CURRICULUM VITAE 30.1.2014 Martti Heikki Nissinen, s. 22.4.1959Kuopiossa. Työosoite: Faculty of Theology, POB 4 (Vuorikatu 3 ), 00014 University of Helsinki Kotiosoite: Konalantie 7 D 51, 00370 Helsinki, Finland. Tutkinnot Teologian kandidaatti, Helsingin yliopisto, 1984. Teologian tohtori, Helsingin yliopisto,1992. Vanhan testamentin eksegetiikan dosentti, Helsingin yliopisto, 1995 2007. Muu koulutus Kanttori (alin aste), Suomen ev.-lut. kirkko, 1984. Nykyinen tehtävä Vanhan testamentin eksegetiikan professori, Helsingin yliopisto, vuodesta 2007. Aikaisemmat tehtävät Raamatun ja muinaisitämaisen kirjallisuuden professori, Helsingin yliopisto, 2002 2007. Suomen Akatemian vanhempi tutkija/akatemiatutkija, 1998 2002. Suomen Akatemian nuorempi tutkija, 1994 1998. Raamatunkäännöskomitean kääntäjä, 1985 1986, 1988 1989. Vanhan testamentin eksegetiikan assistentti, Helsingin yliopisto, 1985 1994. Stipendit Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA, jäsen 2008 2009 (10 kk); vierailija 2011 (2 kk). DAAD-stipendi, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Saksa, 1986 1987. Tutkimusrahoitus Suomen Akatemian huippuyksikkö Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions, 1.1.2014 31.12.2019. Suomen Akatemian tutkimushanke Galilee in the Iron Age, 1.9.2012 31.8.2016. Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö ja Suomen Akatemia: Valtakunnallinen teologian tohtoriohjelma, 1.1.2012 31.12.2015. Suomen Akatemia, varttuneen tieteenharjoittajan rahoitus, 1.8.2008 31.7.2009.
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 2008 2009. Suomen Akatemian vanhemman tutkijan/akatemiatutkijan rahoitus, 1.8.1998 31.7.2002. Suomen Akatemian nuoremman tutkijan rahoitus, 1.8.1994 31.7.1998.
Leadership Leader of the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions, 2014 19. Leader of the Finnish Gradute School/Doctoral Programme of Theology, 2009 14; vice-leader 2007 2009; board member since 2002. Leader of the Academy of Finland research project Galilee in the Iron Age, 2012 16. Co-leader of the research project Body and Society in the Biblical World in the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence Formation of the Early Jewish- Christian Ideology, 2002 2005. Supervision Completed dissertations: Jukka Palola (2011), Juha Tanska (2011), Kirsi Valkama (2012). Currently (co-)supervised dissertations: Merja Alanne, Katri Antin, Tero Alstola, Mimosa Mäkinen, Katri Saarelainen, Sanna Saari, Esko Siljanen, Tuula Tynjä, Emilia Tapiola. Awards, Prizes and Honours Honorary Member of the Society for Old Testament Study since 2013. Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia) since 2009. Teacher of the Year Award, Teologian ylioppilaiden tiedekuntayhdistys (Association of Students of Theology in Helsinki), 2003. The Valentine s Day prize of SEXPO (The Finnish Society for Sexual Politics), 1995. The Apple of Knowledge, SETA (the Finnish Organization for Sexual Equality), 1994. Other Academic Merits Examinations of Habilitationsschriften Meik Gerhards 2009 (Rostock). Examinations of doctoral theses Jyrki Keinänen 2001 (Helsinki); Janne Nurmi 2004 (Åbo Akademi); Anthony Heacock 2005 (Sheffield); Sigurður Hafþorsson 2006 (Uppsala); Marian Broida 2012 (Emory); Michael Chan 2013 (Emory); Elaine James 2013 (Princeton Theological Seminary). Pre-examinations of doctoral theses Jyrki Keinänen 2000 (Helsinki); Pirjo Lapinkivi 2003 (Helsinki); Mikko Luukko 2004 (Helsinki); Marko Marttila 2004 (Helsinki); Sigurður Hafþorsson 2005 (Uppsala).
Examinations of licentiate theses Petri Kasari 1999 (Helsinki); Marja-Liisa Rajaniemi 2000 (Jyväskylä); Marko Marttila 2002 (Helsinki). Assessments of applications for adjunct professorship/docentship Pekka Särkiö 1999 (Helsinki); Kari Latvus 2003 (Helsinki); Juha Pakkala 2004 (Helsinki); Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila 2004 (Tampere); Marko Marttila 2011 (Helsinki) and 2012 (University of Eastern Finland). Most Important Administrative Positions Chairman of the Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East since 2010. Board member of Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes since 2012. Member of the Research Board of the University of Helsinki 2007 2008. Faculty Board member, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki 2003 2009. Administrative superior of postgraduate students employed by the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology, 2010 14. Administrative superior of the members of the Centre of Excellence Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions employed by the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology since 2014. Positions of Trust in Academic Communities Inspector of the Savo Student Nation (Savolainen Osakunta), University of Helsinki, since 2008. Nils Klim Prize Academic Committee, Ludvig Holberg Foundation (Norway): Chair 2012 13, member 2007 13. Finnish Exegetical Society: Chair 2001 2007, board member since 1993. OTSEM (Northern European Network of Old Testament Studies focusing on doctoral education): coordinating committee member since 2005. Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) International Meetings: Program Unit Chair for Prophecy 2002 7. SBL Prophetic Texts and their Ancient Contexts Group: program unit cochair 2006 12, steering committee member since 1999. SBL Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature Section: program unit chair since 2014, steering committee member since 2004. MELAMMU: The Intellectual Heritage of Assyria and Babylonia in East and West: steering committee member 1998 2001. Friends of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East: Vice-president 1996 2008, board member 1995 2010. Memberships of Editorial Boards
Editor-in-Chief of Teologinen Aikakauskirja/Teologisk Tidskrift (Finnish Journal for Theology) 2004 2011; co-editor 1985 2004; member of the editorial board since 2011. Editorial boards: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (Berlin: De Gruyter) 2003 11. Journal of Biblical Literature (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature) 2003 2009. lectio difficilior: European Electronic Journal for Feminist Exegesis (University of Bern) since 2012. SBL Writings from the Ancient World (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature) since 2007. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament (London: Taylor & Francis) since 2005. Welt des Orients (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) since 2007. Vetus Testamentum (Leiden: Brill) since 2013. Advisory boards: Ancient Near Eastern Monographs Series/Monografias sobre el Antiguo Cercano Oriente (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature) since 2008. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck) since 2009. Sacra Scripta (Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) since 2007. Themes in Biblical Narrative (Leiden: Brill) since 2007. Invited Endowed Lectures Johns Hopkins University, Samuel Iwry Lecture (2008), University of Winnipeg, Newcombe Lectures (2009), University of Edinburgh, Gunning Lecture (2009), Cambridge University, Tyrwhitt Lecture (invited, 2014). Other Invited Lectures and Public Research Papers University of Alberta, Edmonton (2008), Bern (2000, 2006), Bonn (2002), Cologne (2002), Columbia University, New York (2006), Drexel University, Philadelphia (2009), Fribourg (2000, 2006), Göttingen (2008), Harvard (2011), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2008), Jewish Theological Seminary, New York (2006), Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (2005, 2006), Lausanne (2000, 2006, 2008), Leiden (1997, 2013), Leipzig (2010), Mainz (2002), Munich (2006), University of Notre Dame (2000), Oxford (2006), Passau (1998), Princeton Theological Seminary (2008), Tel Aviv (2012), Tübingen (1999), Union Theological Seminary, New York (2005), Utrecht (2003), Winnipeg (2002), University of Wisconsin at Madison (2000), Yale (2009).