Research output per year
Research output per year
Researcher, Associate professor
Currently I am working on two project that concern antiquity in Sweden. One project focuses on ancient Greek in school, university, poetry and speech in the Swedish empire. With researchers in Tartu and Helsinki, we seek to answer questions like why did some chose to use (Humanist) Greek in stead of (Neo-)Latin? Prestige, show of learning and ambition are obvious answers, but related to the wider context, what else can have been at stake? Who were the authors? For whom did they write? What did they write? The other project is a study on Swedish translators of ancient literature (the 16th to the 21st centuries). The aim is to study the small section of the Swedish reception of Antiquity accessed through the translations. The material allows us to follow changes and continuities in Swedish perception and interpretation of the literatures of Antiquity over more than 400 years.
In my research I have had a constant interest in how the writing persona constructs a role and function for its "I" in the text, and its entering into a larger tradition. In my doctoral thesis I explored the elusive yet ever present Ego in Pausanias' Periegesis, in my current project I explore the translators' constuction of their roles at the intersection between Antiquity and the present.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Conference proceeding (editor) › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › peer-review
Akujärvi, J. & Savin, K.
2017/01/01 → 2022/12/31
Project: Research
Akujärvi, J., Korhonen, T., Sironen, E., Päll, J., Näripä, N., Beyer, J. & Rein, K.
2017/01/01 → 2022/12/31
Project: Research
2010/01/01 → 2016/12/31
Project: Research
2008/01/01 → 2010/12/31
Project: Research
2007/01/01 → 2007/12/31
Project: Research
Johanna Akujärvi (Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Johanna Akujärvi (Role not specified)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Journal/Manuscript peer review
Johanna Akujärvi (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Journal/Manuscript peer review
Johanna Akujärvi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Johanna Akujärvi (Guest editor), Cecilia Alvstad (Editor), Isis Herrero López (Editor) & Synnøve Skarsbø Lindtner (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Journal editor