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Minna Valjakka, Ph.D.

Affiliated Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS),

Researcher, Art History, University of Helsinki
Associate member, Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Global Context, Heidelberg University

minna.valjakka[at]helsinki.fi
In research database Tuhat

Research Interests:

  • Urban creativity in East Asia (e.g. street art, contemporary graffiti, guerrilla gardening,  street furniture)
  • Socially engaged arts in East Asia
book cover

Airaksinen, Sinkkonen & Valjakka (eds.):
Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta: kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa

[More than Half the Sky: Chinese Women in History, Society and Culture.]
 
Published in Finnish by Art House on 7 March 2016.
Cover: Hung Liu Chinese Profile III (1998)
Contents in English (pdf), book review in Finnish.

Academic Research Positions

Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
(forthcoming)

Research Fellow, Asian Urbanisms Cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Nov 2015 – Oct 2016

Affiliated Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden

Sep 2012 – Aug 2015

Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland
Art History, the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies,
University of Helsinki, Finland
Research project: East Asian Urban Art - self-expression through visual images in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul



International activities and affiliations of the research project:


Feb 2015 - July 2015 Visiting Scholar, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea


Jan 2014 - June 2014 Visiting Scholar, Tokyo University of Arts, Japan


Jan 2013 - July 2013 Fieldwork period in Hong Kong


Sep 2012 - Dec 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada

Jun 2012 – Aug 2012

Postdoctoral Researcher in Art History at the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies. University of Helsinki, Finland
Research project: Urban Art in Hong Kong

Education:

Jun 2011

Ph.D. in Art History. The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies,
Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Doctoral dissertation: Many Faces of Mao Zedong.

Sep 2006 Jul 2007

Senior Scholar in Art History in the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China. Scholarship from Chinese Scholarship Council.

Sep 1998 Feb 2005

MA Student majoring in East Asian studies / Chinese studies
Minors: Aesthetics, Japanese studies, Development studies, Management studies. Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Sep 2001 Jun 2002

Exchange student in Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Bilateral Exchange Scholarship from the University of Helsinki.

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