About me
I started as a senior lecturer in Gender Studies at Tampere University in the autumn 2020.
Responsibilities
I teach the Master's Thesis Seminar SSR.GEN.110 and coordinate several courses in Finnish, as well as act as an examiner for the following courses in English: YKT.215 Gender Studies: Theories and Concepts; YKT.228 Gender, Body and Intersectionality; YKT.YKE.501 Genders and Sexualities; YKT.SUT.313 Sexuality and Intimate Relations.
Fields of expertise
I am currently working on the history, archiving, and exhibiting of diverse genders and sexualities. My previous research projects have focused on emerging lesbian and gay communities, the changing position of homosexuality in Finnish society, and the sexualities and genders in flux. I have led a research project on affective inequalities in intimate relations, supervised doctoral theses on relationships of heterosexual and bisexual women, feminist activism, and sexological knowledge production.
Top achievements
State Award for Public Information, given to Friends of Queer History 2024, Ministry of Education and Culture.
YKY community 2015 award, together with Leena Rodriguez, for the ideas and accomplishments benefiting the executive development and wellbeing of the School for Social Science and Humanities (YKY) and its various working communities, Executive Group, 2015.
The Annual Good Teacher Award 2012, University of Tampere Foundation (voted by students).
Archival Deed of the Year 2012, honorary mention, Committee of the Day of the Archives, for the continuous work to preserve and make visible the histories of gender minorities and sexual minorities in collaboration with Finnish Labour Museum and Labour Archives.
Main positions of trust
Visiting co-editor of SQS , the journal of the Finnish Queer Studies Association in 2020 and 2021.
Chair of the association Friends of Queer History 2020–2024.
Research fields
Queer studies, lesbian studies, queer history.
Research career
Funding received for own research projects:
Affective Activism: Sites of Queer and Trans World-Making , leader of a research group, Academy of Finland/University of Tampere, 1.9.2021(–31.08.2025).
Affective Attachments: Sexualities and Genders in Flux, PI, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku, 1.1.2018–31.7.2020.
Just the two of us? Affective inequalities in intimate relationships, leader of a research group, Academy of Finland/University of Tampere, 1.9.2015–31.3.2020. http://affective-inequalities.fi/en/
Queer Narratives: Intimate and Social Lives of Women with Same-Sex Sexual Attractions in Tampere 1971–2011, PI, Academy Research Fellow, Academy of Finland/University of Tampere, 1.9.2012–31.12.2017.
From Thinking Archives to Doing Archives: Queer Action Research on Finnish Archiving Practices, PI, post-doc researcher, Academy of Finland/University of Tampere, 1.11.2005–31.12.2006 (leave of absence 1.4.—31.7.2006 and 1.1.2007—31.10.2007).
Mental and Material Spaces in Constructing Local Homosexualities, PI, post-doc researcher, Academy of Finland/University of Tampere, 1.11.2003–31.10.2005.
Member of a reserarch team:
Homo Politicus: Sexual Citizens as Agents in Public Politics, senior researcher, in Politics of Philosophy and Gender (PPhiG) research team (PI: Tuija Pulkkinen), in Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change (led by Kari Palonen and Tuija Pulkkinen), Academy of Finland/Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, 1.1.2006–31.12.2011.
From Welfare to Work (PI Marianne Pieper), University of Hamburg, Finnish partner, 1.6.–31.6.2003.
Marginalized Sexual Cultures: The Constructions and Deconstructions of Sexual Otherness, doctoral student and post-doc researcher (PI Tuula Gordon) Academy of Finland/University of Tampere, 1.1.2002–31.10.2003.
Latest publications
Avauksia naisasianaisten yksityisen elämän tarkasteluun
Juvonen, T., 2 Jun 2023, In: Sateenkaarihistorian ystävien kirjoituksia.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › General public
Kaikki mitä miehet ovat halunneet tietää seksistä
Juvonen, T., 2023, In: SQS : Suomen queer-tutkimuksen seuran lehti. 17, 1-2, 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
Becoming a lesbian at lesbian and gay dance parties: Lesboratories as affective spaces
Juvonen, T., 2022, Affective intimacies. Kolehmainen, M., Lahti, A. & Lahad, K. (eds.). Manchester University Press, p. 119–135Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
In/visibility, resistance, autonomy: Creating a lesbian bar community in Tampere
Juvonen, T., 2022, Skeiv lokalhistorie: Kulturhistoriske perspektiver på sammekjønnsrelasjoner og kjønnsoverskridelser. Hundstad, D., Hellesund, T., Jordåen, R. & Glad Munch-Møller, M. (eds.). Nasjonalbiblioteket, p. 427–452 (Skrifter fra Norsk lokalhistorisk institutt ved Nasjonalbiblioteket; no. 48).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Opetushäirinnän käsittely yliopistossa
Juvonen, T., 2022, Intersektionaalinen feministinen pedagogiikka. Elonheimo, A.-M., Miettinen, S., Ojala, H. & Saresma, T. (eds.). Vastapaino, p. 205–210Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Queerhistorian lukemattomat aineistot: Uusia avauksia kulttuurihistoriaan
Juvonen, T., 2022, Kulttuurihistorian tutkimus: Lähteistä menetelmiin ja tulkintaan. Mähkä, R., Ahonen, M., Heikkilä, N., Ollitervo, S. & Räsänen, M. (eds.). Kulttuurihistorian seura ry, p. 225-238 (Cultural History - Kulttuurihistoria; no. 17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Queernäkökulmia muistitietotutkimukseen
Juvonen, T. & Taavetti, R., 2022, Muistitietotutkimuksen paikka: Teoriat, käytännöt ja muutos. Savolainen, U. & Taavetti, R. (eds.). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, p. 392-412 (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Toimituksia).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Syrjäytettyjen tunteet aktivismissa
Juvonen, T., Alasuutari, V., Kähkönen, L. & Tainio, L., 8 Feb 2022, In: Politiikasta.fi. 8.2.2022Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Historiantutkimusta toisin katsoen
Juvonen, T., 2021, In: HISTORIALLINEN AIKAKAUSKIRJA. 119, 1, p. 66–76 11 p.Translated title of the contribution :Queer looks at history research Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Homoseksuaalisuuden tutkimuksen paikka Historiallisessa Aikakauskirjassa
Juvonen, T., 2021, In: HISTORIALLINEN AIKAKAUSKIRJA. 119, 1, p. 93-97Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific