Curriculum vitae

Jaakko Tahkokallio is a University Researcher at the Faculty of Theology. He is the PI of the project Tradition and Variation. Medieval Chant in the Diocese of Turku (2022–2026, Research Council of Finland), hosted by the National Library of Finland. He has also led Books of the Medieval Parish Church (2021–2025, European Research Council, Grant n. 948497). He teaches history of the book and palaeography at the University of Helsinki and supervises graduate and postgraduate work on medieval manuscripts.

Tahkokallio’s research concentrates on high- and late-medieval manuscript culture. His publications concentrate on the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm and the Nordic region, in particular, the Kingdom of Sweden. Other themes of Tahkokallio’s interest are the use of Classical Latin texts in the Middle Ages and long-term developments in the modes of production of manuscript books. In his study of these topics, Tahkokallio has developed and applied quantitative methods besides traditional palaeographical approaches.

Tahkokallio has also worked as an information specialist in the Special Collections in the National Library, from where he is currently on research leave. At the library, Tahkokallio's main areas of responsibility have been the Nordenskiöld Collection of maps and geographic literature, early European prints, and medieval manuscript fragments.

Previously, Tahkokallio has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at King’s College (2014-2015), London and University of Helsinki (2013-2014). During 2018, he spent a research leave as a researcher in an ERC-funded project Medieval Publishing (PI: Samu Niskanen, University of Helsinki).