Jarmo Juha Antti Valkola

 Location: Jyväskylä, Finland

Spoken languages: Finnish, Swedish, German, English, French

Family: wife Eija-Irene, sons Johannes and Samuel, daughter Juulia, pets Velma (dog) and Cleo (tortoise)

Activities: Modern jazz, Breton music, basketball

Cinematic interests: Luis Buñuel, Busby Berkeley, Maya Deren, Chris Marker, Béla Tarr, Andrei Tarkovsky

Favourite music: Pharoah Sanders, Karen Matheson, Dan ar Braz, Alan Stivell

Research interests: Aesthetics, Audiovisual communication, Cognitive science, Language of cinema, Visual perception and analysis, Philosophy of the image, Film theory, Film form, Film and phenomenology, Film editing, Documentary ethics and aesthetics.

Academic positions:
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Art Education. Dissertation: Perceiving the Visual in Cinema: Semantic Approaches to Film Form and Meaning, 1993.
  • Docent (Associate Professor) in Film Theory and Visual Perception, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2008-
  • Docent (Associate Professor) in Audiovisual Perception, University of Lapland, Faculty of the Arts, 2005 -
  • Docent (Associate Professor) in Art Education, especially Film Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of the Humanities, 1998 -
  • Visiting (Innove) Professor of Film History and Theory, Tallinn University, Baltic Film & Media School, Estonia, 2006 –2008
  • Professor of Film History, Theory, and Aesthetics, Tallinn University, Baltic Film & Media School, Estonia, 2008–

    Previous professional appointments:
  • Principal Teacher in Communication and Media Culture Studies, School of Culture Studies, Media Design, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, 2002 – 2008.
  • Professor of Art Education, University of Jyväskylä / Faculty of Humanities / Department of Art Education (2000-2002)
  • Senior Lecturer in Art Education University of Jyväskylä / Faculty of Humanities / Department of Art Education (1999)
  • Professor of Media Education, University of Lapland / Faculty of the Arts (1996-97)

  • Teacher of Film Studies, Aesthetics and Film Theory, University of Jyväskylä / Faculty of Humanities / Department of Art Education (1993-1996, (1998)
  • Director of Film & Video Centre in Central Finland (1989-1993)

  • Regional Artist of Cinema, Arts Council of Central Finland (1981-1990)
  • Director of Municipal Film Centre, Jämsänkoski, Finland, (1981-1984)