Teemu Manninen

Tampere University

• Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, Tampere University (2005).
• Thesis (2003): "My mind to me a kingdom is." Imagination as a Technique of the Self in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

Ongoing

• Editor, poetry publishing house Poesia
• Project coordinator, poetry cooperative Osuuskunta Poesia 

2009—

• Producer, Helsinki Poetics Conference

Previous positions:

• 2011: Teacher, argumentation training for high school students. Nuoren Voiman Liitto  
• 2011: Teacher, creative writing. Työväen Akatemia 
• 2009-2010: Chairman, Poetry and communal responsibility. A think tank on poetics and politics for contemporary Finnish poets. Nihil Interit poetry organization
• 2009-2010: Web editor, Tuli&Savu poetry magazine
• 2007-2010: Junior Researcher, Finnish Graduate School of Literary Studies
• 2006-2007: Editor in chief, Tuli&Savu poetry magazine
• 2006-2007: Member of organizing committee, Helsinki Poetics Conference
• 2006-2007: Member of organizing committee, Kuopio Seminar on Sound Poetry
• 2005-2007: Lecturer in comparative literary studies, Tampere Open University
• 2005-2006: Editor, Tuli&Savu poetry magazine
• 2005-2006: Coordinator, ”The Poets Speak”, a studia generalia lecture series, Tampere University 
• 2005-2006: Member of organizing committee, Kuopio Seminar on Sound Poetry
• 2003-2005: Lecturer in creative writing and literary studies, Orivesi College
• 2002-2003: Lecturer in comparative literary studies, Tampere Open University
• 2001: Teaching assistant in comparative literary studies, Tampere University

Literary

2010

• Säkeitä (ntamo); poetry collection
• Futurama (poEsia); poetry collection
• Gary Panter: Jimbon Jumalainen Näytelmä (Huuda Huuda); graphic novel. Translator.
• Bendik Kaltenborn: Ei muistikuvaa (Huuda Huuda); graphic novella. Translator. 

2007

• Lohikäärmeen poika (Tammi); poetry collection

2004

• Turistina täällä (Tammi); poetry collection

• Charles Bernstein: Runouden puolustus (poEsia 2006). Contributing translator.

Scholarly

• "The Genesis of a Work of Art Is Not a Function of Its Text. The Study of Authorship in Textual Scholarship." (translated title) Avain - The Finnish Review of Literary Studies 3/10. 

Other

• Suomalaisia nykyrunoilijoita 2. An encyclopedia of contemporary Finnish poets. With Maaria Pääjärvi. Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Avain. (forthcoming)
• "The History of Experimental Writing." In Joensuu, Juri and Salmenniemi, Harry (Eds.): Vastakaanon. Finnish Experimental Poetry 2000-2010. Helsinki: Osuuskunta Poesia. (forthcoming)   

2004—

• Essays, articles, translations, artwork and criticism in the magazines Nuori Voima, Parnasso, Tuli&Savu, OEI, and the internet anthologies Ubuweb and Nokturno.

2010

• Guest writer, The International Nýhil Poetry Festival. 22-24.10.2010, Reykjavik, Iceland.  
• "Hand-Printed: On Recent Developments in the Study of Early Modern Manuscript Culture." (translated title) Prostheses of Language -Fall Seminar. 5.11.2010, University of Tampere Department of the Arts, Tampere, Finland. 
• “Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella as Occasional Verse: the Autobiographical Problem of Sidney Criticism from the Point of View of Manuscript Culture. New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies. 12.3.2010, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, USA.

2009

• "The Post-Fordist Future of the Avantgarde; Thoughts on the Material and Cognitive Conditions of a Paradigmatic Change in the Literary Arts." (translated title) Jyväskylä University, studia generalia lecture. 20.11.2009, Jyväskylä, Finland.
• "How to Read Difficult Poems." (translated title) Arvo vai arvoitus? Poetry Criticism Seminar and Workshop. Poetry organisation Nihil Interit and the Finnish Critics' Association. 1.10.-2.10.2009, Turku, Finland.
• “Editing Genre. Interpretation and the Problem of Autobiography in Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella”. Genre and Interpretation -conference. Finnish Literature Research Society and The Finnish Graduate School for Literary Studies.11.6.2009, Helsinki, Finland.
• "Sidney's Zodiack of Wit: Fantastic Enargia as Creative Imagination." 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies. 7.-10.5.2009, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI, USA.

2008

• ”'This Idle Work of Mine'. Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia and the History of Authorship." The Author: Who or What Is Writing Literature? 6th International Comparative Literature Colloquium. 23rd Vilenica International Literary Festival. 4.-5.9. 2008, Lipica, Slovenia.
• "Poetry as a Form of Life. Art and Nature in the Poetic Thought of Early Modern English Humanists." European Summer School for Cultural Studies, 28.7.-3.8.2008, Amsterdam.
• "Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His Friends (1737): Publicity, Authorship, and Editing in Eighteenth-Century England." VARIANTTI-colloquium 2008: Kirjeistä editioksi, 2.6.2008, The Finnish Literature Association, Helsinki.

2006

• "The Institutions of Contemporary Poetry." Helsinki Poetics Conference, 22.8.2006, Helsinki.
• "What is Sound Poetry." Plenary talk, Seminar on Sound Poetry, 2.9.2006, KirjaKantti literary festival, Kuopio.

2005

• "The Poetics of the Everyday." "The Poets Speak" -studia generalia lecture series, 4.11.2005, Tampere University, Finland.

2002

• "The Skill and Science of writing. Classical Rhetoric and Creative Writing." A lecture course, Tampere University.
• "Creative Literary Studies: Crossing Scientific and Pedagogical Practices." Conference on methods and methodologies in cultural studies. 19.- 20. 4.2002 University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland.

2001

• "A Short Introduction to Composition Studies." Paper delivered in a conference on literary studies and creative writing. 4.5.2001, Tampere University, Finland.