My main interests in research and teaching include folklore and nationalism and the politics of history, heritage and tradition, on the one hand, and ethnopoetics, the textual representation of orality, and the rites of passage theory, on the other.
One of my most notable publications is the recently published Explorations in the Violence of Traditions and Traditions of Violence (FFC 328, Helsinki, The Kalevala Society Foundation, 2025), the articles of which are based on presentations given at the Folklore Fellows Summer School held virtually at the University of Eastern Finland in 2021. Another is Tradition Through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship (Helsinki, Finnish Literature Society, 2005), which was published in Greek translation in 2018 and in Chinese translation in early 2026.
Publications
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Tradition through Modernity [现代性下的传统]
Anttonen, Pertti; Xu Peng; Zhang Sunsheng, 2026, Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing House. C1 Book -
Explorations in the Violence of Traditions and Traditions of Violence
Anttonen, Pertti J; Hämäläinen, Niina, 2025, The Kalevala Society Foundation. C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal -
Introduction: When Tradition and Violence Become Linked
Anttonen, Pertti J, 2025, Anttonen, Pertti J; Hämäläinen, Niina, Explorations in the Violence of Traditions and Traditions of Violence, 13-37. B2 Book section -
The Elusive Concept of ‘Tradition Science’ in the Nordic Institute of Folklore under Lauri Honko’s Directorship
Anttonen, Pertti, 2024, The journal of ethnology and folkloristics, 18, 1, 186–231. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Andreas Backan lisensiaatintutkimuksesta
Anttonen, Pertti, 2023, Elore, 30, 2, 109–112. B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Kaksi kirjaa piispa Henrikin surmasta ja surmaajasta sekä objektiivisesta tieteestä
Anttonen, Pertti, 2023, J@rgonia, 21, 41 (1/2023), 139–167. B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
The Musical Game Show Elämäni biisi (Song of My Life) on Finnish TV
Anttonen, Pertti, 2023, Marzolph, Ulrich, Reading matters: An Unfestschrift for Regina Bendix, 21-26. D2 Article in a professional book (incl. an introduction by the editor) -
Grimmin veljekset ja 1800-luvun tarinantutkimus suomalaisessa folkloristiikassa
Anttonen, Pertti, 2022, Hämäläinen, Niina; Tarkka, Lotte, Kaanon ja marginaali. Kulttuuriperinnön vaiennetut äänet, 23–50. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Nato-päätös osaksi kansainvälistä turvallisuusratkaisua
Anttonen, Pertti, 2022, Helsingin Sanomat, 59, B 11. E1 Popularised article, newspaper article -
Perinteentutkimus agendojen ja aktivismien jännitteissä. Emeritusluento Itä-Suomen yliopistossa 21.10.2022
Anttonen, Pertti, 2022, Elore, 29, 2, 129-142. B1 Non-refereed journal articles