We are pleased to announce the establishment of a monthly series of seminars in which IIPC presents current research in a range of popular cultures. Anyone who has an interest in the field is warmly invited to attend and participate. Each seminar will consist of an opening presentation, followed by open debate from the floor.
The presenters as well as audiences will represent a range of research fields, so that the debates will be fruitful exchange across disciplines. The sessions will be conducted in both English and Finnish, depending on the presenter.
You can listen to recorded IIPC Debates from the drop menu above (IIPC Debates -> Recorded IIPC Debates).
Spring 2022
IIPC Debate 115
Tue 3.5.
Words, words, words: reflections on a life in music journalism
Professor Emeritus Simon Frith (University of Edinburgh)
IIPC Debate 114
Thu 10.3.
Songs of the North – the Journey of Finnish Heavy Metal Into the World
Professor Toni-Matti Karjalainen (Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki)
Autumn 2021
IIPC Debate 113
Thu 4.11.
Popmusiikin uusi aika?
Jukka Haarma
IIPC Debate 112
‘Youthification’ of television through online drama and real-time storytelling?
Dr Vilde Schanke Sundet (University of Oslo)
Spring 2021
Wed 21.4.
Wed 24.3., 16:15
Leevi & the Leavingsin pitkä kulttuurihistoria
FT Janne Mäkelä
Autumn 2020
IIPC Debate 109
Tue 8.12., 16:15
Female Metal Vocal Expression. Jinjer: Progressive Metal and Alternative Femininity
Professor Lori Burns, University of Ottawa
IIPC Debate 108
Mon 7.12., 16:15
Spatial Imagination in Contemporary Music Video
Assistant Professor Mathias Bonde Korsgaard, Aarhus University
IIPC Debate 107
Wednesday 2.12., 16:15
Gender and Taste in 1970s Rock Criticism
Dr Sarah Hill, Cardiff University
Autumn 2019
IIPC Debate 106
Thu 14 November, 4-6 pm (Lecture Hall Hovi, V105, Kaivokatu 12, turku)
Professor Susanna Paasonen (University of Turku)
Dr Kylie Jarrett (Maynooth University)
Professor Ben Light (University of Salford)
NSFW!
IIPC Debate 105
Ke 6.11., klo 16-18 (Mediatutkimus E323, Minerva, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
YTT Tommi Kotonen (Jyväskylän yliopisto)
Äärioikeisto ja populaarikulttuurin kuvastot
IIPC Debate 104
Tue 24th September, 4-6 pm, Seminar Room Hovi (Artium, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Sara Cohen, University of Liverpool (Faculty of Humanities Visiting Professor, University of Turku)
Mapping the Musical City: Heritage, Memory and the Popular Music Past in Urban England
Spring 2019
IIPC Debate 103
Thu 25th April, 4-5 pm, Seminar Room Aikala (Historicum, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr David Archibald, University of Glasgow
Tracking Loach: Making The Angels’ Share
Autumn 2018
IIPC Debate 102
Thu 1st Nov, 4-5 pm
Seminar room Hovi (V105), Artium, Kaivokatu 12, University of Turku
Dr. Carlo Cenciarelli, Cardiff University
Listening Alone, Together: The Cinema as a Personal Stereo
IIPC Debate 101
Thu 25th Oct, 4-5 pm
Seminar Room Hovi (V105), Artium, Kaivokatu 12, University of Turku
Dr. J. Mark Percival, Queen Margaret University
Ramones and Hardcore – When Fast Is Bad
IIPC Debate 100
Wed 19th September, 4-5 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Will Straw, McGill University
Movie Scenes and Social Scenes
IIPC Debate 99
Thu 13th September, 2-3 pm, Media Studies library, Minerva, 3 krs. (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Adjunct Professor Heidi Keinonen (University of Turku)
Televisioformaatti ja kulttuurinen neuvottelu
Spring 2018
IIPC Debate 98
Thu 31 May, 4 pm, Lecture Hall Hovi (Atrium building, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Associate Professor Mariana Baltar (Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)
Porn Attractions: excess and carnal resonance as expressive of dissident bodies and pleasures
IIPC Debate 97
Wed May 2, 10 am, Minerva T52, E104 Virkkunen (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Keith Negus (University of London)
Conglomerates, countries and cosmopolitans: freedom and constraint in the digital music economy
IIPC Debate 96
Thu April 12, 6 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Emeritus Simon Frith (University of Edinburgh)
The Ideology of Do-It-Yourself Music Making. Towards a Historical Typology
IIPC Debate 95
Tue March 20, 2-4 pm, Artium T53 / V105 Musiikkitiede seminaarisali Hovi V105 (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Eva Moreda Rodríguez (University of Glasgow)
Why orchestral and band musicians in exile matter: a case study from Franco’s Spain
Autumn 2017
IIPC Debate 94
Thu Dec 7, 12-14, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr John Williamson (University of Glasgow)
New Routes? Studying artist careers in music industries’ research
IIPC Debate 93
Thu Nov 16, 16-18, Seminar room E123 (Minerva Building, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Anna-Elena Pääkkölä (University of Turku)
Grab them by the pussy: Fifty Shades Darker and the dominant white man in the age of Trump
Thu Oct 26, 16-18, Seminar room Litzen, E117 (Minerva Building, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
IIPC Visiting Professor Scott Henderson (Brock University, Canada): There’s No ‘E’ in Fuck: Language and Alliances in Saint-Etienne’s Music Scene
IIPC Debate 90
Fri Oct 6, 10-11.30 am, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Jeff Chang (Stanford University): Institutionalized: The Second Global Generation Of Hip-Hop Scholarship
Spring 2017
IIPC Debate 89
Tue March 28, 4-6 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Rami Mähkä (University of Turku): “A Killer Joke: Nazism and World War Two in Monty Python’s Comedy”
Autumn 2016
IIPC Debate 88
Fri Nov 18, 2-4 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Robynn Stilwell (Georgetown University): Ernie Kovacs: Defining Television in Negative Space
IIPC Debate 87
Mon Oct 24, 4-6 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor James Deaville (Carleton University): Tracking Terror: Listening to Jihadist Recruiting Videos
IIPC Debate 86
Mon Oct 3, 6-7:30 pm, Studio (Turku City Library)
TaT Sam Inkinen: Kahdeksankymmentäluvun Zeitgeist – Kulttuuriset virtaukset, utooppiset ja dystooppiset energiat sekä ajan henki Orwellin vuodesta 1984 eteenpäin
IIPC Debate 85
Fri Sep 23, 12-2 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
IIPC Visiting Professor Justin O’Connor (Monash University): Shanghai: Images of Modernity
Spring 2016
IIPC Debate 84
Tue May 31, 2-4 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
IIPC Visiting Professor Martin Cloonan (University of Glasgow): Fighting the Aliens: The Musicians’ Union and foreign musicians in the age of jazz
IIPC Debate 83
Fri April 29, 3-5 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Graham Roberts (Nanterre University)
From Superman to the Invisible Man: Masculinity in Advertising in Putin’s Russia
IIPC Debate 82
Pe 22.4. 12-14 (Janus-Sali, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
YTT Sami Kolamo (Tampereen yliopisto)
Huippufutis, mediajulkisuus ja (paikka)brändäys
IIPC Debate 81
Mon April 11, 2–4 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Associate Professor JV Fuqua (Queens College/City University of New York) & Assistant Professor Elizabeth Whitney (City University of New York)
Creative Research Methods: New Modes for Engaged Practice
IIPC Debate 80
Wed 6 April, 2–4 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Visiting Professor Bruce Johnson (University of Glasgow & University of Turku)
IIPC ten years on; where from, where to?
IIPC Debate 79
Fri 29 Jan, 15-16, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Kimi Kärki (University of Turku)
Evolutions of The Wall, 1979-2013
Autumn 2015
IIPC Debate 78
Fri 20 Nov, 12-14, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Author & Fulbright Scholar William Doyle (University of Eastern Finland)
Secrets of the Oval Office: Time Traveling in the Cockpit of American History
IIPC Debate 77
Thu 8 Oct, 4-6, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Serge Lacasse (Université Laval, Quebec)
The Study of Popular Music as a Path Towards a Posthumanist Musicology
IIPC Debate 76
Mon 28 Sep, 4-6, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
FT Hannu Eerikäinen
Heidegger, postmodernin ”post” ja sen seuraukset
Spring 2015
IIPC Debate 75
Mon 18 May, 2-4, Mikro Auditorium (Kiinanmyllykatu 13, Turku)
IIPC Visiting Professor Norma Coates (University of Western Ontario)
Recuperating Rock and Roll in American Prime-Time Television in the mid-1960s
IIPC Debate 74
Wed 13 May, 4-6 Seminar Room Hovi V105 (Artium, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Aaron Allen (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Ecomusicology and the Challenges of Sustainability
IIPC Debate 73
Mon 11 May, 2-4 pm, Mikro Auditorium (Kiinanmyllykatu 13, Turku)
IIPC Visiting Professor Gil Rodman (University of Minnesota)
Lions and Writers and Birds, Oh My!: The Racialized Biases of Copyright
IIPC Debate 72
Tue 5 May, 12-2 pm, Mikro Auditorium (Kiinanmyllykatu 13, Turku)
Francien Broekhuizen (University of Coventry)
Becoming Beautiful, Becoming Perfect, Becoming Happy
& Dr Adrienne Evans (University of Coventry)
Getting Stuck in ‘Sexy’
IIPC Debate 71
Fri 24 April, 2-4, Seminar Room Hovi V105 (Artium, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
IIPC Visiting Professor Norma Coates (University of Western Ontario)
Towards a Media Studies Approach to the Analysis of Television Music
IIPC Debate 70
Thu 16 April, 2-4 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
IIPC Visiting Professor Gil Rodman (University of Minnesota)
Notes on Reconstructing ‘the Popular’
IIPC Debate 69
Mon 13 April 4-6, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Karen Collins (University of Waterloo)
Studying Media Sound: Balancing Theory and Practice
IIPC Debate 68
Wed 25 March, 12-2 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Jozef Kovalcik (The Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava)
The High Culture – Useless Concept?
IIPC Debate 67
Wed 18 March, 12-2 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Mafalda Stasi (University of Coventry)
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Representations of Asexuality in Media Fandom
&
Dr Gemma Commane (University of Coventry)
Topographies of Acceptance: a story of a researchers sexual fluidity, positionality and self-identity in kinky-queer spaces
IIPC Debate 66
Wed 11 March, 2-4, Dentalia Auditorium (Arje Scheinin Hall)
Pamela Church-Gibson (University of the Arts London)
Anna Karenina on Screen, 1935–2012: Costume, Stardom, Celebrity, and Changing Patterns of Consumption
IIPC Debate 65
Mon 2 March, 2-4, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Toni-Matti Karjalainen (Aalto University School of Business)
Raskaan sarjan kulttuurivientiä: Näkökulmia Suomalaisen hevimetallin kansainvälistymiseen ja kaupallisuuteen
IIPC Debate 64
Thu 19 Feb, 2-4, Seminar Room Hovi V105 (Artium, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Paavo Oinonen (Cultural History, University of Turku)
Kasvatusoppia Markus-sedän mukaan
Autumn 2014
IIPC Debate 63
Thu 11 Dec, 2-4, Seminar Room E225 (Minerva Building, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr Albion Butters (University of Turku):
Enter the Mandala: Musings on a Cross-Media Project in Progress
IIPC Debate 62
Wed 10 Dec, 4-6 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Gregory Seigworth (Millersville University, USA):
Taking Stock of Affect Theory: Worldings/Tendings/Futures
IIPC Debate 61
Thu 20 Nov, 4-6 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Robynn Stilwell (Georgetown University, Washington):
Take a Bow: Girls’ Voices in Girls’ Stories
IIPC Debate 60
Wed 19 Nov, 4-6 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Gregory Seigworth (Millersville University, USA):
Debt/Affect/Gesture/Interface
This debate is joined by Mona Mannevuo from Gender Studies, University of Turku. She will talk about her forthcoming chapter in a book “New Arrangements of Gender and Labour in Post-Fordist Times” (eds. Lisa Adkins, Maryanne Dever, Anne Kovalainen).
IIPC Debate 59
Wed 12 November, 2-4 pm, Seminar Room 223 (Minerva Building, Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Dr. Markus Heide (Uppsala University, Sweden):
Border Film and the US-Canada Divide
Arranged together with The John Morton Center for North American Studies (JMC Current Issues Seminar # 4).
IIPC Debate 58
Thu 6 November, 4-6 pm Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Andrew Herman (Wilfrid Lauriel University, Canada & Aarhus University, Denmark):
Media Materialities, Affective Labour and the Moral Economy of Cultures of Innovation in Digital Capitalism
IIPC Debate 57
Thu 16 October, 4-6 pm Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Tricia Rose (Brown University):
Commercial US Hip Hop and Racial Storytelling in the Age of Obama
IIPC Debate 56
Wed 17 September 2-4 pm, Janus Hall (Kaivokatu 12, Turku)
Professor Mark Katz (University of North Carolina):
Hip-hop diplomacy
Spring 2014
IIPC Debate 55
Mon 28 April 2-4 pm. Dr Katariina Kyrölä (University of Turku, Finland): “Feeling Through Media Images: Affect and Body Image as (Auto)Ethnographic Methodology” Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 54
Wed 23 April, 2-4 pm. Dosentti Harri Kalha (Helsingin yliopisto): “Uusi nainen näyttämöolentona: moderniteetti ja sukupuolijännitteet 1900-luvun alun Pariisissa” Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 53
Wed 9 April, 2-4 pm. Dr Leung Wing-Fai (University College Cork, Ireland): “The Global Influences of Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong” Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 52
Thu 27 March 4-6 pm. Professor Richard Grusin (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA): “The Dark Side of Digital Culture” Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 51
Tue 4 March, 5-6 pm. Dr Laura Saarenmaa: !Hitting a nerv: citizenship address in the postwar macho pulps” Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
Autumn 2013
IIPC Debate 50
Fri 13 December 10-12am. Professor J. Jack Halberstam (University of Southern California): “Going Gaga” Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 49
Thu 14 November 4-6pm. Musicologist, Composer Miguel Mera (City University, London): “Inglo(u)rious Basterdisation: Tarantino and the War Movie Mashup”. Place: Arne Scheinin hall, Dentalia building, University of Turku. Address: Lemminkäisenkatu 2, Turku
IIPC Debate 48
Tue 5 November 4-6pm. Professor Michael Drewett (Sociology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa): Peter Gabriel and the Documentation of Human Rights Issues. Place: Seminar room Hovi, Musicology, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 47
Fri 18 October 4-6pm. Professor Caryl Flinn (Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan): Not Productive: The Queer Forms of Kitsch. Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 46
Wed 16 October 4-6 pm. Professor Stan Hawkins (Musicology, University of Oslo): Hyperembodiment and Agency in the Pop Video. Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 45
Thu 26 September 4-6 pm. Professor Michael Drewett (Sociology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa): Exploring ’Space’ in Censorship Battles: The Case of Popular Music in Apartheid South Africa. Place: Seminar room Hovi, Musicology, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 44
Tue 17 September 4-6 pm. Associate Professor Morten Michelsen (Musicology, Arts and Cultural Studies Department, University of Copenhagen): Taste Cultures and Popular Music Criticism. Place: Seminar room Hovi, Musicology, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
Spring 2013
IIPC Debate 43
Thu 25 April, 4-6 pm. Professor Feona Attwood (Cultural Studies, Communication & Media, Middlesex University, UK): The Uncanny Valley: Transformations of the Body and the Sexualization Debate. Dr Rebecca Coleman (Centre for Gender & Women’s Studies, Lancaster University, UK): Materialising the Future: Prediction, Measure and the Obesity Crisis. Place: Pharmacity Auditorium, Itäinen pitkäkatu 4, Turku.
IIPC Debate 42
Mon 22 April 4-6 pm. Dr David Code (School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow): Mozart Films the Vietnam War: Music, Nation and Gender in Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987). Place: Janus Hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 41
Tue 5 March 4-6 pm. Professor Philip Auslander (School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA): Gary Glitter, Rock and Roll Vulgarian: Rock Music and the Concept of Taste. Place: Pharmacity Auditorium, Itäinen pitkäkatu 4, Turku.
IIPC Debate 40
Fri 8 Feb, 5 pm. Professor Emeritus Sheila Whiteley (University of Salford, UK): Gender and Popular Music. Place: Janus hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
Autumn 2012
IIPC Debate 39
Tue 6 Nov, 4 pm. Dr Catherine Strong (Monash University, Australia): Popular Music, Memory and Kurt Cobain. Place: Seminar room E325 (Media Studies), Minerva building, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 38
Thu 11 Oct, 4 pm. Associate Professor Andrew Nestingen (University of Washington, USA): Aki Kaurismäki’s Contrarian Stories. Place: Janus hall, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 37
25 September 2012, 6 pm, Adjunct Professor Juha Torvinen (University of Turku): Affekteja, alluusioita, adaptaatioita: fenomenologinen yritys ymmärtää, miksi Deep Purple kolahtaa ja kovaa. (Affects, Allusions, Adaptations: Phenomenological attempt to understand why Deep Purple affects strong and hard) (mp3) Place: Janus Auditorium, Kaivokatu 12, 1st floor, Turku.
Spring 2012
IIPC Debate 30
20 March 2012, 12 pm. – Dr Benita Heiskanen (Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku): Between Urban Margins and Centers: The Spatial Practice of Boxing. (mp3) Place: Janus Auditorium, Kaivokatu 12, 1st floor, Turku.
IIPC Debate 31
12 April 2012, 4 pm. – Professor Martin Cloonan (University of Glasgow): Researching Live Music in the UK: Some findings. Place: Seminar room Hovi, Musicology, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.
IIPC Debate 32
26 April 2012, 4 pm. – Professor Amy Herzog (New York City University): The Pornographic Arcades Project: Adaptation, Automation, and the Evolution of Times Square (1965-1975). Place: Pharmacity 1, Itäinen pitkäkatu 4, Turku.
IIPC Debate 33 (organised together with TUCEMEMS — Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies)
23 April, 4 pm – Professor Kathryn A. Edwards (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, and University of South Carolina): Living with Ghosts: … Europe’s Haunted History in the Later Middle Ages. Place: Lecture Hall II (Main Building, University of Turku)
IIPC Debate 34
3 May 2012, 4 pm – TIAS Collegium Researcher Kimmo Laine (Media Studies, University of Turku): Elokuvan tyylihistoriaa ja vähän sarjakuvankin. Place: Hovi seminar room, Dept. of Musicology, Kaivokatu 12, Turku
IIPC Debate 35
10 May, 2 pm – University Lecturer Susanna Välimäki (Musicology, University of Turku): Valinnan hetket: Tunnit-elokuvan eksistentiaalinen kuuntelu. Place: Janus Auditorium, Kaivokatu 12, 1st floor, Turku.
IIPC Debate 36
30 May, 2 pm – Professor Andrew Haik Demirjian (Monmouth University): Playing Time. Place: E323 Mediatutkimus seminaarihuone, Minerva Building 3rd floor, Kaivokatu 1, Turku.
Autumn 2011
IIPC Debate 22
Professor Bruce Johnson (University of Turku/Macquarie University): Popular Music, Film and National Identity. 25 August 2011, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 24
Dr Katalin Miklossy (University of Helsinki): Competing for popularity: Song Contests and Interactive Television in State Socialism. (mp3) 18 October 2011, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 25
Professor Mieke Bal (University of Amsterdam): From After-Images to Inter-Images: Madness as the Last Frontier. (mp3) 21 October 2011, 12-2 pm.
IIPC Debate 26
Professor Peter Clark (University of Helsinki): Issues of Cultural Diffusion in Europe in the long 18th century. Organized together with TUCEMEMS, Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. 1 November 2011, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 27
Jukka Haarma (Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE): Rockin ikuiset arvot? Mistä rockin arvot tulevat ja mihin ne ovat menossa? (Eternal values of the rock? Where do the values of the rock come from and where are they going?) 15 November 2011, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 28
Book Launch Seminar. Presentation by John Richardson and Susanna Paasonen. 30 November 2011, 4-6 pm.
- John Richardson (Professor of Musicology, University of Turku): An Eye for Music: Popular Music and The Audiovisual Surreal
- Susanna Paasonen (Professor of Media Studies, University of Turku): Carnal Resonance: Affect and Online Pornography
IIPC Debate 29
Professor Derek B. Scott (University of Leeds): Britpop and the Sound of Englishness. (mp3).
Spring 2011
IIPC Debate 11
Dr Taru Leppänen (University of Turku): Sukupuoli, seksuaalisuus ja lastenmusiikki (Gender, Sexuality and Children’s Music). 17 January 2011, 2-4 pm.
IIPC Debate 12
Imagining Europe in Graphic Novels: Valerian and Corto Maltese. Presentations by Marko Lehti (University of Tampere) & Kimi Kärki (University of Turku). The seminar was organized together with Euro Visions seminar series. 25 January 2011, 10-12 am.
IIPC Debate 13
Professor William Uricchio (University of Utrecht/MIT): From identity complex to complex identity: reflections on television’s shifting medial character. (mp3) 3 February 2011, 1-3 pm.
IIPC Debate 14
Erkka Railo (University of Turku): Naisten politiikkaa? – naistenlehtien neuvottelu yhteiskunnallisesta vallasta (The women’s politics? – negotiation of the social power on the women’s magazines). 14 February 2011, 2-4 pm.
IIPC Debate 15
Book Launch Seminar on Peter Gabriel and Kraftwerk). Presentation by Kari Kallioniemi, Kimi Kärki and Pertti Grönholm (in Finnish. 1 March 2011, 4-6 pm.
- Kari Kallioniemi and Kimi Kärki: Peter Gabriel, From Genesis to Growing Up. Edited by Michael Drewett, Sarah Hill & Kimi Kärki. Ashgate, Aldershot 2010.
- Pertti Grönholm: Kraftwerk Music Non-Stop. Edited by Sean Albiez & David Pattie.
IIPC Debate 16
Docent Anu-Hanna Anttila (University of Turku): Joutenolo ja ei minkään tekeminen ajankäyttöaineistoissa. (Doing nothing in Time use surveys). 15 March 2011, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 17
Book Launch Seminar. “The Biggest Cult-Band of All-Time”: The Smiths Reconsidered. Presentations by Kari Kallioniemi and Antti Nylén (mp3, in Finnish). 25 March 2011, 12-2 pm.
IIPC Debate 18
Professor Bjørn Sørenssen (Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology): The Skating Kings: The Rise and Fall of Norwegian Speedskating as a National Pastime. (mp3) 7 April 2011, 2-4 pm.
IIPC Debate 19
Dr Eva Kingsepp (University of Stockholm): Mythical memory and cryptohistory: the blending of facts and fantasy in representations of Nazi Germany and WWII. (mp3) 10 May 2011, 12-2 pm.
IIPC Debate 20
Professor Stan Hawkins (University of Oslo): Spoof and Hyperembodiment in Pop Videos. (mp3) 12 May 2011, 12.30-2 pm.
IIPC Debate 21
Professor Kendall R. Phillips (College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University): Desolate Frontiers: John Carpenter and the American Horror Film. (mp3) 27 May 2011, 12-2 pm.
2010
IIPC Debate 1
Professor Bruce Johnson (University of Turku): What does ‘Popular’ mean? (pdf) 12 January 2010, 4-6 pm.
The inaugural IIPC Debate was presented by Professor Bruce Johnson, a co-founder of IIPC.
IIPC Debate 2
Dr Kate Maxwell (University of Glasgow): Popular Culture in History: A Look at the Middle Ages. (pdf) 9 February 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 3
Professor John Richardson (University of Helsinki): Back to the Garden? Performing the Disaffected Acoustic Imaginary in the Digital Age. (pdf) 2 March 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 4
Docent Sven-Erik Klinkmann (Åbo Akademi University): Runeberg, Cooper and Ford: the panorama in popular discourse. (pdf) 6 April 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 5
Professor Saara Taalas (Turku School of Economics): Fandom in the field of organisation studies (mp3) 4 May 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 6
Docent Anu Korhonen (University of Helsinki): Huumori, sukupuoli, populaarikulttuuri: kaskut ja kaskukirjat varhaismodernissa Englannissa (pdf) (Humour, gender, popular culture: jests and Jest books in early modern England). 7 September 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 7
Professor Machiko Kusahara (Waseda University): Japanese Device Art: Connecting Art, Design, Technology, and Media Culture. 14 September 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 8
Dr Mari Pajala (University of Turku): Television Heritage and the Politics of Memory: Uses of the Past in the Contemporary Finnish Television Culture (mp3, in Finnish). 5 October 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 9
Professor Joel Kuortti (University of Turku): Bollywood, ‘Post-colonial Cricket’, and a Critique of Colonial Administration: Lagaan. (mp3) 2 November 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC Debate 10
Docent Anu Koivunen (University of Stockholm): Structures of Feeling, Imagined Citizenships: Politics of Affect in Finnish Television Theatre. 7 December 2010, 4-6 pm.
IIPC 