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• Representative Democracy as a Contested Concept : Parliaments after the French, Russian and Digital Revolutions 

  Ihalainen, Pasi (University of Vienna, 2023)

  Democracy is a highly contested and historically elastic concept. The analysis of its changing meanings benefits from comparisons over time and beyond national histories, nowadays supported by digital history. In this ...

• Chasing writers’ ghosts through a modern city : Augmenting urban space with literary connections during the Tove Jansson walk in Helsinki 

  Amey, Evgenia (Aalborg University, Academic Quarter, 2019)

  The article employs the theme of a literary walk (Watson 2009), a practice of encountering places with literary associations on foot. Urban areas present especially suitable settings for such themed walks, as cities can ...

• 'Foreign Readers and the Imperishable Troll' : travelling to locations with connections to Tove Jansson and her works 

  Amey, Evgenia (Suomen matkailututkimuksen seura, 2022)

  The following piece is based on the lectio praecursoria presented at the defense of the doctoral dissertation ‘Ideal Absence and Situated Readers: Experiencing Space Through Connection to Tove Jansson and her Works’ which ...

• On Mirkwood, Vampires and Rhododendrons : Experiencing Familiar Places through Fiction 

  Amey, Evgenia (Literary Geographies, 2020)

  The article looks at the possibilities of studying familiar places, with no existing connection to fictional narratives, through the prism of fiction.

• The Search for The ‘Authentic’ in the Context of Narrative-Inspired Travel 

  Amey, Evgenia (NALANS, 2018)

  The article discusses the concept of authenticity in relation to literary travel and other forms of media-induced travel. Focusing on the power of fictional narrative to draw members of the audience to locations associated ...