Nominate a candidate for the 2021 Donner Research Prize
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History hereby calls for nominations for its annual prize for outstanding research pertaining to the field of religion. The prize is awarded to researchers in the [...]
Guest Lecture: Oral Histories of Hidden Children in Denmark during the Holocaust
Dr. Sofie Lene Bak, University of Copenhagen Oral Histories of Hidden Children in Denmark during the Holocaust: Narratives, Identity and Trauma 20 May 2021 at 17.30-18.30 (Finnish time) online Denmark is the celebrated exception from [...]
DI’s opening hours
DI’s customer service is open Mondays–Fridays 12:00-15:00. Please observe that DI is open only for pick-up of requests and returning loans. We recommend all visitors to use face masks. In addition, the following conditions are [...]
Approaching Religion on the encounter between art and esoterism
The big questions concerning life and death have always fascinated artists. Art and the creation of art have offered ways to explore the meaning of life, the character of reality and the inevitableness of death. [...]
Approaching Religion on religion and hospitality
The latest issue of the Donner Institute e-journal Approaching Religion (Vol. 10/2) is based on an international symposium on hospitality and ethics from a feminist perspective that was organised in Åbo/Turku in early March 2020. [...]
Open access week 2020 in a nutshell
Monday International open access week was celebrated worldwide last week, October 19-25th. The themes of the OA week are diversity, equity and inclusion, which all are central aims of OA in research. These issues have emerged [...]
Olly and Uno Donner: donors ahead of their time
Olly and Uno Donner: donors ahead of their time