Jyrki Korpua

PhD Jyrki Korpua is a reseacher of literature and cultural studies. Since 2005, Korpua has acted as lecturer and researcher of literature in the University of Oulu, as well as a part-time lecturer in the University of Turku (2014-2015). During the past years, he has presented his research in national and international conferences and held dozens of lectures and lecture series on literature and film studies: ”The Bible and literature”, ”Utopias and dystopias”, ”History of comics”, ”History of fantasy”, ”The Fiction or J. R. R. Tolkien”, among others.

In 2014-2015 Korpua acted as Chair of the Board in The Society for Cultural Studies (Kulttuurintutkimuksen seura ry) and since 2014 as a Chair of Board in The Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. He is also active in the boards of the writers’ society Huutomerkki ry, the cultural society Kirjan Ystävät – Amici Librorum and Oulun sarjakuvaseura (Oulu Comics Society).