Nominate a candidate for the 2019 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 [...]
The Donner Institute Research Scholarships have been awarded
The Donner Institute has awarded research scholarships for the year 2019. The scholarships are awarded to doctoral students, whose research pertains to religion in a broad sense and, in accordance with the will of the [...]
The Donner Institute + Katsomukset.fi = new partners!
For us working at the Donner Institute, the new year 2019 will bring along a new exciting opportunity: we will join the proficient and inspiring team upholding the web portal Katsomukset.fi, which offers current, [...]
OA-week at DI: Sunday’s article
The relationship between food and religion is a lived activity formed by the dynamics of both tradition and adaption. Religious commitments to food are influenced by several different factors, ranging from personal spirituality and [...]
OA-week at DI: Saturday’s article
Vol 2:1 of Approaching Religion consists of papers and reflections originating from a roundtable seminar held at the Donner Institute in January 2012. Under the topic ‘The New Visibility of Atheism in Europe’, scholars [...]
OA-week at DI: Friday’s article
Many people today, and perhaps especially women, pursue the goal of a thinner body with religious-like devotion. This paper examines this devotion and some of the questions it raises about ‘religion’, ‘the body’, and [...]
OA-week at DI: Thursday’s article
During recent years, the body has become a central focus of religious studies. The understanding of religion as a solely intellectual practice of beliefs, norms and convictions is giving way to a broader understanding [...]
OA-week at DI: Wednesday’s article
Vol. 14 of Scripta, "The Saami Shaman Drum", is based on articles presented at a symposium by the same name, arranged by the Donner Institute in 1984. The aim of the symposium was to [...]
OA-week at DI: Tuesday’s article
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, published since 1967, is a conference publication issued by the Donner Institute. In Scripta, a selection of conference papers presented at symposia and conferences organised by the institute, often in [...]
International Open Access Week 2018 at the Donner Institute
The theme for the International Open Access Week 2018, starting today on October 22, is “designing equitable foundations for open knowledge.” Open Science is one of the core values of the research and publication activities of [...]