Laura Hellsten

Publications

Research output per year 2016 2021 2025

• 11 Article
• 9 Performance
• 8 Chapter
• 4 Book/Film/Article review
• 19 More
  • 4 Comment/debate
  • 2 Edited Book/Edited Journal
  • 2 Composition
  • 2 Digital or Visual Products
  • 2 Other contribution
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Published conference proceeding
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Review Article or Literature Review
  • 1 Web publication/site
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Artistic Imagination and Social Imaginaries - Polysemous Readings of Historical Travelling Accounts

  Hellsten, L. (Editor) & Abrantes, E. (Editor), Apr 2025, (In preparation) In: Arts.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › Scientific › peer-review

• Dancing between Ritual and Ceremony in the Cult of Saints

  Hellsten, L., 31 Jan 2025, (Submitted) In: Studia Patristica.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Form som rimmar illa med författarens egen position

  Hellsten, L., 10 Jan 2025, In: Kyrkans Tidning. 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Professional

  Open Access

  File
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Kyrkan som kolonialmakt - hur går vi vidare?

  Berger, F., Hellsten, L. (Editor) & Abrantes, E. (Illustrator), 3 Apr 2025, In: Nyckeln.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Professional

• Många röster - Many voices

  Hellsten, L. (Producer), Berger, F. (Performer) & Silagadze, N. (Other), Aug 2025

  Research output: Non-textual form › Composition › Art in coproduction

  Open Access

• Taide kohtaa tieteen – Forcing the Impossible -hanke ja tieteen yhteiskunnallinen vaikuttavuus

  Hellsten, L., Weckman, J.-K., Ringbom, A., Runeberg, R., Andersson, J.-E., Raar, M., Långbacka, U., Mastovaara, T., Kyytinen, T., Berger, F. & Sahlgren, C., 2025, Taide tietämisen tapana. Toisin tutkiminen ja julkaiseminen. Kurki, T., Saresma, T., Martikainen, J., Jäntti, S. & Pöyhönen, S. (eds.). Jyväskylä: Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja, Vol. 137. (Nykykulttuurin tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja; no. 137).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

  Open Access

• Teresa de Ávila – Influence and Instrument

  Hellsten, L. (Performer) & Abrantes, E. (Performer), Jan 2025, (In preparation)

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction

  • Weaver 100%
  • Religious Boundaries 100%
  • Sensory Experiments 100%
  • Playful Environment 100%
  • Participatory Environment 100%
• 2024

  Et in Arcadia Ego - konsten och vetenskapen i katedralen

  Hellsten, L., Sept 2024, Gudsbilder i förändring. Axelson, T., Essunger, M., Nausner, M. & Wigorts Yngvesson, S. (eds.). Verbum, p. 73-89 (Svenska kyrkans forskningsserie).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Holy Woman, Mad Woman

  Hellsten, L. (Performer) & Petronella, L. (Performer), 9 Oct 2024

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Scientific

  • Mirabilis 100%
  • Holy Man 100%
  • Medieval Women 100%
  • Stylites 100%
  • Stench 100%

• Hoppet i förtvivlan: Mikael Kurkiala: Där pendeln har sitt fäste. Om det eviga i människan.

  Hellsten, L., Apr 2024, In: Signum. 50, 3/2024, p. 57 58 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › General public

• Mapping project

  Walden, H. H. (Producer) & Hellsten, L. (Other), 2024

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Art in coproduction

• “Entre pájaros y árboles”

  Hellsten, L. (Other) & Paredes, R. (Photographer), 30 Jul 2024

  Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Solo art production

  • Amazon 100%
  • Traditional Knowledge 100%
• 2023

  [Book review of] Kathryn Dickason, Ringleaders of Redemption: How Medieval Dance Became Sacred. (Oxford Studies in Medieval Theology 13.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. xvii, 369; color figures. $99. ISBN: 978-0-1975-2727-6.

  Hellsten, L., Jul 2023, In: Speculum. 98, 3, p. 862–864

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article or Literature Review

• A Dance Manifest

  Hellsten, L., 25 May 2023, Shaping the Assembly: How our buildings form us in worship. O’Loughlin, T. (ed.). Messenger Publications

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional

• Dance as a liberating practice into divine darkness? A systematic theologian re-reads Philo of Alexandria’s descriptions of dance

  Hellsten, L., Sept 2023, In: Postmedieval . 14, 2-3, p. 345-369

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Dance 100%
  • Philo of Alexandria 100%
  • Divinity 100%
  • Lived Theology 100%
  • Philo 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  110 Downloads (Pure)

• Heliga Källor

  Hellsten, L., Hellsten, M. (Illustrator) & Izraeli, S. (Illustrator), Oct 2023, Sanct Olof 2023 – Åländsk årsbok för kyrka och kultur . Jansson, J., Nordberg, T., Äng, S., Äng, A. & Häggblom, K. (eds.). Föreningen Sanct Olof r.f., Vol. 77. p. 31-35 (Sanct Olof - Åländsk årsbok för kyrka och kultur; vol. 77).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › General public

• Kroppen, konsten och teologin

  Hellsten, L., 7 Dec 2023, In: Teologia.fi. 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional

  Open Access

• Many Voices and Tipping Point: Two Case Studies of Art and Science Collaborations as Processes of Knowledge Production

  Hellsten, L. & Berger, F., Nov 2023, Understanding Marine Changes: Environmental Knowledge and Methods of Research. Jetoo, S., Kouri, J., Laine, S., Tynkkynen, N. & Törnroos, A. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 154-174

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• The Table and the Tubes: Shown as Chemical Gardens and Inter-active Tables at Forskarnatten 2021

  Andersson, J.-E. (Designer), Huynh, T. P. (Developer), Fogde, A. (Developer) & Hellsten, L. (Producer), Feb 2023

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction
• 2022

  Dance as an Agency of Change in an Age of Totalitarianism

  Hellsten, L., 1 Mar 2022, In: Approaching Religion. 12, 1, p. 55-76

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Totalitarianism 100%
  • Dance Practice 100%
  • Creatureliness 50%
  • Colonial Power 50%
  • Western Tradition 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)

• Flamman

  Hellsten, L. (Producer), Hellsten, M. (Photographer), Berger, F. (Performer) & Silagadze, N. (Performer), 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › General public

  Open Access

• Home and Exile: Dancing in the Mess of Contradictions

  Hellsten, L., 17 Jun 2022, In: Open Philosophy. 5, 1, p. 474-489

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Mess 100%
  • Exiles 100%
  • Multiple Reflections 50%
  • Ethnographic Theology 50%
  • Interdisciplinary Setting 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  47 Downloads (Pure)

• Many Voices - Många Röster

  Berger, F. (Composer), Silagadze, N. & Hellsten, L. (Producer), Aug 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction

• När kroppen ber: - Fredrik Heiding: Låt kroppen tala med Dominikus nio sätt att be

  Hellsten, L., 23 Jun 2022, In: Signum. p. 54-56 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific

• The Liminal Space of Medieval Dance Practices: The Case of St. Eluned’s Feast Day

  Hellsten, L., 22 Aug 2022, In: Arts. 11, 79, p. 1-31

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  86 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  [Book review of] Kathryn Dickason: Ringleaders of Redemption. How Medieval dance Became Sacred

  Hellsten, L., Nov 2021, In: Dance Research. 39, 2, p. 279-280

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific

• Dance as a Contemplative Practice: The Space of Distinction and Union

  Hellsten, L., 22 Mar 2021, In: Approaching Religion. 11, 1, p. 117-134

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Christian tradition 100%
  • Dance 100%
  • Latin West 100%
  • Church of Sweden 100%
  • Contemplative Practice 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  85 Downloads (Pure)

• Dance in the Early Church: Re-visiting the Sources

  Hellsten, L., 2021, Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019: Volume 1: Introduction; Historica. Vinzent, M. (ed.). Peeters, p. 65-84 (Studia Patristica; vol. 104).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Published conference proceeding › Scientific › peer-review

  • Early church 100%
  • Dance 40%
  • Patristics 40%
  • Wisdom 20%
  • Pagan 20%

• Det goda samtalets konst?

  Hellsten, L., 7 Feb 2021, In: Åbo Underrättelser.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › General public

  Open Access

  File
  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Echoes

  Raar, M. (Performer), Custódio, L. (Performer), Slotte, P. (Developer) & Hellsten, L. (Producer), May 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction

• En introverts bekännelser

  Hellsten, L., 2 May 2021, In: Åbo Underrättelser.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › General public

  Open Access

  File
  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Et in Arcadia Ego

  Weckman, J.-K. (Designer), Jacquemet, G. (Designer) & Hellsten, L. (Producer), Sept 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction

• Glöden

  Hellsten, L. & Hellsten, M., Jun 2021, Vimeo

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Gnistan

  Hellsten, L. & Hellsten, M. (Illustrator), 2021, Vimeo

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

• Home and Exile - Feminist Philosophy in Thought, History and Action: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

  Hellsten, L. & des Bouvrie, N., 8 Dec 2021, In: Open Philosophy. 4, 1, p. 372-373

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

  Open Access

• Home and Exile - Feminist Philosophy in Thought, History and Action: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

  des Bouvrie, N. (Editor) & Hellsten, L. (Editor), 2021, De Gruyter Open Access. (Open Philosophy; vol. 4, no. 1)

  Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Edited Book/Edited Journal › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

• Liturgiskt kroppsminne – må julen hitta fram till dig även i år

  Hellsten, L., 5 Dec 2021, In: Åbo Underrättelser.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › General public

  Open Access

  File
  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Notch up a Broken Heart

  Ringbom, A. (Designer), Sahlgren, C. (Performer) & Hellsten, L. (Producer), Aug 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction

• Notch up a Broken Heart - part 2

  Runeberg, R. (Designer), Sahlgren, C. (Performer), Österbacka, R. (Performer) & Hellsten, L. (Producer), Sept 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction

• Through the Bone and Marrow: Re-examining Theological Encounters with Dance in Medieval Europe

  Hellsten, L., 2021, Brepols. (Studia Traditionis Theologiae (STT); vol. 45)

  Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

• Tipping Point

  Långbacka, U. (Composer), Mastovaara, T. (Performer), Törnroos-Remes, A. (Performer), Kyytinen, T. (Photographer) & Hellsten, L. (Producer), Sept 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Performance › Art in coproduction
• 2020

  A Mind of Care - Responding Ethically to COVID-19

  Hellsten, L., 2 Nov 2020, In: Approaching Religion. 10, 2, p. 141-157

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Life Situation 100%
  • Lived Experience 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • COVID 19 Epidemic 100%
  • Ethics of care 100%
  31 Downloads (Pure)

• Approaching religion 10:2 (2020): Feminism and Hospitality: Religious and Critical Perspectives in Dialogue with a Secular Age

  Hellsten, L. (Editor) & des Bouvrie, N. (Editor), 2020, Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History. (Approaching religion)

  Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Edited Book/Edited Journal › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

• Feminism and hospitality: Religious and critical perspectives in dialogue with a secular age

  Hellsten, L. & des Bouvrie, N., 2020, In: Approaching Religion. 10, 2, p. 1-5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific

  Open Access

  File
  45 Downloads (Pure)

• Through the Bone and Marrow: Re-examining Theological Encounters with Dance in Medieval Europe

  Hellsten, L., 2020, Åbo Akademi University Press. 404 p.

  Research output: Types of Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Monograph
• 2018

  Debatten om Pauliina Turakka Purhonens konst i Lovisa kyrka

  Hellsten, L., 2018, In: Ad Lucem. 1, p. 3–8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

• Kattungens vrål: Från dunkel natt till gudomlig glädje

  Hellsten, L., 2018, Sanct Olof 2018. Tema: Glädjekällan. m.fl., K.A.-F. (ed.). Föreningen Sanct Olof r.f., p. 82–88

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

• Mässa i mångfaldens tid

  Långbacka, U., Hellsten, L. & Weckström, I., 2018

  Research output: Non-textual form › Composition › Art in coproduction
• 2017

  At the Origins of a Western Sacred Dance Tradition - A History in Need of Re-writing

  Hellsten, L., 2017, The Origins of Religion. Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies. Appelqvist, H. & Eklund, D.-J. (eds.). Luther-Agricola-Seura, p. 117–136

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  81 Downloads (Pure)

• Ödmjukhetens Palats - en lektion i Gästfrihet

  Hellsten, L., 2017, Sanct Olof 2017. Åländsk årsbok för kyrka och kultur. Alberius-Forsman, K. (ed.). Föreningen Sanct Olof r.f., p. –

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific