The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History (or The Donner Institute, sv, Donnerska Institutet) is a private institute in Finland maintained by the Åbo Akademi University. The Institute was founded in 1959 with an extensive donation by Uno and Olly Donner. It hosts the largest special library on Comparative Religion in the

Nordic countries The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...

, supports research in the area of the Institute through grants, and organizes conferences and seminars.

Award

In 2010 the Donner Institute established an annual prize for "outstanding research into religion conducted at a Nordic university" to researchers in the field of religious studies for a significant and relatively new published monograph. The recipients of this award have been: 2010: Ferdinando Sardella of

Gothenburg University The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...

, Sweden, for ''Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati: the context and significance of a modern Hindu personalist'' (2010) 2011: Olle Sundström of Umeå University, for ''"The Wild Reindeer is Itself the Same as a God": "Gods" and "Spirits" in Soviet Ethnographers' Descriptions of Samoyedic World Views'' Vildrenen är själv detsamma som en gud": "gudar" och "andar" i sovjetiska etnografers beskrivningar av samojediska världsåskådningar''(2008) 2012: Niklas Foxeus of

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

, Sweden, for '': The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission: Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma'' (2011) 2013: Jessica Moberg of

Södertörn University Södertörn University ( sv, Södertörns högskola, abbreviated as SH) is a public university college ( sv, högskola) located in Flemingsberg in Huddinge Municipality, and the larger area called Södertörn, in Stockholm County, Sweden. In 20 ...

, Sweden, for ''Piety, Intimacy and Mobility. A Case Study of Charismatic Christianity in Present-day Stockholm'' (2013)

References

Schools of religion Research institutes in Finland Åbo Akademi University Research institutes established in 1959 1959 establishments in Finland {{Reli-studies-stub