Who are we?

WCOM is as a collaborative project carried out by six researchers that found one another in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki.

Visa Immonen
Professor of Archaeology, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of Turku

Sanna Aro-Valjus
Adjunct Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki

Rick Bonnie
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires and in the Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions, both University of Helsinki

Helen Dixon
Assistant Professor of Religion, Wofford College | Associate member in the Centre of Excellence in Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions, University of Helsinki

Ulla Tervahauta
Assistant Professor in New Testament Studies, University of Copenhagen | Associate member in the Centre of Excellence in Reason and Religious Recognition, University of Helsinki

Suzie Thomas
Professor of Cultural Heritage Studies, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki | member in the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires, University of Helsinki

Nida Dandashi
Project Research Assistant

Saimi Kautonen
Project Research Assistant