Research output per year
Research output per year
PhD, Professor
PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38)
00014
Finland
Research activity per year
Dr Samu Niskanen is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Helsinki. His research is mainly concerned with intellectual life in the Middle Ages and medieval literature, its publication, transmission, and reception. His books include The Letter Collections of Anselm of Canterbury (Brepols, 2011), the collaborative edition Ralph von Battle: Dialoge zur philosophischen Theologie (Herder, 2015), Letters of Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury: The Bec Correspondence (Oxford UP, 2019), Publication and the Papacy in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Cambridge UP, 2021), and the edited volume The Art of Publication from the Ninth to the Sixteenth Century (Brepols, 2023).
Niskanen has overseen two externally funded projects: Medieval Publishing from c. 1000 to 1500, (the European Research Council, 2017-22) and Authorial Publishing in Early Medieval Europe (c. 400–1000) (the Academy of Finland, 2019-23). He is a Hugh Price Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, and a General Editor for the Toronto series British Writers and the Early Modern Period. He manages the Medieval Studies programme, supervises doctoral students, and mentors postdoctoral researchers in the fields of medieval history and medieval Latin literature.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Niskanen, S. (Principal Investigator)
01/12/2012 → …
Project: Research project
Niskanen, S. (Principal Investigator), Kujawinski, J. (Participant), Tahkokallio, J. K. (Project manager) & Leinonen, L. (Participant)
01/04/2017 → 31/03/2022
Project: Research project
Leinonen, L. (Participant) & Niskanen, S. (Project manager)
01/08/2015 → 31/10/2015
Project: Research project
Niskanen, S. (Participant)
01/09/2013 → 31/08/2017
Project: Research project
Niskanen, S. (Principal Investigator), Tucker, A. (Participant) & Keskiaho, J. (Participant)
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research project
Niskanen, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Niskanen, S. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Niskanen, S. (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Niskanen, S. (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Niskanen, S. (Board member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
12/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
05/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
21/04/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media