Merja Polvinen

@MerjaPolvinen@hcommons.social
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Literary scholar, senior lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Current work on cognitive narratology, on literary self-reflection, and on speculative fiction (science fiction and fantasy).

Hiking, cycling, and the history of polar exploration and mountaineering.

#Literature #Narrative #CognitiveNarratology #SpeculativeFiction #Academic
#PolarExploration #Antarctica #Mountaineering

She/her.
Posts in English and Finnish.

Research profile:https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/merja-polvinen
EC member:https://www.thenarrativesociety.org/
Merja PolvinenJun 22
#SilentSunday
Merja PolvinenJun 20
#juhannus #Finland #PariHyvääAsiaa
Merja PolvinenJun 16
Vuorokauden myöhässä, mutta #LuonnonkukkienPäivä!
Merja PolvinenJun 15
#SilentSunday
Merja PolvinenJun 8
#SilentSunday
Merja PolvinenJun 6

The second day of our Helsinki symposium on close reading opens. It has been an absolute blast so far, with Sarah Bro Trasmundi, Ewan Jones and Peter Stockwell as our guests.

#UniversityOfHelsinki #CognitiveLiteraryStudies #CloseReading
With @annaovaska and @esko as my co-organisers!

Merja PolvinenMay 3

First weekend at the cabin this year ❤️. Planting things and felling things and saying hello to lots of other things after the long winter.

#CabinLife #Finland #sauna #PotatoBox #Ardbeg

Merja PolvinenApr 19

Excellent day yesterday hillwalking in Assynt: we did the Quinag loop over four peaks. Being a scaredy-cat, I nearly gave up on some of the steepest sections, but very glad we kept going!

#Scotland #hillwalking

Edited to add a fourth photo.

Merja PolvinenNov 20, 2022

I do hate Christmas coming to the shops too early, but buying my own holiday reading in good time is allowed, isn't it? 🤓  

#bookstodon #SpeculativeFiction