Riikka Tuori

Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

Research interests

Early Modern Judaism
Hebrew literature
Karaite Judaism
Jewish mysticism

Teaching

University of Helsinki (2008-):

Modern Hebrew 1, Modern Hebrew 2, Modern Hebrew 3, Hebrew texts
Mishnaic Hebrew
Introduction to Judaism
Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
Introduction to Medieval Jewish History
Religious Conflicts: Israel and Judaism
Religious radicalism
Comparative religion: World religions (Judaism)
Proseminar, Orientation courses for students

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (2014)

Jews in Poland-Lithuania
Karaites and Jewish Mysticism
Karaites and Jewish Identity
Hebrew Debate Poetry

Education and degrees

PhD in Middle Eastern Studies, 2013, University of Helsinki
Visiting Research Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2006‒2007
MA degree in Semitic languages and cultures, 2005, University of Helsinki

Professional activities

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Seminar für Judaistik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (2014, three-year contract)
Project researcher in the Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, project funded by the Finnish Academy, 1.1.‒31.12.2013, University of Helsinki
University lecturer and teacher in Semitic languages and cultures, 2009‒2010, University of Helsinki

Grants and awards

Alfred Kordelin Foundation post doc grant (3 years)
Emil Aaltonen Foundation: Grant for young scholars (2008, 2011-2012)
Visiting Research Scholar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, supported by the State of Israel (2006-2007)
Jussi Aro Scholarship for the scholars of Semitic studies (2007)
Research Foundation of the University of Helsinki: Grant for young scholars (2006)

Curriculum vitae

PhD Riikka Tuori is a University Lecturer of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Helsinki. She finished her thesis on Karaite Hebrew paraliturgical poetry at the University of Helsinki in 2013. In 2006–2007, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2014, she worked as a Research Associate at the Seminar für Judaistik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Her main research interests include early modern Judaism and Jewish literature.

Fields of Science

6122 Literature studies
Jewish Studies
Hebrew
6121 Languages
Hebrew
Modern Hebrew
615 History and Archaeology
Jewish history

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications

Kasvaako antisemitismi nyky-Puolassa?

Tuori, R., 27 Jan 2020, In : Teologia.fi. 1

Research output: Contribution to journal › Other articles › Professional

Unorthodox: nuoren hasidinaisen lähtö Williamsburgista

Tuori, R. & Czimbalmos, M., 27 Apr 2020, In : Katsomukset.fi : uskonnot ja katsomukset Suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa .

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

A Karaite Hakham Kolel and a Hebrew Poet: Zerah ben Nathan in a New World

Tuori, R., Jul 2019, The Poet and the World: Festschrift for Wout van Bekkum on the Occasion of His Sixty-fifth Birthday. Yeshaya, J., Hollender, E. & Katsumata, N. (eds.). Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, p. 135–158 23 p. (Studia Judaica; vol. 107).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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