CURRICULUM VITAE
Petäjäniemi-Brown Soili Katriina, born 15.2.1969
Contact details
Sukupuolentutkimus
Filosofian, historian, kulttuurin ja
taiteiden tutkimuksen laitos
PL 59
00014 Helsingin yliopisto
soili.petajaniemi@helsinki.fi
Degrees
2003
Master of Arts in Philosophy. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts. Awarded grade
Eximia cum laude approbatur for pro gradu thesis Genealogy and Deconstruction as
Methods of Judith Butler’s Social Constructivism.
1993
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, in Philosophy with First Class Honors. University of
Alberta, Canada. Grade point average: Excellent.
1988
Matriculation. International Baccalaureate Diploma. The United World College of the
Adriatic, Italy.
Courses and workshops
Fall 2013
PPhiG workshop. Presentation of sub-chapter “Butler’s Metaphysical Travels with Hegel
and Sartre in Subjects of Desire.” Helsinki, September 16.
Fall 2013
Intergender PhD course with Clare Hemmings, Moya Lloyd, and Tuija Pulkkinen:
Studying Feminist Thinkers and Texts. Helsinki, September 10–12.
Spring 2013
PPhiG workshop. Presentation of draft for sub-chapter “The Concept of Act in Judith
Butler’s Early Reading of Sartre: Choice, Desire, Reinvention.” Helsinki, May 27.
Spring 2013
PPhiG workshop with Professor Anne Berger. Presentation of revised doctoral project
“The Emergence of Conceptual Work in Judith Butler’s Early Thought: Existentialism and
Its Others.” Helsinki, May 8.
Spring 2013
PPhiG workshop. Presentation of draft for sub-chapter “’With the Exception of Monique
Wittig’ – Judith Butler’s Reading of Wittig.” Helsinki, February 6.
Spring 2013
Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies working seminar. Presentation
of article draft “Ironisen utopistin retoriikka: retoriikan toiminnasta Judith Butlerin
Hegel-tulkinnassa.” Helsinki, January 18.
Spring 2011–
Fall 2012
Weekly PhD seminar in Gender Studies with Tuija Pulkkinen.
Fall 2012
Doctoral course with Professor Moya Lloyd. Presentation of paper “The Rhetoric of Life:
Life as a Political Concept.” Helsinki, October 25.
Fall 2012
Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies working seminar. Commentator.
Helsinki, October 11–12.
Spring 2012
Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies working seminar. Presentation
of revised project. Helsinki, January 26–27.
Fall 2011
Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies working seminar. Presentation
of extended draft for sub-chapter “Butler’s reading of Sartre.” Helsinki, November 28.
Spring 2011
PPhiG workshop. Presentation of draft for sub-chapter “Sara Heinämaa’s, Sonia Kruks’
and Toril Moi’s critiques of Butler’s reading of Beauvoir.” Helsinki, June 9–10.
Spring 2011
Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change: PPhiG Workshop in
Feminist Theory with Sasha Roseneill. Project presentation “Judith Butler’s Critical
Encounter with Phenomenology.” Helsinki, May 25.
Spring 2011
Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change: PPhiG Workshop in
Feminist Theory with Moya Lloyd. Presentation of draft for sub-chapter “Butler’s reading
of Sartre.” Helsinki, April 27.
Spring 2011
Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies working seminar. Project
presentation “Judith Butler’s Critical Encounter with Phenomenology.” Helsinki,
February 10–11.
Fall 2010
PhD course with Tuija Pulkkinen: Judith Butler’s Commitments – Evaluations thus far.
University of Helsinki, November 23–25.
Spring 2010
Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change: PPhiG Workshop in
Feminist Theory with Penelope Deutscher. Helsinki, April 28.
Spring 2010–
Doctoral student in Gender Studies, University of Helsinki. Participation in the activities
of the Politics of Philosophy and Gender (PPhiG) research team as an auxiliary member.
Fall 2009
Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies PhD course with Tuija
Pulkkinen: Feminisms of Jacques Derrida.
2006–2008
Translation courses including Fi-En-Fi levels I–III, Authorized Translation, and Advanced
English Academic & Professional Skills. University of Helsinki.
2005–2006
Program in Multilingual Professional Communications (MonAKO). University of Helsinki.
2003–2004
French courses: French for beginners I and II. Open University, Vantaa.
Intermediate French I, III, and Grammar. Language Center, University of Helsinki.
Work history
1.1.2012–
31.12.2013
Doctoral student at the Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies.
University of Helsinki.
Fall 2013
Teaching assistant for Elina Penttinen and Marjut Jyrkinen’s course Introduction to
Gender Studies. University of Helsinki, September 13–October 11.
Fall 2012
Teaching assistant for Eva-Maria Korsisaari and Marjut Jyrkinen’s course Introduction to
Gender Studies. University of Helsinki, September 14–October 12.
1.1.2011–
31.12.2011
Doctoral student at the Finnish Research School in Women’s and Gender Studies.
University of Helsinki.
Spring 2011
Teaching assistant for Tuija Pulkkinen’s course Modern Classics of Feminist Theory.
University of Helsinki, January 24–March 4.
Fall 2010
Teaching assistant for Tuija Pulkkinen’s course Classics of Feminist Theory. University of
Helsinki, September 13–October 22.
Spring 2010
Project researcher for Mika Ojakangas at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
Summer 2009
Project researcher for Mika Ojakangas at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
Spring 2009
Marketing analysis for Language School Germanica.
2008–2010
Freelance translator for AAC Global, Helsinki.
2005–2010
Part owner and translator Finnish-English-Finnish. Language Consultancy Word of
Mouth, Helsinki.
2003–2010
Freelance proofreader of academic texts (English).
Fall 2002–2010
Freelance translator Finnish-English-Finnish. Language School Germanica.
Fall 2001–2010
Freelance trainer in English (elementary, lower intermediate, and intermediate levels).
Language School Germanica, Helsinki.
1999–2001
Freelance translator, Pacific International Translations (NZ) Ltd. Auckland, New Zealand.
1999–2001
Office work, Lampenalectus Recruitment Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
Conferences
Fall 2013
Truths and Tales – Gender and Cultural Studies Conference. Presentation of paper
“Cultural/Feminist/Non-literary Translation and the Manual for a Life-Support Machine.”
University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, November 28–30.
Spring 2013
The 5th international Christina Conference on Gender Studies Feminist Thought – Politics
of Concepts. Presentation of paper “The Concept of Act in Judith Butler’s Early Reading of
Sartre: Choice, Desire, Reinvention.” University of Helsinki, Finland, May 23–25.
Fall 2012
Feminist Spaces and Futures – Women’s Studies Conference. Presentation of paper
“Retoriikan toiminnasta Judith Butlerin filosofisessa projektissa.” Tampere, Finland,
November 16.
Spring 2012
International symposium Theory and Politics of Gender Today – French-Finnish
Dialogues. Presentation of paper “Easing Back into Phenomenology? – Critical Remarks
on Diana Coole’s ‘Judith Butler’s Phenomenological Existentialism’.” Commentator for
Marie Quévreux. Paris, France, April 19–20.
Fall 2011
International PPhiG Symposium: Feminist Theory and the Philosophical Tradition.
Moderator for Panel II. University of Helsinki, December 2.
Fall 2010
Law, Gender, Sexuality – Women’s Studies Conference. Organizer for “Feminist Theory –
Perspectives on Law, Norm, and Gender” workshop. University of Helsinki, November
12–13.
Summer 2010
Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change: Politics of Contingency
Conference. Helsinki, August 12–13.
Publications
Under review article “Ironisen utopistin retoriikka: Judith Butler, Paul de Man ja Hegelin virkkeet” for the
refereed journal Naistutkimus - Kvinnoforskning. October 4, 2013.
Genealogy and Deconstruction as Methods of Judith Butler’s Social Constructivism. Helsinki: University of
Helsinki, 2003.
“Luottamus ajatteluun.” A review of Sara Heinämaa’s book Ihmetys ja Rakkaus. Coauthored with Elisa
Heinämäki. Tiede & Edistys No 2, 2001.
“Judith Butler ja ruumiin poliittinen fenomenologia.” Sara Heinämaa, Martina Reuter, and Kirsi Saarikangas
(eds), Ruumiin kuvia, subjektin ja sukupuolen muunnelmia. Helsinki: Gaudeamus 1997.
“Luce Irigaray and Phenomenology.” A review of Tina Chanter’s Ethics of Eros: Irigaray’s Rewriting of the
Philosophers and Ellen Mortensen’s The Feminine and Nihilism: Luce Irigaray with Nietzsche and Heidegger.
Nora Vol. 4, 1996.
Awards
2003
Pro Gradu Award by Christina Institute for an outstanding thesis in the field of Women’s
Studies.
1992–1993
Several undergraduate awards: The MacEachran Medal in Philosophy, the Arthur
Scroggie Scholarship, the MacEachran Humanities Scholarship in Philosophy, and the
University of Alberta Undergraduate Scholarship. University of Alberta.
Languages
Finnish
English
Italian
French
Spanish
Swedish
Native
Near native
Good
Satisfactory reading comprehension
Satisfactory reading comprehension
Basic