Sari Katajala-Peltomaa
PhD
Kulttuurihistoria/ Cultural history sari.katajala-peltomaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 3748 +358 50 468 5580 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6355-3740 |
Areas of expertise
Cultural history, medieval Europe; lived religion, gender, family and childhood, pilgrimages and rituals, (interaction with) saints, hagiographic material, canonization processes
Cultural history, medieval Europe; lived religion, gender, family and childhood, pilgrimages and rituals, (interaction with) saints, hagiographic material, canonization processes
Research
My research focuses on late medieval religion on a comparative European level. I have focused mainly on lay religiosity and lived religion within the context of hagiographic sources and especially canonization processes. I have studied rituals like pilgrimages and most recently cases of demonic possession, which is also linked to the ideas of mental disorder. Other areas of interest are gender, family and childhood.
Teaching
Masters' seminar for Cultural history
Publications
- Experiencing Space: Roman, Byzantine, and Medieval Contexts (2026) Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari; Pihko, Saku; Vuolanto, Ville
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Kuria ja kontrollia - vai tila toimia? Eletty usko keskiajan kanonisaatio- ja inkvisitioprosesseissa (2026)
- Kulttuurihistoria nyt!
(E1 Popularised blog post) - Magnus Olain valta ja toimijuus pyhimyskulteissa (2026) Vuorovaikuttajan valtakunnat: Juhlakirja professori Petri Karoselle Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Pyhimys Naapurissa. Kuinka uskoa elettiin ja koettiin keskiajan Suomessa (2026) Pyhimys naapurissa. Kuinka uskoa elettiin ja koettiin keskiajan Suomessa Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari; Hägglund, Anna-Stina; Lahti, Sofia; Räsänen, Marika
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - Space and the History of Experience in a Long-Term Perspective: An Introduction (2026) Experiencing Space: Roman, Byzantine, and Medieval Contexts Pihko, Saku; Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari; Vuolanto, Ville
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - A Companion to Medieval Canonization Processes: New Contexts, Perspectives, and Comparisons (2025) Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific journal’s special issue) - An Imagined Experience? Dancing as Intercorporeality in the Fifteenth-Century Pastoralia of Vadstena Abbey (2025)
- Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Experiencing the Miraculous: Lived Religion in the Depositions (2025) A Companion to Medieval Canonization Processes Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Introduction: Canonization Processes in Context and Comparison (2025) A Companion to Medieval Canonization Processes New Contexts, Perspectives, and Comparisons Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Julistusta ja ihmeitä tuomiokapitulissa (2025)
- 800 tarinaa Turun historiasta -blogi
(E1 Popularised blog post)



