Jouni Elomaa
LECTURER IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Office: Universitetsavdelning vid FKF, Kaserntorget 1, PB 46, 65101 Vasa
Tel. 06-319 1514, Fax 06-319 1510
E-mail: jelomaa@fkf.fi
Home: Brunnsgatan 2 A 8, 20500 Åbo
Tel. 02-251 6190, GSM 040-725 4386
Academic background:
- MA degree in Japanese literature, Kokugaku-in University, Tokyo, Japan
- Studies in Cultural History, Art History, Comparative Religion and Classical Philology, University of Turku, Finland
- Studies in Catholic Theology, Allen Hall, London, U.K.
- Lecturer in Japanese Language and Culture, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland, 1991-1993
- Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Fria kristliga folkhögskolan, Vaasa, Finland, 1993- (from the beginning of year 2000 in cooperation with Stockholm University)
- Visiting Lecturer in Japanese Literature:
SOAS, University of London, U.K., 1995
Oslo Universitet, Norway, 1996
Collège de France, Institute des Hautes Etudes Japonaises, 1997
- Visiting Professor in Japanese Literature, Kyoto University, Japan, 1998-1999
- Visiting Lecturer in Theology, Deaconry Polytechnics, Pori, Finland, 1998
- Visiting Lecturer in Cultural Studies, Humanistic Polytechnics, Turku, Finland, 1999-
- Part-time Lecturer in High School Religious Education (Catholic), Turku, Finland, 2000-2003
Research topics and interests:
- Japanese mediaeval military epics (Gunki monogatari), and their role as religious propaganda material
- The concept of Dô in Japanese culture and aesthetics, especially from 15th century onwards
- Diaries (Nikki) of Heian period women
- Early 20th century prose in Japan
- History of Christian spirituality (Rhineland and Helfta mystics, monasticism etc.)
Other activities:
- Member of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Order)
- President of the Urasenke Finland Association
- Board member of the Turku Music Festival
- President of the National Culture Federation
- Board member of the National Adult Education Organisation