Research Output per year
Personal profile
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. 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 Middle 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.
Fields of Science
- 615 History and Archaeology
- Classical archaeology
- Near Eastern Archaeology
- Archaeology of ritual and religion
- Heritage crime
- Community Archaeology
- Water architecture
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2008 2020
The Helios-and-Zodiac Motif in Late Antique Synagogues
Bonnie, R., 17 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) The Bible and Magic. Nikki, N. & Valkama, K. (eds.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , (Mundus Orientis).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Bath/Mikveh
Bonnie, R., 2019, Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online. Hunter, D., van Geest, P. & Lietaert Peerbolte, B. J. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, 10 p. (Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Scientific
File
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
Hasmonean Memories and Hellenistic Building Traditions: The Appearance and Disappearance of Synagogue Buildings in the Late Second Temple Period
Bonnie, R. G. L. M., 18 Dec 2019, (Accepted/In press) The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends. Bonnie, R., Hakola, R. & Tervahauta, U. (eds.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , 22 p. (Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Miten historiaa tutkitaan? Lähdekritiikki historiantutkimuksessa
Mäkipelto, V. (ed.), Laine, L. (ed.), Nissinen, M., Lahelma, A., Saari, S., Bonnie, R. (ed.), Lorenzon, M. (ed.), Wallis, C. (ed.) & Rostedt, K. (ed.), 7 May 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Professional
Open Access
Projects 2014 2025
Changing Hands, Changing Meanings: Researching Cultural Heritage Trafficking in the Nordic Region
Huffer, D., Bonnie, R., Immonen, V., Rasmussen, J. M. & Thomas, S.
Nordisk samarbetsnämnd för humanistisk och samhällsvetenskaplig forskning (NOS-HS)
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
Religious Responses to Climate Change in the Southern Levant: Understanding the rise and fall of Jewish ritual purification baths in the Hasmonean-Roman period
Bonnie, R. & Kautonen, S. K.
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., Kovanen, H., Thomas, S. & Saari, S.
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., Avneri Meir, R., Aissaoui, A. I., Arpe, O. P., Luukko, M. I., Kovanen, H., Linden, K., Bennett, E. R., Saari, S. & Vanderstraeten, E.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
WCOM: Working with Cultural Objects and Manuscripts
Thomas, S., Bonnie, R., Immonen, V., Dixon, H., Tervahauta-Helin, U. K. & Aro-Valjus, S. P.
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
Datasets
Activities 2014 2020
Understanding the Rise and Fall of Jewish Ritual Purification Baths in the Hasmonean-Roman Period
Rick Bonnie (Speaker), Saimi Kristiina Kautonen (Speaker)25 Jan 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Imperial Architecture in the Ancient Mediterranean and Middle East
Marta Lorenzon (Member of organizing committee), Rick Gerard Lorenz Maria Bonnie (Member of organizing committee), Antonio López García (Member of organizing committee), Samuli Kristian Simelius (Member of organizing committee)29 Apr 2019 → 30 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
The Concluding Meeting of the CSTT
Rick Bonnie (Attendee)24 Oct 2019 → 26 Oct 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
Provenance Research
Rick Bonnie (Speaker)10 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
Tyhjenikö amme?
Rick Bonnie, Elisabeth Holmqvist-Sipilä & Paula Kouki
01/04/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media