Associate Professor Mika Hietanen (he/him) is a rhetorician, argumentation scholar, exegete, and pedagogue with a focus on both authentic and literary argumentation in different contexts; political and religious as well as educational.

Prof. Hietanen’s interests include a variety of both classical and modern rhetorical methods and historical and contemporary persuasive and argumentative techniques. He has published both research and textbook chapters, popularisations, and research journal articles in, among others, Argumentation, Rhetorica Scandinavica, Teologisk tidskrift, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, Finsk tidskrift, and Journal of Communication Inquiry.

Most referenced texts

• Towards a Definition of Hate Speech – With a Focus on Online Contexts (Journal of Communication Inquiry)
• Paul's Argumentation in Galatians (T&T Clark)
• Transition to Distance Education in 2020 – Challenges among University Faculty in Sweden (Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research)
• The Gospel of Matthew as a Literary Argument (Argumentation)
• The Sweden Democrats and the Twitterstorm of the Decade – From Social Media to Riot Through a Rhetorical Vision (Res Rhetorica)

Prof. Hietanen is currently engaged in research on argument literacy, rhetorical argumentation, hate speech, and argument and democracy. He has five academic degrees and has studied or worked at:

• Åbo Akademi University (Finland, 1918, #643 QS) ThB, ThM, ThD,
• Misjonshøgskolen (Norway, 1843), Grunnfag
• University of Helsinki (Finland, 1640, #116 QS), Major (Class. Philol.), Subject Teacher Exam
• University of Münster (Germany, 1780, #350 QS), 1 yr studies
• University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands, 1632, #53 QS), MA
• Uppsala University (Sweden, 1477, #93 QS), 8 yrs lecturer, and
• Lund University (Sweden, 1666, #75 QS), lecturer since 2020.

His recent monograph on classical rhetorical argumentation seeks to reinvigorate interest in, and the use of, classical concepts and theories, especially among rhetoricians: Classical Rhetorical Argumentation for the Rhetorical Critic (Routledge).

Taught Courses

Aalto – Aalto-universitetet, Aalto University (Finland)

HU – Helsingfors universitet, University of Helsinki (Finland)

LWH – Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society (Germany)

LU – Lunds universitet, Lund University (Sweden)

SLU – Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)

UU – Uppsala universitet, Uppsala University (Sweden)

ÅA – Åbo Akademi, Åbo Akademi University (Finland)

Exegetik/Exegesis

Kurser på grundstudienivå / Undergraduate courses

ÅA    582500.1  Teologisk hermeneutik/Exegetiska textinterpretationer (2 sp)

ÅA    531100.0  Nytestamentliga texter: Matteusevangeliet och Galaterbrevet (5 sp)

ÅA    583100.0  Grundkurs i nytestamentlig grekiska (10 sp)

ÅA    531100.0  Nytestamentliga texter: Romarbrevet och Johannesevangeliet (5 sp)

ÅA    530100.1  Inledning till nytestamentlig exegetik (1 sp)

ÅA    530100.0  Nya testamentet I (5 sp)

Retorik, argumentation, kommunikation / Rhetoric, argumentation, communication

Kurser på grundstudienivå / Undergraduate courses

UU    103263.1            Argumentation Analysis and Evaluation (10 sp)

ÅA    901020.0            Kommunikationsfärdigheter II/TF (1 av 2 sp)

ÅA    102100.1            Retoriken med praktiken (5 sp)

Aalto EJ KOD[1]              Kandidatseminarium (10 sp): kommunikation (0,5 sp), språkcentrum

UU    5LV211 (del)     Retorik A, dk 1/4: Retorikens grunder (7,5 hp)

UU    5LV211 (del)     Retorik A, dk 2/4: Det talade ordets retorik (7,5 hp)

UU    5LV211 (del)     Retorik A, dk 3/4: Det skrivna ordets retorik (7,5 hp)

UU    5LV211 (del)     Retorik A, dk 4/4: Retorisk analys (7,5 hp)

UU    5LV212 (del)     Retorik B, dk 1/4: Traditioner i klassisk retorik: från antiken till 1850 (7,5 hp)

UU    5LV212 (del)     Retorik B, dk 4/4: Uppsats (7,5 hp)

UU    5LV214 (del)     Retorik C, dk 1/4: Teori & metod (7,5 hp): del 3 hp

UU    5LV214 (del)     Retorik C, dk 3/4: Uppsats (15 hp)

UU    TST2Y(del)        Presentationsteknik för civilingenjörer (10 lt)

LU     RETA14     Praktisk retorik (15 hp)

LU     RETA32     Fortsättningskurs i retorik, dk 3/4: Perspektiv och tillämpningar (7,5 hp)

LU     RETA32     Fortsättningskurs i retorik, dk 4/4: Uppsats (7,5 hp)

LU     RETK13     Kandidatkurs i retorik, dk 1/3: Teori och metod (7,5 hp)

LU     RETK13     Kandidatkurs i retorik, dk 2/3: Litteraturteoretisk fördjupning (7,5 hp)

LU     RETK13     Kandidatkurs i retorik, dk 3/3: Uppsats (7,5 hp)

SLU   LB0105, LB0107, LB0113, LB0086, LB0087 Övergripande kursdel: Retorik (2 hp)

LU     RETA30     Grundkurs i retorik, dk 1/4: Retoriska perspektiv (7,5 hp)

LU     RETA30     Grundkurs i retorik, dk 4/4: Retoriska analyser (7,5 hp)

LU     RETB02     Videoretorik (3 hp)

LU     SKOP23     Strategic Communication: Organisational Communication (del, 1 hp)

LU     SKOB14     Strategisk kommunikation: Introduktion till strategisk kommunikation i teori och praktik (del, 1/4 hp)

Kurser på avancerad nivå / Graduate courses

UU    5LV256     Retorikvetenskaplig teori & metod (7,5 hp) del, 5 hp

UU    RETO         Uppsats (30/45 hp)

UU    5LV275     Retorik MA: Den klassiska retorikens begrepp och idévärld (7,5 hp)

UU    1MV074 (del) Presentation and Communication, Sustainable Development – Project Management and Communication Programme (ca 0,5 hp)

UU    2FE892     Entrepreneurship: Successful Communication (7,5 hp)

UU    5LV067     Praktisk argumentationsanalys (7,5 hp)

LU     RETN05    Rhetoric and popular science (7,5 hp)

LWH MBA          International Business Management (”Modul Sozialer Kompetenz, Teil Rhetorik”)

LU     RETN10    Rhetorical Argumentation (7,5 hp)

Kurser på forskarutbildningsnivå / Postgraduate courses, research level

HU    LANGNET  Esiintyminen ja retoriset taidot [Uppträdande och retoriska färdigheter] (0,5 sp)

HU    LUOVA Making Science Matter (3 ECTS), del 1 hp/sp

HU    YEB Science Communication Seminar (2 ECTS), del 1 hp/sp

HU    YEB-111/DONAS-106 Science Communication Seminar (2 ECTS), del

HU    DONAS-109 Efficient Communication & Convincing Speech (2 ECTS)