Completed dissertations
This page includes abstracts and press releases concerning the completed dissertations of doctoral students in the Gender System Graduate School and the Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies. English versions are also available in some cases.
Doctoral students who have defended their dissertation in a public examination:
Aaltonen, Sanna (University of Helsinki) defended her dissertation in a public examination on 1 December 2006.
Tytöt , pojat ja sukupuolinen häirintä:file_download/2/aaltonen_fi.pdf
Abstract in English: Girls, Boys and Sex-Based Harassment
Honkanen, Katriina (Universiteit Utrecht, NL), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 10 November 2004
Historicizing as a Feminist Practice. The Places of History in Judith Butler’s Constructivist Theories.
Irni, Sari (Åbo Akademi) defended her dissertation in a public examination on 19 May 2010
Ageing Apparatuses at Work – Transdisciplinary Negotiations of Sex, Age and Materiality
Kantola, Johanna (University of Bristol, UK), defended her dissertation in a public examination in September 2004
Gender and the State: Comparisons of Feminist Discourses in Finland and Britain
Kinnunen, Tiina (University of Tampere), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 9 September 2000
‘Eine der Unseren’ und ‘Königin im neuen Reiche der Frau’. Die Rezeption Ellen Keys in der Frauenbewegung des deutschen Kaiserreichs.
Koivunen, Anu (University of Turku), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 18 October 2003
Performative Histories, Foundational Fictions. Gender and Sexuality in Niskavuori Films.
Komulainen, Katri (University of Joensuu), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 5 December 1998
Kotihiiriä ja ihmisiä. Retorinen minä naisten koulutusta koskevissa elämän- kertomuksissa.
Kupiainen, Tarja (University of Joensuu), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 27 November 2004
Kertovan kansanrunouden nuori nainen ja nuori mies
Abstract in English: Young Women and Young Men in the Finnish Epic Tradition
Löyttyniemi, Varpu (University of Tampere), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 14 May 2004
Auscultatio Medici: Kerrottu identiteetti, neuvoteltu sukupuoli
Abstract in English: Auscultatio Medici: Narrating Identity, Negotiating Gender
Masso, Iivi (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 6 July 2006
Democratic Legitimacy and the Politics of Rights
Melkas, Kukku (University of Turku), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 25 February 2006
Historia, halu ja tiedon käärme Aino Kallaksen tuotannossa.
Oikkonen, Venla (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 17 December 2010
Profligate Descent: The Cultural Transformations of Evolutionary Narrative
Paasonen, Susanna (University of Turku), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 11 October 2002
Figures of Fantasy: Women, Cyberdiscourse and the Popular Internet
Palin Tutta (University of Turku), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 24 April 2004
Oireileva miljöömuotokuva. Yksityiskohdat sukupuoli- ja säätyhierarkian haastajina.
Abstract in English: The Symptomatics of the Milieu Portrait. Detail in the Service of the Challenging of Gender and Class Hierarchies
Paqvalen, Rita (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 24 February 2007
Kampen om Eros. Om kön och kärlek i Pahlensviten.
Abstract in English: The Struggle for Eros: On Love and Gender in the Pahlen Series
Raevaara, Eeva (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 25 November 2005
Tasa-arvo ja muutoksen rajat. Sukupuolten tasa-arvo poliittisena ongelmana Ranskan parité- ja Suomen kiintiökeskusteluissa.
Abstract in English: Gender Equality and the Limits of Change – Gender Equality as a Political Problem in the Debates on Parity in France and Quotas in Finland.
Soilevuo-Grønnerød, Jarna (University of Joensuu), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 2 December 2005
Miesten kesken, naisen silmin. Tutkijanaisen naistutkimuksia miesten välisistä suhteista.
Sorainen, Antu (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 29 October 2005
Rikollisia sattumalta? Naisten keskinäistä haureutta koskevat oikeudenkäynnit 1950-luvun Itä-Suomessa
Tuomaala, Saara (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 27 November 2004
Työtätekevistä käsistä puhtaiksi ja kirjoittaviksi. Suomalaisen oppivelvollisuuskoulun ja maalaislasten kohtaaminen 1921–1939
Abstract in English: From working hands to clean and writing hands. Encounters between Finnish compulsory education and rural children, 1921–1939
Tuori, Salla (Åbo Akademi), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 18 September 2009
The Politics of Multicultural Encounters: Feminist Postcolonial Perspectives
Urponen, Maija (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 15 October 2010
Ylirajaisia suhteita. Helsingin olympialaiset, Armi Kuusela ja ylikansallinen historia
Abstract in English: Transnational Relations.
1952 Summer Olympics, Miss Universe and Transnational History
Virkki, Tuija (University of Jyväskylä), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 13 November 2004
Vihan voima. Toimijuus ja muutos vihakertomuksissa
Abstract in English: The Power of Anger. Agency and Change in Hate stories.
Vuori, Jaana (University of Tampere), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 30 March 2001
Äidit, isät ja ammattilaiset. Sukupuoli, toisto ja muunnelmat asiantuntijoiden kirjoituksissa
Abstract in English: Mothers, Fathers and Professionals. Gender, Repetition and Variety in Expert Texts.
Yesilova, Katja (University of Helsinki), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 6 March 2009
Ydinperheen politiikka
Abstract in English: The Politics of Nuclear Family eng.pdf
Östman, Ann-Catrin (Åbo Akademi), defended her dissertation in a public examination on 19 January 2001
Mjölk och jord. Om kvinnlighet, manlighet och arbete i ett österbottniskt jordbruks-samhälle ca 1870-1940.