Raita Merivirta
PhD, title of Docent
European and World History raimer@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku |
Areas of expertise
Colonialism, postcolonial literature, Indian English literature, modern Indian history, historical film, Irish cinema, twentieth-century Irish history, Finns and colonialism, Nordic colonialism
Colonialism, postcolonial literature, Indian English literature, modern Indian history, historical film, Irish cinema, twentieth-century Irish history, Finns and colonialism, Nordic colonialism
Biography
Research
I work as researcher in the Department of European and World History. I am employed in the project "Decolonizing History-Writing: Transcultural Production, Mobilization and Transformation of Knowledge in Finnish-Namibian relations, 1870-1990". My research focuses especially on children's experiences as well as on materials produced for children.
Publications 
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- Salman Rushdien Keskiyön lapset ja sen kirjalliset perilliset länsimaisen historiankirjoituksen haastajina ja Intian historian uudelleenkirjoittajina (2013)
- Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen aikakauslehti Avain
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Autopommi ja panssariajoneuvo: Michael Collinsin viittaukset Pohjois-Irlannin konfliktiin ja näistä syntynyt julkinen keskustelu Irlannissa ja Iso-Britanniassa (2009) Elokuva historiassa, historia elokuvassa Merivirta Raita
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Brother against Brother, Green against Green: The Irish Civil War on the Screen (2009) Cinemas of Ireland Merivirta Raita
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The Gun and Irish Politics. Examining National History in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins Collection (2009)
- Reimagining Ireland
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - "Good heroic Irish men and nasty, brutal British people”?: the Image of the British (and the Irish) in Irish Film (2008) Imagology and Cross-Cultural Encounters in History Merivirta Raita
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - How the British Got It All Wrong: Historical and Literary Indo-British Encounter in Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel (2008) Seeking the Self – Encountering the Other: Diasporic Narrative and the Ethics of Representation Merivirta Raita
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Between Irish National Cinema and Hollywood: Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins (2007) Merivirta Raita
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reclaiming India’s History – Myth, History and Historiography in Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel (2007)
- Ennen ja Nyt : Historian Tietosanomat
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Like Cain and Abel: Michael Collins and de Valera in Neil Jordan’s Film Michael Collins (2005) Merivirta Raita
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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