Aleksandra Konovalova

Education

Academic degree

Bachelor, Saint Petersburg State University, 2014 (Finnish language)
Master, Saint Petersburg State University, 2016 (Applied Linguistics)

Additional subject-specific studies

Summer course in Finnish language, University of Tampere, 3 weeks, 2012
Courses in the Finnish literature and the Finnish language

Exchange studies, University of Helsinki, Spring semester, 2013
Subjects:
– Finnish Phonetics and Morphology
– Colloquial Finnish
– Finnish literature

A Course for Beginning Literary Translators, FILI, Helsinki, 21. – 31.8.2017
Seminars on Finnish literature and translation of poetry, short stories and novels
Instructor: Stefan Moster

A Seminar for Finnish language teachers and interpreters, Narva College of the University of Tartu, Narva, 19. – 21.04.2018, 1 ECTS
Lectures on literary translation, interpreting and teaching processes
Lecturers: Johanna Vaattovaara, Erja Tehnonen-Lightfoot, Miska Rantanen, Hanna Westerlund, Önne Kankainen, Saara Pääkkönen

FILI Fellowship-program, FILI, Helsinki, 24. – 26.10.2018
Lectures on Kotus-dictionaries, translator tools and Finnish literature and comics
Lecturers: Klaas Ruppel, Antonio Parente, Natasha Vilokkinen, Päivi Koivisto, Kaisa Laaksonen, Kalle Hakkola

23rd Winter School, Lammi, 04. – 09.03.2019
Scientific seminar (linguistics, biology, mathematics)
Lecturers: Mikhail Kopotev, Mikhail Mikhailov, Jouni Tuominen, Tatiana Bubba, Jyrki Mäkelä, Asko Ellman, Heikki Tanila

Digital Humanities Hackathon, Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities (HELDIG), Helsinki, 15. - 24.05.2019
Participated in an interdisciplinary research project
Group: “The Many Voices of European Parliamentary Debates”
The research question of the group: “The Past and The Future in European Parliamentary Debates”.

A Seminar on the translation of non-fiction, FILI, Helsinki, 26. - 27.08.2019
Lectures on the publishing of non-fiction, trends in Finnish non-fiction. Work with fellow translators. Lecturers: Aleksi Siltala, Pirjo Hiidenmaa, Urpu Strellman

FILI Fellowship-program, FILI, Helsinki, 23. – 25.10.2019
Lectures on Finnish literature and comics