The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History in Turku has awarded Dr Henni Alava the 2018 prize for outstanding research into religion. Dr Alava is awarded for her book ’There is Confusion.’ The Politics of Silence, Fear and Hope in Catholic and Protestant Northern Uganda (Development Studies, University of Helsinki, 2017).
The Donner Institute Prize is awarded annually for outstanding research into religion conducted at a Nordic university. It is intended for researchers in the field of religious studies for a significant and relatively newly published monograph or article in print or digital form. The prize sum is 5,000 Euros.
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English: https://www.donnerinstitute.fi/en/current-3/the-donner-research-prize-2018-to-henni-alava-2/
On behalf of the Donner Institute Board,
Turku, 1 October 2018
Tage Kurtén, Chairman
Ruth Illman, Secretary