Dates:
- Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 15:00–19:00
Helsinki Poetics Conference is an open, seminar-style event aimed at poets, writers, and literary scholars, as well as anyone interested in questions of poetics.
The conference continues the tradition of the Helsinki Poetics Conference, founded 20 years ago as a parallel event to Runokuu (Poetry Moon) and held in various forms and venues between 2005 and 2012. The aim of the Poetics Conference is to foster dialogue between researchers, poets, artists from other fields, and the public.
The theme of the 2026 Poetry Moon Poetics Conference is breath . The theme opens up perspectives on the rhythm and language of poetry, as well as more broadly on experiences of being, embodiment, and shared space. Breath can be understood as a biological, political, and aesthetic phenomenon: a continuous exchange in and out, between the individual and the environment.
The speakers are Jonis Hartman, A. V. Marraccini, Merima Dizdarević, Antti Salminen and Berta García Faet .
The languages of the event are English and Finnish.
Free admission.
The events assume an adult audience but have no age restriction.
In collaboration with: Caisa, Versopolis, Goethe-Institut Finnland.
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Cost: Free
Categories: Kirjallisuus ja sanataide, Caisa, Suomi, Ruotsi, Englanti, Muu, Luennot ja keskustelut, conversation, lectures, Pekka ja Pätkä films, crime fiction
More information: http://www.caisa.fi/en/events/event/4E26FF6CC440CBE39119339F8B6C45A5/Poetiikkakonferenssi
Source: Event information supplied by City of Helsinki Linked Events.
