Lasse Lehtonen

Research activity per year

Academic status: adjunct professor, PhD
Academic fields: Asian studies, musicology
Expertise: Japanese culture, history and society; music in Japan; history and analysis of Western art music and popular music; video game music; nationalism studies; interculturality
PhD thesis (2018): "March from the Age of Imitation to the Age of Creation:" Musical Representations of Japan in the Work and Thought of Shinkō sakkyokuka renmei, 1930–1940. University of Helsinki, 230 p. Available online.
Other activities: active writer, educator, and organizer of cultural exchange projects; chair of Young Academy Finland, previous vice president of the Society for the Teachers of Japanese Culture and Language in Finland, and editor-in-chief of Finnish Music Quarterly.
E-mail: lasse.a.lehtonen[at]helsinki.fi

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Ph. D.

Asian studies and musicology, adjunct professor (title of docent), Helsingin yliopisto

Chairman, Nuorten Tiedeakatemia - Young Academy Finland

Sept 2023 → …

Delegation member, Suomen Japanin Instituutin säätiö

2022 → …

Vice president, Teachers of Japanese Language and Culture in Finland

Jan 2021 → Dec 2023

Vice president, Finnish-Japanese Society

Jan 2018 → Dec 2019

FMQ turns forty
Lehtonen, L., 2025, In: Finnish Music Quarterly. 2025
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional

Open Access
Histories of Video Game Music in Japan: Technological Change, Creativity Under Constraints, and Revaluation of Early Game Music
Lehtonen, L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Global Histories of Video Game Music Technology. Cook, K., Gibbons, W. & Rebillard, F. (eds.). Brepols
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Kun Suomi ja Final Fantasy kohtasivat
Translated title of the contribution: When Finland and Final Fantasy MetLehtonen, L., 2025, In: Pelaaja. 2025, 267, p. 30-31
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Milloin musiikki tulee mukaan?
Translated title of the contribution: When Does the Music Come In?Lehtonen, L., 2025, In: Pelaaja. 265, p. 26-27
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Pelin uudelleen elämistä sovituksen sävelin
Translated title of the contribution: Reliving the Game with Arranged SoundsLehtonen, L., 2025, In: Pelaaja. 266, p. 18-19
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund -rahaston hoitokunta (External organisation)
Lehtonen, L. (Board member)
Jan 2025 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in research network
Educa 2024
Lehtonen, L. (Poster Presentation)
26 Jan 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Tiedefoorumi 2024: Akateeminen vapaus
Lehtonen, L. (Speaker: Presenter)
29 Jan 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Nordic-Baltic Meeting for Young Academies 2024
Lehtonen, L. (Attendee)
2 Apr 2024 → 3 Apr 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Suomen musiikkitieteellinen seura (External organisation)
Lehtonen, L. (Chair)
Jan 2024 → Dec 2024
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board

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