Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Christianity in Russia and Russian Christianiy.
Religious persecution in Russia.
Minority Christianities and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Christianity in Russia and the war in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/@russianchristianity
Education information
2013-2016 PhD (Doctor of Social Sciences), University of Helsinki
2010-2011 MA Sociology and Social Anthropology (diploma with distinction), Central European University
2004-2010 MS Sociology, St Petersburg State University
Curriculum vitae
CV: https://www.idrive.com/idrive/sh/sh?k=q5t3j3y9z6
Fields of Science
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
- Study of Religions
- Anthropology of Christianity
- Religion
- Christianity
- Russia
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"I used to be a traitor": Russian Baptist Conversion as Unlearning
Mikeshin, I., 2024, In: Approaching Religion. 14, 2, p. 210-223 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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'We're all gonna die anyway': The Eschatological Tranquillity of Russian Baptists During the Pandemic
Mikeshin, I., 2 Sept 2023, In: Culture and Religion. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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How the Bible Works: Russian Baptist Faith as Text
Mikeshin, I., 1 Sept 2021, In: Religion and Society: Advances in Research. 12, 1, p. 102-114 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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"A Prophet Has No Honor in the Prophet’s Own Country": How Russian is Russian Evangelicalism?
Mikeshin, I., Dec 2020, In: Temenos : Nordic journal of comparative religion. 56, 2, p. 251-268 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Eight Essays on Russian Christianities
Mikeshin, I. (ed.), Jul 2020, St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Center for the History of Ideas. 260 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Prisoners of Conscience: Persecutions of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia and their Reception in Finland
01/08/2023 → 31/07/2027
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Religious movements in contemporary ethical life
Kaartinen, T., Virtanen, T., Mikeshin, I., Gross, T. & Kulmala, M.
01/09/2019 → 31/07/2023
Project: Research project
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The Role of Religion in Contemporary Ethical Self-Making
Gross, T., Mikeshin, I., Virtanen, T. & Kaartinen, T.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
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How Jesus Saves Lives: Christian Rehabilitation in the Russian Baptist Ministry
01/08/2013 → 31/05/2016
Project: Research project
Activities
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Tiedekulma: Uuden tiedon klubi ja pubivisa (Taiteiden yö)
Igor Mikeshin (Speaker: Presenter)
12 Jan 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
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State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide (Journal)
Igor Mikeshin (Editor) & Nadezhda Beliakova (Editor)
2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of special theme number
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Alterity as a theoretical and methodological challenge for fieldwork
Igor Mikeshin (Speaker: Presenter)
18 Feb 2015 → 20 Feb 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Circulation and Collaboration: Perspectives for/in Interdisciplinarity
Igor Mikeshin (Attendee)
2 Feb 2015 → 6 Feb 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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University of Tartu, Department of Ethnology
Igor Mikeshin (Visiting researcher)
1 Apr 2015 → 31 Oct 2015Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Press/Media
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Vankilassa oli helpompaa: Interview by Tuija Pyhäranta
01/05/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media