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Description of research and teaching
Rick Bonnie (PhD, University of Leuven) is a university researcher and vice-team leader (in team "Material Cultural and Community Heritage") in the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires, as well as a member of the Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions. Furthermore, he currently leads a three-year project "Religious Responses to Climate Change in the Southern Levant," which studies the impact of past climatic changes on the rise and fall of Jewish ritual purification baths in Hasmonean-Roman Judaea.
Bonnie's research focuses primarily on the archaeology of the Greco-Roman Near East with a special focus on urbanism, identity construction, materiality and ritualization. He has a keen interest in questions relating to how the Roman Empire created new dimensions of ‘cultural mobility’ and how this affected local cultural practices and self-representation in the empire. Bonnie also holds a research interest in community archaeology, heritage crime, and open science.
Keywords
- 615 History and Archaeology
- Archaeology of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Near East
- Archaeology and history of early Judaism
- Archaeology of ritual and religion
- Cultural Heritage Management
- Synagogue studies
- Water architecture
- Antiquities trafficking
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2008 2019
Being Jewish in Galilee, 100–200 CE: An Archaeological Study
Bonnie, R. G. L. M., 2019, Turnhout: Brepols. 373 p. (Studies in Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology; no. 11)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Hasmonean Memories and Hellenistic Building Traditions: The Appearance and Disappearance of Synagogue Buildings in the Late Second Temple Period
Bonnie, R. G. L. M., 5 Mar 2019, (Submitted) The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends. Bonnie, R., Hakola, R. & Tervahauta, U. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 22 p. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Monumentality and Space: Experiencing Synagogue Buildings in Late Second Temple Palestine
Bonnie, R. G. L. M., 12 Mar 2019, (Submitted) Scriptures in the Making: Texts and Their Transmission in Late Second Temple Judaism. Hakola, R., Orpana, J. & Huotari, P. (eds.). Leuven: Peeters, (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends
Hakola, R. T., Bonnie, R. G. L. M. & Tervahauta-Helin, U. K., 5 Mar 2019, (Submitted) The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends. Bonnie, R., Hakola, R. & Tervahauta, U. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 30 p. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends
Bonnie, R. G. L. M. (ed.), Hakola, R. T. (ed.) & Tervahauta-Helin, U. K. (ed.), 5 Mar 2019, (Submitted) Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 406 p. (Text and Studies in Ancient Judaism)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Projects 2014 2025
Religious Responses to Climate Change in the Southern Levant: Understanding the rise and fall of Jewish ritual purification baths in the Hasmonean-Roman period
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, University of Helsinki
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
Team 3: Material Culture and Community Heritage
Lahelma, A., Bonnie, R., Lorenzon, M., Holmqvist-Sipilä, E., Kouki, P. & Miettunen, P. H.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
ANEE: Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Silverman, J. M., Svärd, S., Lahelma, A., Nikki, N., Töyräänvuori, J., Jokiranta, J., Laine, L., Kletter, R., Bonnie, R., Thomas, S., Holmqvist-Sipilä, E., Kouki, P., Wasmuth, M., Wallis, C., Lorenzon, M., Jauhiainen, H., Jauhiainen, T., Alstola, T., Bach, J., Fink, S., Konstantopoulos, G., Zaia, S., Sahala, A. & Miettunen, P. H.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
Society and Religion in Late Second Temple Judaism
Jokiranta, J., Hakola, R., Bonnie, R., Tervanotko, H., Uusimäki, E., Antin, K., Vanonen, H., Penner, J. & Yli-Karjanmaa, S.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
CSTT: Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions
Nissinen, M., Aejmelaeus, A., Weissenberg von, H., Pakkala, J., Jokiranta, J., Kletter, R., Mattila, R., de Hulster, I., Silverman, J. M., Svärd, S., Valkama, K., Alstola, T., Saarelainen, K., Saari, S., Tapiola, E., Tynjä, T., Töyräänvuori, J., Perttilä, E., Kujanpää, K., Liljeström, M., Orpana, J., Pulkkinen, M., Seppänen, C., Tucker, M., Müller, R., Voitila, A., Borchardt, F., Kauhanen, T., Pajunen, M., Hakola, R., Latvus, K., Bonnie, R., Tervanotko, H., Uusimäki, E., Antin, K., Vanonen, H., Mäkipelto, V., Nommik, U., Yli-Karjanmaa, S., Penner, J., Longacre, D., Silverman, J. M., Tekoniemi, T., Dixon, H., Ito, S., Huotari, P., Keady, J., Fink, S., Konstantopoulos, G., Zaia, S., Nõmmik, A. & Laine, L.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Activities 2014 2019
The Persian Empire, the Social Sciences, and Ancient Historiography
Rick Bonnie (Speaker: Chair)12 Jan 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Religious Architecture in Ruins? Standing Synagogue Remains in Early Islamic Galilee
Rick Bonnie (Speaker)30 Apr 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Ancient Near Eastern Empires: Exploring the long-term regional impact of Empires upon fringe zone communities in the first millennium BCE
Antti Aleksanteri Lahelma (Speaker), Marta Lorenzon (Speaker), Rick Gerard Lorenz Maria Bonnie (Speaker), Elisabeth Holmqvist-Sipilä (Speaker), Paula Anneli Kouki (Speaker), Päivi Hannele Miettunen (Speaker), Suzanne Elizabeth Thomas (Speaker)23 Jan 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Investigating and Policing Antiquities Trafficking and Forgery in a Digital Age
Damien Huffer (Chair of organizing committee), Rick Bonnie (Scientific Committee Member), Visa Immonen (Scientific Committee Member), Josephine Munch Rasmussen (Scientific Committee Member), Suzie Thomas (Scientific Committee Member), Samuel Hardy (Scientific Committee Member)25 Apr 2019 → 26 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Experiencing Jewish Ritual Baths in Early Roman Palestine
Rick Bonnie (Speaker)21 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press / Media
Tyhjenikö amme?
Rick Bonnie, Elisabeth Holmqvist-Sipilä & Paula Kouki
01/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media