![]() ![]() ![]() From 2011 to 2014, he was co-coordinator of the Viikinkiaika Suomessa – Viking Age in Finland project, which produced the books Fibula, Fabula, Fact: The Viking Age in Finland (edited by Joonas Ahola and Frog with Clive Tolley, 2014) and The Viking Age in Åland: Insights into Identity and Remnants of Culture (edited by Joonas Ahola, Frog, and Jenni Lucenius, 2014). He received his PhD from University College London in 2010 and an Associate Professorship from the University of Helsinki in 2013. He specializes in early Finnic and Scandinavian contacts and cultural reconstruction. Most people don’t realize it, but the Viking Age was pivotal in the histories of Finnish and Karelian languages and cultures, ultimately leading them to be dominant in the areas where they were familiar in recent centuries.īIO: Frog is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Folklore Studies at the University of Helsinki. At the beginning of the Viking Age, however, the situation was very different. Today, we tend to imagine where languages are spoken on a map more or less along the lines of where they were spoken in the nineteenth century. I focus on territories where Finnic languages were spoken or where they would be spoken later. In these regions, speakers of the language that would eventually become the Finnish, Karelian, and Vepsian languages were also active participants. In this talk, I will introduce the Viking Age as a period of mobility and cultural contacts that also extended to the east along inland routes. Popular knowledge of the Viking Age has tended to focus on Scandinavians and their westward expansion across the North Atlantic. SUMMARY: The Viking Age is a period of history that has fascinated people for generations, and interest in it has only grown in recent years with the popularity of programs like The Vikings. Stepanova is currently executive director of the Society of Karelian Culture (Karjalan Sivistysseura). She is recognized as the foremost active expert on Karelian laments and as an expert in Karelian culture more generally, with a variety of fieldwork experience. She received her doctoral degree at the University of Helsinki. ![]() In the context of national romanticism in the 1800s, this genre of traditional poetry was important in Finland’s nation-building project but has been forgotten in the shadow of Lönnrot’s Kalevala.īIO: Eila Stepanova is a Finnish folklorist specializing on Karelian and more broadly on North Finnic lament poetry. The presentation covers the period from the nineteenth century up to the present day, beginning with Elias Lönnrot, who was also the very first collector of this tradition of women’s poetry. SUMMARY: In this lecture, Stepanova discusses Karelian laments in the context of national romanticism in Finland. “Women’s Laments alongside the Kalevala: Forgotten Symbols of Finland’s Nation-Building” (40 mins) University of Helsinki and Karjalan Sivistysseura (The Society of Karelian Culture) Sat July 31st: Learn more about the speakers and the topics they'll be covering below. Write to Two Lectures for Late Julyĭuring July’s virtual lecture, we’ll have the opportunity to hear from two incredible speakers from the University of Helsinki: Eila Stepanova, from Karjalan Sivistysseura (The Society of Karelian Culture), and Frog, an Academy of Finland Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Folklore Studies. Who and what needs to be included? Volunteer your ideas and your energy. Help FinnFest USA create national dialogues with Finland and Finnish America. ![]()
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