Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Comparative Literature, PhD, University of Tampere
Award Date: 15 Dec 1997
Comparative Literature, Master of Arts, University of Iowa
Award Date: 1 Dec 1991
External positions
Life member, Clare Hall college, University of Cambridge
1 Sept 2015 → …
Fields of Science
- 6122 Literature studies
- French literature
- Narratology
- British literature
- Modernism
- 19th century studies
- Narrative research
- Comparative literature
- Travel literature
- Theory of literature
- Theory of fiction
- Literary nonfiction
- Interpretation
- Reading
- Stylistics
- 6132 Visual arts and design
- Word and image studies
- Graphic narrative
- Comics
- Illustration
- Picture books
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Kuvan ja sanan näkökulma
Translated title of the contribution :Image and Word in Perspective Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
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Avaimen synnytyskipuja
Translated title of the contribution :Labour pains of Journal Avain Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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JUST LIKE A PAINTING, ONLY BETTER: INTERART RIVALRY AND ANXIETY IN BALZAC’S ”LE CHEF-D’OEUVRE INCONNU” (”THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE”)
Mikkonen, K., 23 Sept 2024, Аналіз та інтерпретація художнього тексту: проблеми, стратегії, розвідки: V Міжнародна наукова конференція. Pahareva, T. (ed.). Kyiv: УДУ імені Михайла Драгоманова, p. 3-8 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Professional
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Tragedia ja tulkinta: Jean Anouilh'n Antigonen poliittinen merkitys miehitysajasta nykypäivään
Translated title of the contribution :Tragedy and Interpretation : On the Political Readings of Jean Anoulh's Antigone since the Occupation Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Between Picturebooks and Comics or What Hybrid Forms Can Do to Reading
Mikkonen, K., 1 Jun 2023, In: Children's Literature (Baltimore). 51, p. 120-149 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Menetelmä ja materiaalisuus
Polvinen, M. (Project manager), Mikkonen, K. (Co-Principal Investigator), Malmio, K. (Co-Principal Investigator), Huttunen, T. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Rossi, R. (Co-Principal Investigator)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2025
Project: University of Helsinki Funds
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Kuvalliset tekstit ja lukijoiden silmänliikkeet
Tiittula, L. (Principal Investigator), Lautenbacher, O. P. (Principal Investigator), Koponen, M. (Participant) & Mikkonen, K. (Project manager)
Helsingin yliopisto, Humanistinen tiedekunta
01/01/2016 → 31/12/2016
Project: Research project
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Respeaking
Tiittula, L. (Other), Linden, K. (Other), Bacon, H. (Participant), Carlson, L. (Participant), Eskelinen, J. (Participant), Hartama-Heinonen, R. (Participant), Koponen, M. (Participant), Kukkonen, P. (Participant), Mikkonen, K. (Participant) & Pekkilä, E. O. (Participant)
01/02/2013 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research project
Activities
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Seminar on the Question of Fictionality
Mikkonen, K. (Chair of organizing committee), Kondakova, D. (Speaker: Presenter), Lavocat, F. (Speaker: Presenter), Jaulimo, J. M. (Speaker: Presenter), Paige, N. D. (Speaker: Keynote), James, A. (Speaker: Presenter), Bartolotta, S. (Speaker: Presenter) & Yudin, A. (Speaker: Presenter)
20 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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The Return of Moral Didacticism? Authority, Ethos, and Instruction
Mikkonen, K. (Speaker: Presenter)
16 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
Mikkonen, K. (Pre-examiner)
19 Dec 2025Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
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Why Narratives Matter:Affordances andConstraints of Storytelling
Mikkonen, K. (Speaker: Presenter)
8 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Expert and panel member in OPUS call
Mikkonen, K. (Participant)
15 Aug 2025 → 10 Nov 2025Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Press/Media
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Spotify laajentaa tekoälyn lukemiin äänikirjoihin--'ihan selvästi ryöstöviljelyä"
24/03/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Alumni of the Month, October 2024, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
04/10/2024
1 Media contribution
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Resa i läsfåtöljen: ”Jorden runt på 80 dagar”
06/07/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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An Interview with Kai Mikkonen, Author of Narrative Paths: African Travel in Modern Fiction and Nonfiction
18/03/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media