Kaiju Harinen
yliopisto-opettaja / University Teacher at the department of French
Comparative Literature / SELMA kaiju.harinen@utu.fi Office: A327 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2241-5197 |
African francophone literatures; coloniality; exotism; feminisms; intersectionality; storytelling; discourse analysis applied to literature, post- and decolonial studies, antiracist reading groups.
Member of the research project INTERACT / In the Shadow of Polycrisis. The Lived Experience of Young People in Societies of Intersecting Crises.
I received my PhD in French from the University of Turku in October 2018, with a thesis on francophone literature, intersectionality and performativity in the semiautobiographical writings of the West African authors Calixthe Beyala and Ken Bugul.
After obtaining my doctorate, I have been working as a university teacher and a part-time teacher at the French departments of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University and at the University of Helsinki. I have also been teaching French at the Language Centre of the University of Helsinki and Helsinki Summer University.
I am a member of the research project titled INTERACT - Intersectional Reading, Social Justice, and Literary Activism, funded by Kone Foundation (2022-2025): https://sites.utu.fi/interact/ ant the research project titled In the Shadow of Polycrisis. The Lived Experience of Young People in Societies of Intersecting Crises,
funded by Kone Foundation.
I currently work as a University Teacher at the department of French (1.1.-31-5-2025) at the University of Turku.
Beside academic writing, I write autofiction and fictional short stories. I am also volunteering at different antiracist organizations. I do yoga and enjoy movies, theatre and art exhibitions.
My thesis studies francophone women’s literature, intersectionality and performativity in the semiautobiographical writings of the West African authors Calixthe Beyala and Ken Bugul. My post-doctoral research is about contemporary feminist storytelling, intersectional reading, social justice and literary activism. My aim is to make intersectionality a practical tool against discrimination in the context of Finland.
I have been working at the university from 2009 (part- or full-time). My teaching experience is quite various: I have been teaching for instance French grammar, discourse analysis, phonetics, translation (French-Finnish), and literatures (French and Francophone literature). In the future, my teaching will be embedded in the anti-racist and anti-discriminatory workshops based on focus group discussions, participative teaching and creative writing.
- Intersectional Reading, Social Justice & Literary Activism (INTERACT) (2024) Harinen, Kaiju
(I1 Audiovisual publication) - Vers un instrument pédagogique intersectionnel et transformatif : les cercles de lecture antiracistes en classe de FLS (2024)
- Arborescences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hanke-esittely: Intersektionaalisuus ja sosiaalinen oikeudenmukaisuus kirjallisuustieteessä (2023)
- Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen aikakauslehti Avain
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Humakin yhteisöpedagogien vierailu yleisen kirjallisuustieteen INTERACT-hankkeen seminaarissa 1.2.2023 (2023)
- Yleisen kirjallisuustieteen oppiaineen blogi (Turun yliopisto)
(E1 Popularised article) - Kirja-arvio: Puheenvuoro tyttöjen oikeuksien puolesta. Ujuni Ahmed & Elina Hirvonen: Tytöille, jotka ajattelevat olevansa yksin. 2022. ISBN 978-951-0-46877-7 (2023)
- Sukupuolentutkimus - Genusforskning
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Lue ja ymmärrä paremmin! Rasisminvastaiset lukupiirit ja kirjallisuuslähtöinen sanataide (2023) Sanataidetta on enemmän! Sanataide hyvinvointia rakentamassa. Harinen Kaiju
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Minna Salamin kerronnallisen aktivismin keinot: Afrosentrinen, feministinen ja omaelämäkerrallinen tarinankerronta (2023)
- Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen aikakauslehti Avain
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Puheenvuoro: Rasisminvastainen viikko muistuttaa laajasta yhteiskunnallisesta ilmiöstä (2023)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Yhteiskunnallisesti sitoutunut tutkimus ei vaikene! (2023)
- Yleisen kirjallisuustieteen oppiaineen blogi (Turun yliopisto)
(E1 Popularised article) - Maailma tulee lähemmäs lukemalla (2021)
- Turun Sanomat : Makasiini
(E1 Popularised article) - Minna Salami kyseenalaistaa europatriarkaalisen tiedon (2021)
- Niin & näin
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Näkyykö yhteiskunnan moninaisuus kuntavaaleissa? (2021)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Kolonialismi ja taistelutahto (Frantz Fanon, Poliittisia kirjoituksia) (2019)
- Niin & näin
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Afrikkalainen hymy : intersektionaalisuus länsiafrikkalaisessa ranskankielisessä naiskirjallisuudessa (2018)
- Sukupuolentutkimus - Genusforskning
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - « Défaire » La femme africaine : intersectionnalité performative dans les oeuvres semi-autobiographiques de calixthe beyala et de Ken Bugul (2018) Harinen Kaiju
(G4 Monograph dissertation) - Stratégies de subversion dans le champ littéraire ‘francophone’? (2014) Champs littéraire et stratégies d'écrivains Burnautzi Sarah, Harinen Kaiju
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - African Women ‘Becoming White’ – Performative Whiteness in the Context of West African Literature (2013)
- HeLix
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Introduction : Littératures ‘africaines francophones’ – Repenser les dominations littéraires (2013)
- HeLix
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Ecriture rebelle ou la reconstruction de l’exotisme : exemple de Calixthe Beyala et Ken Bugul (2012) Femme en francophonie, vol 1 : Ecriture et littérature Kaiju Harinen
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Identité hybride dans l'oevre de l'écrivaine sénégalaise Ken Bugul: conte de fées postcolonial (2011) Hybridité discursive et culturelle Kaiju Harinen
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )