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Forskningsintressen
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.
Biografi
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.
Undervisning
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).
Expertis relaterad till FN:s globala mål för hållbar utveckling (SDG:er)
2015 godkände FN:s medlemsstater 17 globala mål för en hållbar utveckling (SDG:er), för att utrota fattigdomen, skydda planeten och garantera framgång för alla. Denna personens arbete bidrar till följande SDG(:er):
Utbildning / akademisk kvalifikation
Fil. Dr., 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
1 aug. 2005 → 15 apr. 2011
Tilldelningsdatum: 15 juni 2011
Magister, MPhil, English Studies. Thesis title: 'Richard Hakluyt and the English Nation', University of Oxford
1 okt. 1992 → 1 juli 1994
Tilldelningsdatum: 1 nov. 1994
Fil. kand., BA, English Language and Literature, University of Birmingham
1 okt. 1988 → 1 juli 1991
Tilldelningsdatum: 15 juli 1991
Externa befattningar
Docent, Åbo universitet
1 jan. 2016 → …
Nyckelord
- PR English literature
Fingeravtryck
- 1 Liknande profiler
Nätverk
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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
Projekt: Övrig
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Fragile Cities, Transatlantic and Post-Industrial: A Study in Urban Humanities
01/08/20 → 31/03/22
Projekt: Stiftelser och fonder
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The Discursive Construction of the 'London Slum' 1820-1960: A Literary History
01/08/12 → 31/07/15
Projekt: FA/Övriga Forskningsråd
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Deep Locational Criticism. Imaginative Place in Literary Research and Teaching
Finch, J., 2016, John Benjamins.Forskningsoutput: Bok/tidskrift/rapport › Bok › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
Fil201 Nedladdningar (Pure) -
Essex and the Metropolitan Periphery in To London Town, Cunning Murrell, and "A Wizard of Yesterday"
Finch, J., 26 juli 2022, Critical Essays on Arthur Morrison and the East End. Maltz, D. (red.). New York: Routledge, s. 220-242 22 s.Forskningsoutput: Kapitel i bok/konferenshandling › Kapitel › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
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Literary Urban Studies and How to Practice It
Finch, J., 23 nov. 2021, Routledge. 272 s.Forskningsoutput: Bok/tidskrift/rapport › Bok › Professionell
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Disinterring Slum-Clearance London: Expertise and User Perspectives in the 1930s Maritime East End
Finch, J. & Kelly, J., 30 juni 2021, I: Literary Geographies. 7, 1, s. 127-145 18 s.Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
Öppen tillgångFil53 Nedladdningar (Pure) -
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 s. (forum ifl; nr. 39).Forskningsoutput: Arbetsdokument › Vetenskaplig
Öppen tillgång
Priser
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2021 Excellence Award for Collaborative Research
Finch, Jason (Mottagare), Ameel, Lieven (Mottagare) & Salmela, Markku (Mottagare), 30 nov. 2021
Pris: Annan utmärkelse
Aktiviteter
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‘Saint Pollution’: Aspects of Environmental Literary History in 1870s-1920s St. Louis
Jason Finch (Talare)
15 nov. 2022Aktivitet: Tal eller presentation › Publikt eller inbjudet tal
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Washington University in St. Louis
Jason Finch (Gästforskare)
18 sep. 2022 → 10 dec. 2022Aktivitet: Besök till en extern institution › Besök till en extern akademisk institution
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Chris Schimkowsky
Adam Borch (Värd) & Jason Finch (Värd)
17 aug. 2022 → 3 okt. 2022Aktivitet: Stå värd för en besökare › Värd för en akademisk besökare
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The ‘Slum’ Concept, Imaginative Literature and Urban Environments in 1820s–50s London
Jason Finch (Talare)
4 juli 2022Aktivitet: Tal eller presentation › Konferenspresentation
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Literary Disruption: Two Approaches Linking Literary Spatiality and Geographies with Public Transport as Public Space
Jason Finch (Talare) & Zeynep Correia (Talare)
21 juni 2022Aktivitet: Tal eller presentation › Konferenspresentation
Tidningsurklipp
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Han läser staden - från gatans asfalt till det som finns i våra tankar
01/11/21
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