Pekka Kolehmainen

Pekka Kolehmainen serves as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the John Morton Center for North American Studies (JMC) and the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) at the University of Turku, Finland. His current TIAS-funded project (2022-2025) investigates antifeminism as a conceptual bridge between reactionary movements in U.S. history, analyzing how antifeminists seize and redefine terms like "feminism" and "gender" for political mobilization through a conceptual historical framework.

He earned his Ph.D. in Cultural History from the University of Turku in 2022, with dissertation research examining rock music as a political concept in U.S. culture wars. His broader research interests include Right-Wing Studies, Intellectual History of U.S. Conservatism, Culture Wars, American Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Rock Music Studies, and Gun Culture, emphasizing intersections between ideology and popular culture.

Recent publications (2022-2023) reveal concentrated exploration of gun imaginaries in Texas politics, conceptual history of rock music in culture wars, and antifeminism's role in reactionary realignment. These works span American Studies, Cultural History, and Political Science, consistently employing methodological frameworks that track ideological evolution through redefined concepts and historical narratives.

Scientific awards: No awards or fellowships are documented in the provided materials.

Advising and Grants: Dr. Kolehmainen is supported by the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies fellowship (2022-2025) for his antifeminism research project. There is no indication of graduate student supervision in the available information.

Labs and Teams: He operates within the John Morton Center for North American Studies and Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, contributing to interdisciplinary research on North American society, culture, and political movements through collaborative academic frameworks.