examiners: Patrick Parrinder (University of Reading), Philip Gardner (Memorial University of Newfoundland). Faculty opponent: Philip Gardner (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Åbo Akademi University
1 Aug 2005 → 15 Apr 2011
Award Date: 15 Jun 2011
Master, MPhil, English Studies. Thesis title: 'Richard Hakluyt and the English Nation'. Supervisors John Carey (Merton College, Oxford) and Robert J.C. Young (Wadham College, Oxford), University of Oxford
1 Oct 1992 → 1 Jul 1994
Award Date: 1 Nov 1994
Bachelor, BA, English Language and Literature, University of Birmingham
1 Oct 1988 → 1 Jul 1991
Award Date: 15 Jul 1991
External positions
Adjunct Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Turku
1 Jan 2016 → …
Keywords
- PR English literature
- city
- London
- urban studies
- housing
- transport
- public space
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Projects
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Fragile Cities, Transatlantic and Post-Industrial: A Study in Urban Humanities
01/08/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Foundation
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PUTSPACE: Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities: Narrating, Experiencing, Contesting
Finch, J. & Laine, S.
01/05/19 → 28/02/23
Project: Other
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The Discursive Construction of the 'London Slum' 1820-1960: A Literary History
01/08/12 → 31/07/15
Project: Academy of Finland/Other Research Councils
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Deep Locational Criticism. Imaginative Place in Literary Research and Teaching
Finch, J., 2016, John Benjamins.Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Essex and the Metropolitan Periphery in To London Town, Cunning Murrell, and "A Wizard of Yesterday"
Finch, J., 26 Jul 2022, Critical Essays on Arthur Morrison and the East End. Maltz, D. (ed.). New York: Routledge, p. 220-242 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It
Finch, J., 23 Nov 2021, Routledge. 272 p.Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Book › Professional
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Disinterring Slum-Clearance London: Expertise and User Perspectives in the 1930s Maritime East End
Finch, J. & Kelly, J., 30 Jun 2021, In: Literary Geographies. 7, 1, p. 127-145 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Public Transport as Public Space in European Cities
Tuvikene, T., Kębłowski, W., Weicker, T., Finch, J., Sgibnev, W., Sträuli, L., Laine, S., Dobruszkes, F. & Ianchenko, A., 16 Apr 2021, Leipzig: Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, 29 p. (forum ifl; no. 39).Research output: Working paper › Scientific
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Prizes
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2021 Excellence Award for Collaborative Research
Finch, Jason (Recipient), Ameel, Lieven (Recipient) & Salmela, Markku (Recipient), 30 Nov 2021
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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The River Front and the Coal Cellar: Reading Marginal Dwelling Practices in a US City
Jason Finch (Speaker)
17 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Death of a Multilingual City? Language and Literature in St. Louis, 1835–1929
Jason Finch (Speaker)
23 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Public or invited talk
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Literary Urban Studies: A Conversation with Jason Finch
Jason Finch (Speaker) & Kurt Milberger (Speaker)
15 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Public or invited talk
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‘Saint Pollution’: Aspects of Environmental Literary History in 1870s-1920s St. Louis
Jason Finch (Speaker)
15 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Public or invited talk
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Washington University in St. Louis
Jason Finch (Visiting researcher)
18 Sept 2022 → 10 Dec 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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01/11/21
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