Joonas Vanhala
FM, TM / MA, MTh
joonas.vanhala@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku Office: A390 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7798-8668 |
Roman insults; Pompeian graffiti; Martial; Roman daily life; Roman epigraphy
I graduated with a Master of Theology from Åbo Akademi University in 2015, focusing mainly on the theology and the writings of the early Christian church. In 2019 I graduated with a Master of Arts from University of Turku with a major in Latin philology and minors in Greek philology and education. I have been teaching Latin in various schools in Turku on the secondary and university levels since 2007.
I began my doctoral research in the fall of 2020. During the academic year 2021–2022 I was a fellow at the Finnish Institute in Rome. I've worked as a salaried PhD researcher at University of Turku since September 2022. I'm also a member in a research project at the Finnish Institute in Rome studying the development of Ostia, Rome's harbour city, in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages.
My PhD research at the University of Turku focuses on Roman insults and stereotypes in the poems of Martial and Pompeian wall inscriptions. The working title of my dissertaition is "From Stereotypes to Insults – Contextualizing Popular Invective in the poems of Martial and Pompeian Graffiti".
- A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda (2023)
- Britannia
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Kirja-arvio: Viestejä antiikin Roomasta: Ari Saastamoinen, Räävitöntä! – Pompejilaisia graffiteja. 2020. ISBN 978-952-345-068-4 (2023)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Antiikin herjauksia Roomasta ja Pompejista – stipendiaatin vuosi Villa Lantessa (2022)
- Fenestra Finnorum - Näköaloja Villa Lantesta
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Book review: Stefano Rocchi – Roberta Marchionni: Oltre Pompei: Graffiti e altre iscrizioni oscene dall’Impero Romano d’Occidente. Introduzione, testo, traduzione e commento filologico. The Seeds of Triptolemus 1. 2021. ISBN 978-88-89951-29-3 (2022)
- Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Herjanheittoa vai verisiä loukkauksia? Solvaamisen monet muodot antiikin Roomassa (2021) Pyy Elina, Vanhala Joonas
(Other (O2)) - Roomalaisaikaiset herjaukset auttavat ymmärtämään vihapuhetta (2021)
- Elävää tiedettä
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Roomalaisia herjauksia ja stereotypioita (2020)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1))