Projekt per år
Personlig profil
Forskningsintressen
List of Publications (02/2024)
Keynotes and Conference Presentations (02/2024)
Current position
Director, the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture, Turku, Finland (start: June 2013). Leading the work at the institute, including research and library facilities, own research, arranging of conferences and networks, granting scholarships, academic publishing.
My main research interests concern questions pertaining to Jewish life in the Nordics today, cultural encounters and interreligious dialogue, ethnographic research methodology with cultural studies. I am especially interested in the relationship between the arts (particularly music) and religion. Chronologically, I work predominantly with contemporary religion, combining ethnographic research methods with content analysis and approaches deriving from the philosophy of religion.
Since 2016, I have been, together with Associate Professor Svante Lundgren (Lund University), editor of the scholarly journal Nordisk judaistik / Scandinavian Jewish Studies. At the Donner Institute, I am the editor of the journal Approaching Religion (since 2011)
I was the director of the research project Boundaries of Jewish Identities in Contemporary Finland finansed by the Polin Institute (2018-2022) and currently take part in the EU-funded research project Recovira – Religious Communities in the Virtual Age as part of the Finnish research team at Åbo Akademi University. During the years 2024-27 I also take part in the research project Exploring the Contested Construction of Sense of Safety in Religious Spaces at the University of Helsinki, PI Prof. Anne Birgitta Pessi (funded by the Research Council of Finland).
Since 2018, I am also the Research Director of Åbo Akademi University Foundation, where I am responsible for the strategic co-operation of research funding, primarily with Åbo Akademi University, including the societal relevance and impact of research.
Biografi
Education
- Docent (Associate Professor), History of Religions, Uppsala University (29.5 2018).
- Docent (Associate Professor), Study of Religions, Åbo Akademi University (11.8 2006).
- Doctor of Theology, Åbo Akademi University (30.11 2018). Jewish studies
- Doctor of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University (18.6 2004). Study of Religions
- Master of Theology, Åbo Akademi University (31.5 2015). Jewish studies
- Master of Arts, Åbo Akademi University (12.5 2000). Study of Religions
- Information Studies (60 credits), Åbo Akademi University (qualification for librarian), 2012.
Expertis relaterad till FN:s globala mål för hållbar utveckling (SDG:er)
2015 godkände FN:s medlemsstater 17 globala mål för en hållbar utveckling (SDG:er), för att utrota fattigdomen, skydda planeten och garantera framgång för alla. Denna personens arbete bidrar till följande SDG(:er):
Utbildning / akademisk kvalifikation
Fil. Dr., Teologie doktor
Tilldelningsdatum: 30 nov. 2018
Fil. Dr., Filosofie doktor
Tilldelningsdatum: 18 juni 2004
Externa befattningar
Head of Research, Stiftelsen för Åbo Akademi sr
2019 → …
Docent, Uppsala University
2018 → …
Forskare, Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture
1 apr. 2010 → 31 mars 2012
Akademilektor i religionsvetenskap
1 aug. 2008 → 31 juli 2009
Forskardoktor, Finlands Akademi
1 mars 2007 → 3 dec. 2010
Docent
2006 → …
Forskare, Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), University of Tampere
1 aug. 2005 → 31 mars 2010
Postdoktoral forskare
1 juni 2005 → 31 juli 2005
Samarbetande forskare, Research Institute for Project Based Industry (PBI)
2002 → 2004
Forskarstuderande i religionsvetenskap
1 aug. 2000 → 31 dec. 2004
Nyckelord
- BL Religion
- contemporary religion
- ethnography
- interreligious dialogue
- religion and the arts
- BM Judaism
- Minhag Finland
- Jewish music
- GR Folklore
- vernacular religion
- M Music
- Jewish music
Fingeravtryck
- 1 Liknande profiler
Samarbeten och ledande forskningsområden under de senaste fem åren
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Minhag Finland: Boundaries of Jewish Identities in Contemporary Finland
Illman, R., Muir, S., Czimbalmos, M. V., Pataricza, D. & Tuori, R.
Waldemar von Frenckell’s Foundation, Ella och Georg Ehrnrooths stiftelse, Polin Institute for Theological Research
01/01/18 → 31/12/22
Projekt: Stiftelser och fonder
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ReCoVirA: Religious Communities in the Virtual Age
Moberg, M., Illman, R., Annunen, L. & Broo, M.
01/11/22 → 31/10/24
Projekt: EU
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Aboagora: Aboagora - Between Arts and Sciences
Illman, R., Leskelä-Kärki, M., Erävaara, T., Huopalainen, A., Törnroos-Remes, A., Laine, S., Lehtonen, M. & Kärki, K.
Svenska kulturfonden, Konestiftelsen
01/01/11 → …
Projekt: Övrig
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Nordic antisemitism and conspiracy thinking: counter-strategies in history and today
Lindqvist, P., Pataricza, D. & Illman, R.
01/05/22 → 30/04/23
Projekt: Stiftelser och fonder
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Argumenta: Uskontolukutaito moniarvoisessa yhteiskunnassa
Sakaranaho, T., Illman, R., Konttori, J., Linjakumpu, A., Ubani, M., Rissanen, I. & Tiilikainen, M.
01/01/19 → 31/05/21
Projekt: Stiftelser och fonder
Publikationer
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Finlandssvensk och judisk: En etnografisk analys av dubbla identifikationer och vardagsreligiositet
Illman, R., 19 dec. 2022, I: Nordisk judaistik. 32, 2, s. 19-37Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
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Arjessa eletty uskonto: Suomen juutalaisten muistitietoa keräämässä
Tuori, R., Muir, S. & Illman, R., sep. 2022, Muistitietotutkimuksen paikka: Teoriat, käytännöt ja muutos. Savolainen, U. & Taavetti, R. (red.). Helsingfors: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, s. 73-87 (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Toimituksia ; vol. 1478).Forskningsoutput: Kapitel i bok/konferenshandling › Kapitel › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
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Bending, Breaking and Adhering to Rules of Contemporary Jewish Practice in Finland
Illman, R., Czimbalmos, M. & Pataricza, D., 21 nov. 2022, I: Suomen Antropologi. 46, 3, s. 32-51Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
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Knowing, Being, and Doing Religion: Introducing an Analytical Model for Researching Vernacular Religion
Illman, R. & Czimbalmos, M., 22 dec. 2020, I: Temenos - Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion. 56, 2, s. 171-199Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
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The Arts as Arena for—and Approach to—Interreligious Studies: Reflections on Dialogical Methodology
Illman, R., 5 maj 2022, The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies. Mosher, L. (red.). Georgetown university press, s. 137-145Forskningsoutput: Kapitel i bok/konferenshandling › Kapitel › Vetenskaplig › Peer review
Priser
Aktiviteter
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Gaudeamus (Förlag)
Ruth Illman (Granskare)
31 maj 2022Aktivitet: Referentgranskning av publikationer och redaktionsarbete › Redaktionsarbete
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Finnish Institute in the Middle East (Extern organisation)
Ruth Illman (Medlem)
1 okt. 2020 → 31 dec. 2022Aktivitet: Medlemskap › Styrelsemedlemskap
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RQ20 Assessment of Research Quality, Lund University (Evenemang)
Ruth Illman (Medlem)
1 jan. 2020 → 31 dec. 2020Aktivitet: Medlemskap › Medlemskap i kommitté
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University of Oslo (Extern organisation)
Ruth Illman (Medlem)
juni 2020 → aug. 2020Aktivitet: Medlemskap › Medlemskap i kommitté
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Interviews and Field Work – Inter-Nordic project workshop
Ruth Illman (Talare)
15 okt. 2020 → 16 okt. 2020Aktivitet: Tal eller presentation › Publikt eller inbjudet tal
Tidningsurklipp
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Interview about the Donner Institute
Malin Fredriksson & Ruth Illman
24/01/16
1 objekt av Mediabevakning
Press/media