1 Curriculum vitae
Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg, FRHistS
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
Fabianinkatu 24 (P.O. Box 4)
00014 University of Helsinki
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @EvaJohannaH
2. Education
PhD, (Cultural History), Department of Cultural History, University of Turku, September 2008.
Dissertation title: “A Scattered Nation: Jews in the Early Modern English Imagination.” (grade: eximia
cum laude approbatur) External examiners: Professor Emeritus Peter Burke, University of Cambridge and
Professor Miri Rubin, University of London.
Licentiate of Philosophy, Department of Cultural History, University of Turku, September, 2004.
Dissertation title: “Secrets of Rabbis and Moneylenders. Constructing Jews in Early Modern England.”
(grade: eximia cum laude approbatur)
External examiner: Professor Markku Peltonen, University of Helsinki.
M.A., Department of Cultural History, University of Turku, May 2003. Thesis title: “The Offspring of
Shylock and Barabas. Jews in Early Modern English Culture.” (grade: eximia cum laude approbatur) Major
in Cultural History, Minors in Art History and General History.
Languages: Finnish (native speaker), English (excellent), Swedish (good), Italian, German, Spanish
(intermediate), French, Latin (reading for research)
3. Previous positions
Current: University Researcher (promoted from Post-Doc 7 February 2014), Helsinki Collegium for
Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, from 1 September 2013 until 31 July 2016.
Project Researcher and Coordinator, Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies,
February 2013-August 2013, University of Turku, Finland.
Research Fellow and sessional lecturer, January 2010-March 2013.
School of History, Queen Mary University of London.
Visiting Scholar, MARC, New York University Medieval and Renaissance Center, September 2012November 2012.
Postdoctoral Researcher of the Academy of Finland, January 2010- December 2012.
Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki. Research project: Mediterranean Minorities: English
cross-cultural encounters and imaginations, 1485-1640.
2 Honorary Research Fellow, School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of
London September 2008 – August 2009. Funded by the Academy of Finland grant for research
training and research abroad.
Postgraduate researcher, Academy of Finland project Female Body in Britain 1500-1800, February –
April 2008. Project leader Professor Marjo Kaartinen, Department of Cultural History, University of
Turku.
Postgraduate researcher, funded by grants from the Ella & Georg Ehrnrooth & Jenny and Antti
Wihuri Foundations, January 2007 – July 2008, Department of Cultural History, University of Turku.
Postgraduate researcher, Academy of Finland research project Difference and Corporeality. Experiences of
Otherness in Premodern English Culture, January 2004 – December 2006.
4. Publications
Monographs:
Jews in the Early Modern English Imagination. A Scattered Nation. Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot 2012.
In progress: ‘British Encounters in the Levant: Ethnic and Religious Identities, 1500-1750’ (to be submitted to
OUP in early 2016)
Edited collections:
Guest edited special issue: Shaping Strangers in Early Modern English Travel Writing (with Chloë
Houston). Journeys - The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, Vol. 14, no. 2, 2013.
Textbooks:
Edited text book: Practises of Inclusion and Exclusion in Premodern Culture. Eva Johanna Holmberg & Tom
Linkinen (eds). Cultural History- Kulttuurihistoria 5, K&H, Turku 2005.
Articles in academic journals and collections (peer reviewed):
In preparation:
’Writing the Travelling Self: Peter Mundy’s (fl. 1600-1667) manuscript journal Itinerarium Mundi as an
ego-document’, to be submitted to HWJ.
In print:
“Introduction: Shaping Strangers in Early Modern English Travel Writing” (with Chloë Houston)
Journeys – The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, Vol. 14, no. 2, 2013, pp. 1-7.
“Jews of all Trades in Early Modern English Travel Writing.” Journeys – The International Journal of Travel
and Travel Writing, Vol. 14, no. 2, 2013, pp. 27-49.
3 “Veren merkitsemät? Juutalaisen kuukautiset uuden ajan alun Englannissa” (“Marked by Blood? Jewish
Male-Menstruation in Early Modern England”) in Toiseus Antiikin, keskiajan ja renessanssin kulttuureissa
(”Otherness in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Cultures”) ed. Marja-Leena Hänninen. SKS, The
Finnish Literature Society, Helsinki, 2013.
“In the Company of Franks: British Identifications in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1600.” Studies in Travel
Writing, Vol. 14, issue 4, 2012, pp. 363-374.
“An Ottoman City of Strangers: Placing the Jews in Early Modern English Texts on Istanbul.” Città e
Storia, Vol. 7, issue 1-2 (gennaio-giugno), 2012. Special issue: Tales of the City: Outsiders Descriptions of Cities
in the Early Modern Period, ed. Flaminia Bardati, Fabrizio Nevola & Eva Renzulli, pp. 117-134.
“Esthers in the Seraglio. Jewish women in early modern English travel narratives on Turkey.” In The
Trouble With Ribs. Women, Men and Gender in Early Modern Europe. Anu Korhonen & K.J.P. Lowe (eds).
COLLeGIUM. Studies across Disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. II 2007.
Book chapters and articles (not-refereed):
In preparation:
“Writing the Travel Companion in the Seventeenth Century”. To be published in Early Modern
Exchanges, edited by Helen Hackett (accepted for publication with Ashgate, in press).
”The Imagined Middle East.” To be published in Routledge Companion to Travel Writing, edited by Carl
Thompson (contracted, accepted for publication with Routledge).
In print:
“Ystäviä ja vihollisia Rialtossa” (“Friends and Enemies in the Rialto”) in Venetsian kauppias (an
introduction to the new Finnish translation of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice) transl. by
Tiina Ohinmaa, WSOY, Helsinki, 2013.
“Eurooppa muita ylempi?” ( ”Europe above all others”) in Euroopan historia I (“History of Europe I”)
Ed. Marjo Kaartinen & Tuomas Heikkilä. WSOY, Helsinki, 2012, pp. 58-75.
“Outrageous Rites: Early modern English encounters with Levantine religious rituals.” In Britain and the
Muslim World: Historical Perspectives. Gerald MacLean (ed.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle 2011,
pp. 23-36.
“Juutalaisnaisen hirveä loppu. Kuoleman merkitykset uuden ajan alun englantilaisen matkaajan
teksteissä.” (“The terrible end of a Jewish woman. Death and its meanings in an English traveller’s
texts”) Lähde 3/2006.
“Indecent roaring – Reading irreverence and confusion in Jewish worship in Early Modern England”
In Practises of Inclusion and Exclusion in Premodern Culture. Eva Johanna Holmberg & Tom Linkinen (eds.)
K&H, Turku 2005, pp. 170-200.
”Introduction: Constructions of Difference/Thinking with difference.” In Practises of Inclusion and
Exclusion in Premodern Culture. Eva Johanna Holmberg & Tom Linkinen (eds.), K&H, Turku 2005, pp.
9-17.
4 “Kertomus huutavasta rabbista. Juutalaisen rakentaminen uuden ajan alun Englannissa.” (“A Tale of a
shouting rabbi. Constructing Jews in early modern England”) Toiseus-teemanumero. Lähde 2/2004, pp.
73-79.
“Carlo Ginzburg todistamisen ja tulkinnan välimaastossa – Johtolankametodi Piero della Francescan
jäljillä.” (“Carlo Ginzburg between interpretation and proof – The clues on Piero della Francesca”) In
Kohtaamisia ajassa. Kulttuurihistoria ja tulkinnan teoria. Sakari Ollitervo, Jussi Parikka & Timo Väntsi
(eds.) K&H, Turku 2003, pp. 164-185.
Reviewing for Scholarly Journals: Renaissance Quarterly, English Studies, Studies in Travel Writing,
Mariner’s Mirror, COLLeGIUM – refereed open access journal of HCAS, Sjuttonhundratal, Scripta Instituti
Donneriani Aboensis
Referee for scholarly presses: Routledge, DeGryuter
5. Most important scientific positions of trust and administration
Member of the Executive Board (staff representative), Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, 2
April 2014 to present.
Member of the Editorial Board, COLLeGIUM, a refereed open access journal of Helsinki
Collegium for Advanced Studies.
Member of the internal committee of academic affairs (ICAA), Helsinki Collegium for Advanced
Studies.
Founding member of Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. See
http://www.utu.fi/en/units/hum/sites/tucemems/Pages/home.aspx
Secretary of the administrative board, Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies,
TUCEMEMS, February 2013- August 2013.
Member of the administrative board, School of History, University of Turku, January 2007 –
September 2008 (representative for research faculty).
Member of the committee for research ethics, School of History, University of Turku, Spring 2008.
Member of the committee for postgraduate research, School of History, University of Turku,
2004-2008.
Member of the undergraduate admissions committee, marking the entrance exams in Cultural
History, School of History, University of Turku, 2004-2006.
6. Research co-operation and events organization
Organizer and PI: symposium, Early Modern Journeys: Practices and Everyday Experiences of Travel, 15001800, HCAS, 15-16 October 2015.
5 Member: AHRC network Imagining Jerusalem, 1099 to the Present Day
Conference organizer: Framing Premodern Desires: Between Sexuality, Sin and Crime, 4-5 April 2014,
University of Turku
Member: AHRC research network: Remembered Places, Invented Traditions. Thinking about the Holy Land
in Late Medieval West. PI: Professor Anthony Bale, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Panel organization: Renaissance Society of America, (3 panels), Society for Renaissance Studies,
Reading Early Modern Studies-conference
7. Teaching merits
University pedagogical training:
YP1 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 5 ECT credits, University of Helsinki, 2013.
YP2 Constructive alignment in course design, 5 ECT credits, University of Helsinki, 2014.
Production of teaching materials:
QMPlus (Queen Mary, University of London), Moodle (University of Helsinki), course platforms and
teaching materials for my own courses in e-learning environments
8. Courses taught:
Undergraduate teaching (2013-2015): Uni Helsinki (History & Area & Cultural Studies)
Theories and Concepts of Cultural Encounter and Travel (10 credits, single lecturer module,
seminar course, spring 2015)
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Devised and taught seminar course, essay and exam marking, tutorial support, student
presentations and discussions on classical theoretical texts concerning cultural encounter
and cultural theory
Lecture course: Introduction to Area- and Cultural Studies (lecturing on cultural encounter
and cultural exchange, team taught module 2013-14 and in 2014-15)
Lecture course: Perspectives on Cultural Studies (lectured on theoretical models of cultural
encounters, team taught module, 2013-14, 2014-15)
Undergraduate teaching (2010-2013): QMUL
Early Modern Travel and Cultural Encounters 1400-1700 (Level 6, 15 credits, single lecturer
module)
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Devised and taught the extended seminar course (in 2012 and again in 2013), essay and
exam marking, tutorial support, museum visits
From Reformation to Revolution: Europe and the World, 1500-1800 (Level 4, 15 credits, team
taught module)
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Lecturing on Counter-Reformation and Global Catholicism, convening two seminar
groups, essay and exam marking, tutorial support.
The Black Death (Level 5, 15 credits, team taught module)
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Convening a seminar group, essay marking and tutorial support
Old Worlds, New Worlds: Europe 1400-1600 (Level 4, 15 credits, team taught module)
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Teaching assistant for the first year survey course devised by Miri Rubin and Kate Lowe (60
students), autumn term 2010. Duties included seminar convening (2 groups), essay marking,
tutorial support.
Postgraduate teaching (2004-2008): School of History, University of Turku
MA Thesis Seminar in Medieval and Early Modern Cultural History
- Supervised MA dissertations as a 2nd supervisor and convened an MA thesis seminar in
medieval and early modern history, where I assessed and supported the students work on their
dissertations, working from research plans and outlines towards the final dissertation. In
addition I marked essays, provided tutorial and pastoral support and participated in module
planning, administration, and management of the MA programme in Cultural History.
Late Medieval and Early Modern Friendship
- I devised, managed and lectured on a team taught lecture course for c. 200 students, spring
term 2008.
9. Most important research allocations and grants
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, symposium funding, 24.400€, 2014.
Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, travel grant, 1050€, spring 2013.
The Newberry Library, Renaissance Consortium Travel Grant, 650 $, spring 2011.
Helsinki University, Chancellor’s travel grant, 1044€, spring 2011.
Academy of Finland, postdoctoral research project, 253 890 €, autumn 2009.
Oskar Öflund Foundation, postdoctoral research, 3000 €, spring 2009.
Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation, postdoctoral research, 8000 €, spring 2009.
7 Turku University Foundation, acquisition of language services 200 €, autumn 2008.
Society for Renaissance Studies, conference participation grant, 200 £, spring 2008.
Oskar Öflund Foundation, acquisition of language services 1000 €, spring 2008.
Academy of Finland, research training and research abroad 30500 €, 2007.
10. Scientific recognition and awards
FRHistS, Royal Historical Society, fellow by election from July 2012.
University of Turku History alumni award for best master’s thesis in history, spring 2003.
11. Society memberships and Unions
Renaissance Society of America
Sixteenth Century Society
International Society for Cultural History
The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers
12. Selected invited papers and international conference papers (recent)
”Writing the Self in Itinerarium Mundi: Peter Mundy’s (fl. 1600-1667) entangled travel motives.”, Moveable
Types: People, Ideas, and Objects. Cultural Exchanges in Early Modern Europe, University of Kent, 27-29
November 2014.
”Ethnic and Religious Difference in the Early Modern Levant: British Encounters with Eastern
Christians, c. 1600”, Sixteenth Century Society conference, 24-27 October, 2013, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
”Encountering Eastern Christians: Early Modern English Travellers and ’Ethnoreligious’ Identities in
the Holy Land.” Eastern Resonances I: Ottoman Empire and Persia, University of Montpellier 3, 30 May – 1
June 2013.
“Beyond ethnographies: Depiction of Eastern Christians in early modern English travel writings.”
Transforming Early Modern Identities, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 12 October 2012.
“Corrupting Ottoman subjects: rule, climate, and early modern English categorizations of ethnicity.”
Renaissance Old Worlds: English Encounters from the Levant to the Far East, The British Library, 29 June – 1
July 2012.
“In the Company of Franks: English travellers and Western European identities in the Islamic world.”
Early modern European History seminar, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, 3 November 2011.
[invited paper]
8 “The ‘Nature’ and ‘Character’ of Ottoman Minorities in Early Modern English Travellers’ Texts.” The
Cultural History of Emotions in Pre-modernity II, Emotions East and West, Sabanci University, Istanbul, 29
September -1 October 2011.
“Encountering Levantine peoples in early modern English travel writing, c. 1600.”Shakespeare’s Imagined
Orient –conference, American University of Beirut, 4-6 May 2011.
“Early modern constructions of ethnicity and English travellers to the Ottoman Empire.” Society,
Culture & Belief 1500-1800 Seminar, IHR, 11 March 2011. [Invited paper]
“Making Friends with Strangers in Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire.” Society for Renaissance Studies
4th Biennial Conference, Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies - University of York, 16-18. 7.
2010.
“Franks and Englishmen in the Lands of the Ottomans”, Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting,
Venice, Italy, 8-10. 4. 2010.
References:
Professor Miri Rubin, School of History, Queen Mary University of London.
Email: [email protected], tel. 020 7882 8369
Professor Sami Pihlström, Director of Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies,
Email: [email protected] (current employer)
Professor Emeritus Peter Burke, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Email: [email protected], tel. 01223 334272