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 [...]
Ernils Larsson receives Donner Institute Research Prize 2020
Ernils Larsson has been awarded the Donner Institute’s 2020 research prize for his doctoral thesis on the relationship between state and religion in Japan based on how the nation’s courts have reasoned in legal disputes related to Shinto. [...]
The science and art event ABOAGORA adopting a new form in August
ABOAGORA – Between Arts and Sciences is an annual symposium, bringing together various aspects of academia, the arts, and society. This year, ABOAGORA dives into the world of water! The Symposium will be held both [...]
Nominate a candidate for the 2020 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 a researcher in [...]
Open access guide for students, researchers, anyone
In a time when printed literature and materials are not available for studies and research, e-resources and especially open access resources become even more important. The open access guide is available here: https://www.donnerinstitute.fi/en/open-access-guide/
DI’s new opening hours in effect until further notice
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 [...]
Insights from the Feminism and Hospitality conference
As academics, we are both parts of an intellectual tradition and taking our share in a social movement as we reach out to the general public with our questions, writes PhD student Mercédesz Czimbalmos (Åbo [...]
New year, new door!
The new entrance of DI is on the right-hand side of Humanisticum. Just ring the doorbell and we will open the door! In the beginning of the year, a [...]
International open access week 2019 in a nutshell
Open science is a central part of the strategy of the Donner Institute. We believe that the knowledge we are part of creating should be freely available to researchers worldwide. Therefore, our scholarly publications are [...]