Sirkku Ruokkeinen
PhD
Department of English siruok@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9497-5173 |
English language; 16th century; paratextuality; evaluative language; book history
I defended my dissertation in December 2021, in the University of Turku. In my dissertation, I studied the evaluative linguistics targeting books and literature in the sixteenth-century England. My dissertation is accessible through the UTUPub system.
In 2022-2025 I worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Academy of Finland project Early Modern Graphic Literacies, based at the University of Turku. I studied the spread and development of different types of graphic and visual information transference tools, such as diagrams and diagrammatic elements, tables, and images.
I am the secretary of the Finnish book historical society (Suomen kirjahitoriallinen seura), and a board member of the Finnish Socity for the Study of English (FINSSE). I also acted as the FINSSE Webmaster for 2020-2024.
My current reseach deals with the promotional signifiance of graphics, and the use and adaptation of visual information trasference tools for the genre of military manuals in the sixteenth century England.
My most recent publications deal with the genre features of English renaissance prologues and the taxonomization of historical graphical devices. I've previously published on book history, paratextuality, evaluative language, and the Appraisal Framework. I'm also interested in topics in library sciences, such as library history, collections history, and metadata and collections structures.
I have taught academic writing (BS level), and given individual lectures on academic writing, graphic communication, and paratextuality. I completed English language teacher's proficiency (60 sp) as a part of my MA.
- “Necessary Tables of Most Usefull Consequence”: Graphic Devices and Title Page Promotion in Early Modern English Print (2026)
- Neophilologus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Preface and dedication as genres in sixteenth-century England (2025)
- Neuphilologische Mitteilungen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Plans, Charts, Images and Drawings: Eighteenth Century Collections Online as a Source of Visual Information Transmission (2024)
- The Gale Review
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Project news! (2024) Ruokkeinen, Sirkku
(Other publication) - Renaissance diagrammatics and the English Tartaglia (2024)
- Ramus Virens: Mediaeval Studies Blog
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Developing a classification model for graphic devices in early printed books (2023)
- Studia Neophilologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lektio: Historical appraisal analysis : Evaluation of the book in sixteenth-century England (2023)
- Neuphilologische Mitteilungen
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Historical appraisal analysis: evaluation of the book in sixteenth-century England (2021) Ruokkeinen Sirkku
(G4 Monograph dissertation) - Enigmas of Time and Place: Introduction to Movement and Change in Literature, Language, and Society (2020) Movement and Change in Literature, Language, and Society Joel Kuortti, Sirkku Ruokkeinen
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Movement and Change in Literature, Language, and Society (2020) Joel Kuortti, Sirkku Ruokkeinen
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book)



