Country of residence

Finland

Brief introduction

Professor, Södertörn University University Lecturer, University of Helsinki

Education

PhD, Greek, with emphasis on Modern Greek, 1997, Stockholm University

Academic profile

Kimmo Granqvist is a Professor in Romani Studies at Södertörn University, Stockholm, and a University Lecturer in Romani Language and Culture at the University of Helsinki, with twenty years of experience in theoretical and participatory research with Roma communities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries, as well as in East Central Europe. He is a member of the Gypsy Lore Society since 2016. He has been involved with the organization of the Gypsy Lore Society Conferences in Helsinki (2009) and Stockholm (2016). Kimmo Granqvist has a long track-record in Romani Linguistics, but he is also interested in issues of education, employment and social inclusion of the Roma, on which he has coordinated a number of research projects. He is currently the chairperson of the “Network of Academic Institutions in Romani Studies” (NAIRS) and a member of the Reference Group of the collaborative Nordic research network “Romers och resandes historia i Norden” (Roma and Resande's history in the Nordic countries; RORHIN). He is a member of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. He cooperates, for instance, with the Slovak and Czech Academies of Sciences, the Minority Studies Society “Studii Romani” in Bulgaria, and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. Kimmo Granqvist is currently editor of the Södertörn Series on Romani Studies, which is the only Nordic peer-reviewed publication series dedicated to Romani Studies.  

Publications

Granqvist, Kimmo 2007. Suomen romanin äänne- ja muotorakenne. Helsinki: Yliopistopaino. - - 2011. Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi. http://scripta.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk24/ Helsinki. - - in press. Metaphors of the Finnish Roma in Finnish and Romani. Idström, Anna, Elisabeth Piirainen & Kendra Wilson (eds.) Endangered metaphors. John Benjamins.

Keywords

Romani, northern dialects, grammar, history, sociolinguistics

Contact

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