DI will be closed Tuesday, January 21. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi University library.
The Donner Institute’s anthroposophical collection gains more visibility
The Donner Institute has a unique collection focused on Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy and anthroposophy, built upon the vision of the...
DI’s scholarship application opens 10.1.2024
The Donner Institute announces scholarships for doctoral students to be applied for the year 2025. Also grants to cover research...
Holiday times at DI
Christmas is approaching but there is still time to visit our library and borrow books for the end of the...
Open house at DI
Welcome to the Donner institute for an open house on Monday 2.12, from 12 to 16! We will be serving...
Fill out our customer survey!
Dear customers, we would like to remind you about our customer survey - fill it out and make an impact....
Sofia Sjö is the new Research Manager at the Donner Institute
Associate Professor Sofia Sjö has been elected as the new Research Manager at the Donner Institute for Research into Religion...
CfP: Religion: Concealed and Revealed
Call for Papers Religion: Concealed and Revealed The summer school and conferenceJune 9-12, 2025 The aim is to bring together doctoral...
The library closes earlier on Friday 1.11
On Friday 1.11 the library closes at 1:30 PM. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi...
Opening hours at DI
On Tuesday 8.10 the library opens at 1:15 PM, and on Friday 11.10 the library already closes at 1:45 PM.
DI closed 12.9
DI will be closed Thursday, September 12. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi University library.
New at DI this autumn
September offers some changes at DI. After more than 14 years with us, Ruth Illman has now started her new...
DI closed 16.8
DI will be closed this Friday, August 16. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi University...
Summer hours at DI
On Thursday, 20.6, we close the library at 2 pm. We are closed on Midsummer's Eve 21.6. Week 26, 24–28.6,...
DI closed 11.6
Tomorrow Tuesday, 11.6, DI is closed. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi University library.
DI is closed for conference 22– 24.5
The Donner Institute is closed May 22–24. Our staff will then take part in the Research Conference in Theology and...
Open house and opening hours week 19
We start week 19 by inviting everyone to an open house on Monday, May 6, from 12 noon to 4...
Time to nominate a candidate for the 2024 Donner Research Prize
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History hereby calls for nominations for its annual prize for outstanding...
DI is closed Monday 8.4
Monday April 8, the Donner institute library is closed. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi...
Opening hours at DI during Easter week
During Easter week – week 13 – the opening hours at the Donner Institute's library are as follows: Monday 25.3...
Holiday times at DI
On Friday, December 22, we close the library at 13.30. The Donner Institute is closed between Christmas and New Year....
DI’s scholarship application opens 9.1.2024
The Donner Institute announces scholarships for doctoral students to be applied for the year 2024. Also grants to cover research...
DI is closed 13.11
Monday 13.11 DI is closed. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi University library.
Open house at DI 1.12
Welcome to the Donner institute for an open house on Friday, December 1, from 12 to 16! We will be...
How we talk about God – the power of language
I knew very early on that I wanted to be a researcher, and I got my interest in philosophy, religion,...
DI is closed 29.8
Tuesday 29.8 DI is closed. Books to the library can be returned to any Åbo Akademi University library.
Summar at DI
On Thursday 22.6 the library closes at 2 pm and on Friday 23.6 the library is closed. We have normal...
DI is closed for a conference week 20
Week 20, 15.5–21.5, DI is closed. Books to DI can be returned to any Åbo Akademi University library. We open...
Nominate a candidate for the 2023 Donner Research Prize
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History hereby calls for nominations for its annual prize for outstanding...
Easter at DI
We close the library at 14 a clock on Thursday, 6.4. The library opens again on Wednesday, 12.4, at 12...
Experiencing Temple Space
Just before the fast day of Tammuz 17 in the Hebrew year 5781 (2021), an inspirational picture commenting on the...
Approaching Religion and Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies get a level 2 classification
Publication Forum is a classification of publication channels, created by the Finnish scientific community, with the aim to support the...
DI’s opening hours
The Donner Institute library is closed from December 23, 2022, until January 1, 2023. We open again on January 2,...
A researcher’s journey – or how I became a big girl in a small world
Until October 2016, I had never considered flying abroad alone. It wasn't even a fantasy because it's unattainable: women cannot...
From the Middle East to Finland and Back Again – Experiences of International Research
When I first moved to Finland to begin my PhD research about the concept of religiosity in law, I hadn’t...
CfP: Religion: Memory and Innovation
Call for Papers Religion: Memory and Innovation The summer school and conference (12–15 June, 2023) The aim of the summer...
Edvard Westermarck’s book collection at the Donner Institute has been made visible for the public
Sometimes small treasures can be brought out in the limelight. André La Face, soon to be Master of Nordic Ethnology,...
CfP: Religion and Spirituality as Sites of Learning, Turku, Finland, 15-17 May 2023
The conference Religion and Spirituality as Sites of Learning will take place on site in Åbo/Turku, Finland May 15-17, 2023....
Register for the ABOAGORA “Wind” Symposium by Aug. 17!
The art and academic event ABOAGORA “Wind” is just weeks away – Register by August 17th! This year, the ABOAGORA...
Nominate a candidate for the 2022 Donner Research Prize
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History hereby calls for nominations for its annual prize for outstanding...
Time to influence Publication Forum (JuFo)!
Which are the most important journals in your field? Are they part of the Publication Forum classification system and are...
DI’s opening hours
It is again possible to visit the Donner Institute library. You can visit the collections and borrow directly from the...
The Donner Institute’s grants 2022
The Donner Institute announces scholarships for doctoral students and for research costs for the year 2022. The research grants are awarded to...
DIs opening hours 3-15.1 2022
Due to the new Corona-restrictions our library is only open for shorter visits during the period January 3-15 2022. You can...
The Donner Institute Research Prize to Laura Hellsten
The Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture in Turku has awarded Dr. theol. Laura Hellsten the institute’s research...
Nina Kokkinen is the Donner Institute’s new research doctor
Nina Kokkinen has been appointed as the new research doctor at the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture...
Sexuality, stigma and religion: the negotiation of sexuality and religion among sexual minorities in Ghana
In research on religion and sexuality, dominant and popular academic discourses are often “sex-negative” (Yip and Page 2016). Religious views...
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...
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....
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...
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...
DI’s opening hours
DI’s customer service is open Mondays–Fridays 12:00-15:00. Please observe that from May 17 onwards, DI also allows visits to the library, so...
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...
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...
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...
The Donner Research Prize 2019 to Oriol Poveda Guillén
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History in Turku has awarded Dr Oriol Poveda Guillén the 2019 prize for...
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...
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...
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...
The Donner Research Prize 2018 to Henni Alava
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History in Turku has awarded Dr Henni Alava the 2018 prize for...
Register description of the borrower register
The register description of the borrower register of Åbo Akademi University Library and the library of the Donner Institute is...
Nominate a candidate for the 2018 Donner Research Prize
The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History hereby calls for nominations for its annual prize for outstanding...
The Donner Institute starts re-organizing the collections
This spring, the Donner Institute starts re-organizing its collections and looking over the classification system. This is especially important since...
New reading room at the Donner Institute
In our customer survey last autumn, many wished for a reading room at the institute's library. We have now furnished...
The Donner Institute continues to break boundaries
The Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture aims to be a meeting place for researchers in religious and...
Customer survey: the Donner Institute is a paradise for researchers of religion
The Donner Institute carried out a customer survey in October 2017 to evaluate the Institute's library services. The survey provides...
Young people create their own patterns of belief and doubt
The Centre of Excellence in Research YARG (Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective, 2015–2018) engages researchers in Finland,...
Detective work revealing 400-year-old scam receives a prize
– It’s a great recognition to receive the Donner Research Prize, especially as my work represents rather “old-fashioned” research, where...
