Susanne Setälä Received the 2007 ARC Grant

February 20, 2008

Susanne Setälä with Kimberly Hargan from the Public Affairs Section

Susanne Setälä from the Department of English at Turku University received the American Resource Center grant on February 20th. The annual grant is intended for students of Finnish nationality, enrolled at a Finnish university, who are working on a Master’s thesis on a topic related to the United States. The grant was established in 2006 to celebrate the ARC's 60th anniversary.

Susanne Setälä's Master's thesis deals with African-American poet Lucille Clifton. Its working title is A Poet of Her Own Faith – Lucille Clifton and the Remaking of Christianity. The scholarship ceremony was arranged as part of the African American History Month, which is celebrated in February.