{"id":53,"date":"2016-02-26T21:06:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T21:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T09:10:25","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Bio<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-717 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/12\/M\u00e4kil\u00e4hde_website_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"229\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I was born in Imatra in south-eastern Finland. I began my postgraduate studies in linguistics\/philology at the University of Turku in 2012, defended my doctoral dissertation on 5 December 2019, and received my PhD degree on 31 December 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Brief employment history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, funded by the Academy of Finland. I began my doctoral studies in 2012, and since then I have also worked at the University of Turku as a university teacher, part-time instructor, project secretary, research assistant and doctoral candidate (funded by the University of Turku Graduate School and through several foundation grants), at \u00c5bo Akademi University as a university teacher and part-time instructor, and at University College London as a visiting researcher funded by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. For an overview of my recently completed PhD project, check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/research\/\">Research pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Having moved to Turku at the age of 16, I attended the Turku Classical Upper Secondary School and completed my matriculation examination in 2005. I entered the University of Turku the same year, studying English philology, Latin philology, Greek philology, and general linguistics. I finished my BA in 2011 and my MA in 2012, and began my PhD studies immediately afterwards, adding philosophy into the mix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Interests, hobbies and other useless information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Language and languages have been my passion ever since I was a child, so I do not mind spending most of my free time reading more about them. But since that is a bit geeky, I try to compensate by doing other stuff as well. I very much enjoy cooking and baking, and one of the best ways for me to relax is to spend a couple of hours chefing away in the kitchen. I also try to find as much time as possible to play the piano; ragtime is my favourite, but I am not too picky otherwise. I used to practise martial arts when I was younger, switching at one point to dancing (Morris and Irish), and turning to yoga and resistance training later on. I am also an avid gamer, enjoying retro video games in particular.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_156\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156\" class=\"wp-image-156 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2016\/02\/Taking-apart-an-NES-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Taking apart an NES\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2016\/02\/Taking-apart-an-NES-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2016\/02\/Taking-apart-an-NES-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2016\/02\/Taking-apart-an-NES-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/ahpmak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2016\/02\/Taking-apart-an-NES.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking apart and cleaning a(n) NES.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio I was born in Imatra in south-eastern Finland. I began my postgraduate studies in linguistics\/philology at the University of Turku in 2012, defended my doctoral dissertation on 5 December 2019, and received my PhD degree on 31 December 2019. 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