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Iitula-säätiö

Helsinki, Finland

Science & ResearchEducationArts & Culture
Grant-making foundationFounded 2017National reach
Profile last updated: July 13, 2026

About

Founded in 2017, Iitula-säätiö is a grant-making foundation based in Helsinki, Finland working on science & research, education, arts & culture.

Iitula-säätiö is a Finnish foundation based in Helsinki that promotes continental philosophy in the Finnish language. It funds translations of philosophical texts, grants project money for seminars and publications, and runs public lectures, courses and discussion events at its premises in Iitula. It also hosts a library and provides a meeting place for researchers, students and translators. The foundation was established in 2017 by Mikko Mäntynen and his daughter Anna-Maria, and it also supports people with intellectual disabilities.

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Founded

2017

Organisation type

Grant-making foundation

Legal form

Säätiö

Legal name

Iitula-säätiö

Focus areas

philosophycontinental philosophytranslationgrantsfoundationHelsinki

Languages

FIEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Science & ResearchEducationArts & Culture

Works for

Students

How they work

Grant-makingResearchAwareness & education

Programmes

Mannermaisen filosofian käännösapuraha

Science & Research · Finland

Annual grants for translating continental philosophy into Finnish, with grant sizes typically between 1,000 and 12,000 euros.

Mannermaisen filosofian hankeapuraha

Science & Research · Finland

Project grants of typically 200 to 1,000 euros for seminars, workshops, lectures, reading groups or small publications in continental philosophy.

Käännöksen kätilöinti

Science & Research · Finland

Support programme that funds an expert reader to comment on philosophy translation manuscripts, with a public discussion event and a finishing grant for translators.

Ajattelijan kokemus

Education · Finland

Recurring course in continental philosophy, taught in Helsinki by Miika Luoto and Sami Santanen.

Filosofian klassikoita

Education · Finland

Close-reading seminar series on key texts of continental philosophy.

Countries of operation

Finland

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Kriittinen korkeakoulu, Taideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia, Tutkijaliitto, Helsingin Lacan-piiri

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