Participants and partners 2005-2009
Religion, Cognition and Culture
- Chair and coordinator
- Advisory Board
- Formal partners
- Danish participants and partners
- International participants and partners
Chair and Coordinator
| Geertz, Armin W., Professor, Chair | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Jensen, Jeppe Sinding, Lektor, Coordinator | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
Advisory board
| Fredens, Kjeld, Vismand, Ledelseskonsulent og Læge | Aarhus | |||||
| Høgh-Olesen, Henrik, Professor | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Roepstorff, Andreas, Lektor | Centre for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience & Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University | |||||
Formal Partners
| MIND Lab, Aarhus University and Århus University Hospital Professor Leif Østergaard, leif@pet.au.dk and Lektor Andreas Roepstorff, andreas@pet.au.dk | ||||||
| Centre for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University and Århus University Hospital | ||||||
| The MR Research Centre, Århus University Hospital, Skejby Lektor Hans Stødkilde-Jørgensen, hsj@mr.au.dk | ||||||
| Aarhus Network for Science, Technology, Medicine and Climate Studies (ANSTMS), Aarhus University Lektor Peter C. Kjærgaard, idepck@hum.au.dk | ||||||
| Research Area “Cognition, Communication and Culture” (CCC) | ||||||
| Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, http://www.icea.ox.ac.uk/ Professor Harvey Whitehouse, harvey.whitehouse@anthro.ox.ac.uk | ||||||
| Explaining Religion Project (6th Framework of the European Commission) | ||||||
| Research Project "Mind and Society in the Transmission of Religion", Department of Comparative Religion, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. | ||||||
| International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IASCR), http://www.iacsr.com Professor E. Thomas Lawson, President, e.thomas.lawson@wmich.edu Professor Armin W. Geertz, Secretary General, awg@teo.au.dk Professor Luther H. Martin, lhmartin@zoo.uvm.edu |
Danish participants and partners
| Albinus, Lars, Lektor | Departments of the Study of Religion and Systematic Theology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Alstrup, Linda, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Andersen, Kirsten M., Lektor | Silkeborg Seminarium | |||||
| Andersen, Ove Vedel | Deaf and Blind Center, Aalborg | |||||
| Bech, Birgitte, Lektor | Støvring Gymnasium, Støvring | |||||
| Beek, Martijn van, Lektor | Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University | |||||
| Berntsen, Dorthe, Lektor | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Bertelsen, Preben, Lektor | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Biering, Tine Jeanette, Cand.Mag. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Bjerre, Jørn | jbj@cvumidtvest.dk | Center for Children's Life and Learning, CLL Department of Development and Research, CVU Midt-Vest, Skive | ||||
| Bjørnvig, Thore, Student | Department of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Borup, Jørn, Adjunkt | jb@teo.au.dk | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | ||||
| Bærentsen, Klaus B., Professor | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Bødker, Kis, Psykolog | Viborg | |||||
| Christensen, Dorthe Refslund, Forskningsadjunkt | Department of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University | |||||
| Christensen, Lisbeth Bredholt, Forskningsadjunkt | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Christensen, Torben, Student | torbenchrist@hotmail.com | Department of Religious Studies, Southern Denmark University, Odense | ||||
| Damgaard, Iben, adjunkt, ph.d. | Department of Systematic Theology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Davidsen, Markus, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Davidsen, Ole, Studielektor | Department of Old & New Testament Studies, Aarhus University | |||||
| Feldt, Laura, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Fibiger, Marianne Qvortrup, Lektor | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Faaborg, Janus, cand.theol. | Theology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Gebhardt, Birgit, Psykolog | Ebeltoft | |||||
| Gerdes, Ida Marie, cand.mag. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Gregersen, Niels Henrik, Professor | Department of Systematic Theology, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Grøn, Agnethe, Student | Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University | |||||
| Grøn, Arne, Professor | Department of Systematic Theology, and Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Grønlund, Camilla, Psychiatrist | cg@kognitiv.dk | Cognitive Therapy Center, Aarhus | ||||
| Gubba, Lotte, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Gundorph, Jette, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Hallbäck, Geert, Professor | Department of Biblical Studies, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Hanberg, Lone, Research Secretary | The MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, SkejbyUniversityHospital | |||||
| Hansen, Kenneth, Adjunkt | Institute of Communication, | |||||
| Haviv, Joel, Student & Marketingmedarbejder | Department of History of Religions student, University of Copenhagen, and Marketing Assistent, Museum Tusculanum Publishers, Copenhagen | |||||
| Hedegaard, Mariane, Professor | Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Hermansen, Mads, Professor | Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology, CopenhagenBusinessSchool, Copenhagen | |||||
| Hesselberg, Line, Student | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Hoffmann, Thomas, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Literary Studies, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Hohwy, Jakob, lektor | Australia | |||||
| Horsdal, Marianne, Lektor | Department of Pedagogic Research and Development, Southern DenmarkUniversity, Kolding | |||||
| Højberg, Christian Kordt, Lektor | Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Ihle, Annette Haaber, Faglig Koordinator | Center for African Studies, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Jakobsen, Anne Chresteria, Undervisningsassistent | Department of Classical Languages, Aarhus University | |||||
| Jensen, Hans Jørgen Lundager, Professor | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Jensen, Tina G., Post.Doc. | Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Jessen, Caroline Zoffmann, Student | Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University | |||||
| Jessen, Mads, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Johannsen, Niels Nørkjær, Student | Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Kjølby, Anette, Amanuensis | Carsten Niebuhr Institute for Middle East Studies, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Klausen, Bodil, Lektor | Gedved Seminarium, Vitus Bering Danmark - CVU, Gedved | |||||
| Koch, Gretchen, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Krogsdal, Iben, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Kyhl, Ole | ||||||
| Kaasbøl, Else Marie, Lektor | Education and Psychology, Ikast Seminary and CVU Midwest | |||||
| Larsen, Kasper Bro, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Old & New Testament Studies, Aarhus University | |||||
| Leopold, Anita Maria, Ph.D. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Linde, Brian Starup, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Lindhardt, Martin, Ekstern lektor | Department of Ethnology & Center for African Studies, University of Copenhagen; Center for Media Science & Languages, University of Southern Denmark | |||||
| Lisdorf, Anders, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Lund, Anne, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Madsen, Mads Lægdsgaard, Cand.Mag. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Munk, Kirstine, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Religious Studies, Southern DenmarkUniversity, Odense | |||||
| Müller, Ingrid, Cand.Mag. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Møldrup, Mikkel, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Nielsen, Keld Stehr, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Philosophy, Pedagogics and Rhetorics, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Nielsen, Marie Vejrup, Adjunkt | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Nielsen, Tina, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Nyord, Rune, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Egyptology, Institute of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Nytofte, Jytte, Cand.Pæg.Psyk. | The Danish University of Education, Aarhus | |||||
| Olsen, John D., Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Philosophy, Aarhus University | |||||
| Otto, Ton, Professor | Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University | |||||
| Overgaard, Louise, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Overgaard, Ulrik, Ph.D.-Cand. | Centre for Grundtvig Studies, Department of Church History, Aarhus University | |||||
| Pade, Mikkel, Secretary & Student | Center for Contemporary Religion and Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Patzwaldt, Petra, Student | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Pedersen, Anne, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Pedersen, Kirstine Helbo, Ph.D. Candidate | Department of Church History, Aarhus University | |||||
| Perho, Irmeli, Adjunkt | aip@teo.au.dk | Arabic and Islamic Studies Unit, Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | ||||
| Petersen, Anders Klostergaard, Lektor | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Petersen, Brian, Cand.mag. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Petersen, Michael Bang, Ph.D. Candidate | michael@ps.au.dk | Department of Political Science, Aarhus University | ||||
| Poulsen, Astrid K. Geertz, Forlagsredaktør | Alinea, Copenhagen | |||||
| Poulsen, Jes Vang, Student | Department of Comparative Literature & Centre for Semiotics | |||||
| Rasmussen, Majken, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Rasmussen, Ulrik Houlind, Ekstern lektor | Department of Languages and Culture, Aarhus University | |||||
| Recke, Renate, Ph.D.-Cand. | Deparatment of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Ryan, Bartholomew, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Church History, Aarhus University | |||||
| Sabih, Joshua A., Ph.D.-Cand. | Semitic Languages, Aarhus University | |||||
| Schjødt, Jens Peter, Lektor | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Schjødt, Uffe, Ph.D. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Schleicher, Marianne, Adjunkt | Department of Old & New Testament Studies, Aarhus University | |||||
| Schönbech, Oluf, Ekstern Lektor | Department of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Sedgwick, Mark, Lektor | mjs@teo.au.dk | Arabic and Islamic Studies Unit, Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | ||||
| Stjernfelt, Frederik, Lektor | Department of Literary Studies, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Stødkilde-Jørgensen, Hans, Lektor | The MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, SkejbyUniversityHospital | |||||
| Sørensen, Gry Sjøqvist, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Sørensen, Jesper, Lektor | Department of Religious Studies, Southern Denmark University, Odense; affiliated staff at Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University, Belfast, N. Ireland | |||||
| Thomsen, Bente, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Thomsen, Rikke Meldgaard, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Tranum, Rasmus, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Tybjerg, Tove, Lektor | Department of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Tylén, Kristian, Cand.Mag. | Center for Semiotics, Aarhus University | |||||
| Tønnesvang, Jan, Lektor | Department of Psychology, Aarhus University | |||||
| Thaarup, Hanne Kamp | Department of Nordic Literature, Aarhus University | |||||
| Verdoner, Marie Gregers, Ph.D. | Department of Church History, Aarhus University | |||||
| Vikner, Sten, Professor | Centre for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience and Department of English, Aarhus University | |||||
| Warburton, David Alan, Ekstern Lektor | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| West, Peter, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of History of Religions, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Weiling, Ewa, Ph.D.-Cand. | slavews@hum.au.dk | Department of Slavic Languages Aarhus University | ||||
| Willerslev, Rane, Adjunkt | Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, formerly at the Aarhus University | |||||
| Wind, Gitte, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University | |||||
| Wium-Andersen, Dorrit | Deaf and Blind Center, Aalborg | |||||
| Østergaard, Jesper, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
| Østergaard, Svend, Lektor | Center for Semiotics, Aarhus University | |||||
| Østergaard, Tinne Stubbe, Student | Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University | |||||
International partners
| Abugov, Netta, Student | Tel Aviv University, Israel | |||||
| Addis, Mark, Professor | mark.addis@bcu.ac.uk | Philosophy, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom | ||||
| Anttonen, Veikko, Professor | Comparative Religion, University of Turku, Finland | |||||
| Bardsley, Craig, Ph.D. | Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, UK | |||||
| Barnes, Michael Horace, Professor | Religious Studies Department, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA | |||||
| Barrett, Justin, Ph.D. | Centre for Anthropology and Mind, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom | |||||
| Barsalou, Lawrence W. | barsalou@emory.edu | Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA | ||||
| Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin, Professor | University of Haifa, Israel | |||||
| Benavides, Gustavo, Professor | Department of Theology & Religious Studies, VillanovaU niversity, Villanova, PA, USA | |||||
| Boyer, Pascal, Professor | Memory & Development Laboratory, Washington University, St. Louis, MI, USA | |||||
| Brandt, Per Aage, Professor | Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA | |||||
| Bulbulia, Joseph, Lecturer | Religious Studies, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand | |||||
| Deacon, Terrence W., Professor | Anthropology, University of California, BerkeleyCA, USA | |||||
| Donald, Merlin W., Professor, Director | Cognitive Science, CaseWestern Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA | |||||
| Dunbar, Robin I. M., Professor | Evolutionary Psychology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK | |||||
| Dyrendal, Asbjørn, Professor | Department of Religious Studies, University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway | |||||
| Faw, William, Professor, Chair | Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Brewton-ParkerCollege, Mt. Vernon, GA, USA | |||||
| Goldberg, David W., Assistant Professor | Religion/ History/ Philosophy & Classics Department, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, USA | |||||
| Gragg, Douglas L., Director | Library and IT Services, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, USA | |||||
| Grubitz, Kenzie, Ph.D. Cand. | kenzie.grubitz@gmail.com | Claremont School of Theology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA, USA | ||||
| Hall, Catherine, B.A. | Ohio State University, USA | |||||
| Harmon-Vukic, Mary, Professor | maryharmon09@webster.edu | Department of Psychology, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, USA | ||||
| Hegarty, James, Ph.D. Cand. | Religious and Theological Studies, CardiffUniversity, Wales | |||||
| Joyce, Janet, Director | Equinox Publishing Ltd., London, UK | |||||
| Lakoff, George P., Professor | Berkeley Linguistics Department, University of California, BerkeleyCA, USA | |||||
| Lawson, E. Thomas, Professor and Co-Director | Comparative Religion Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA and Co-Director and Distinguished Award Fellow at the Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||
| Lease, Gary, Professor, Dean of the Humanities | History of Consciousness Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA | |||||
| LeDayn, Derek | Relgious Studies Department, University of Wellington, New Zealand | |||||
| Levy, Gabriel, Ph.D. Cand. | Religious Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA; visiting scholar at Department of Biblical Studies, University of Copenhagen | |||||
| Longstreet, C. Shaun, Assistant Professor | Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA | |||||
| Manthou, Aleka, Student | Department of Religion, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |||||
| Markusson, Guðmundur Ingi, Cand.Mag. | The Reykjavik Academy, Iceland | |||||
| McCauley, Robert N., Professor & Director | Department of Philosophy, Emory College Center for Teaching and Curriculum, Atlanta GA, USA | |||||
| McCorkle, William, Jr., Ph.D.-Cand. | Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||
| Meyland, Nicolas, Ph.D. Cand. | Département Interfacultaire d’Histoire et de Sciences des Religions, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland | |||||
| Mitkidis, Panagiotis, Student | Department of Religion, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |||||
| Mort, Joel, Professor | joel.mort@wpafb.af.mil | Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Department of Psychology, Wright State University, USA | ||||
| Mosca, Aldo, Professor | New School University, New York, NY, USA | |||||
| Nair, Rukmini Bhaya, Professor | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India | |||||
| Ödén, Birgit Lindgren, Ph.D.-Cand. | Department of Comparative Religion, Åbo Academy, Finland | |||||
| Orye, Lieve | Comparative Sciences of Culture, Ghent University, Belgium | |||||
| Paden, William, Professor | Department of Religion, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA | |||||
| Panayotis, Pachis, Professor | Department of Religion, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |||||
| Papadaki, Maria, Student | Department of Religion, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |||||
| Reynolds, John M. | Vajranatha.com, Germany | |||||
| Rohrer, Tim, Research Fellow | Institute for Neural Computation, Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA and Colorado Advanced Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA | |||||
| Roubekas, Nikolas, Student | Department of Religion, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | |||||
| Saler, Benson, Professor | Department of Anthropology, BrandeisUniversity, Waltham, MA, USA | |||||
| Shakhnovich, Marianna, Professor, Head of Department | Department of the Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies, State St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia | |||||
| Sinha, Chris, Professor, Head of Department | Psychology, University of Portsmouth, England | |||||
| Sjöblom, Tom, Docent | Department of Comparative Religion, University of Helsinki, Finland | |||||
| Slone, D. Jason, Professor | slonej@webster.edu | Department of Religious Studies, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, USA | ||||
| Smith, Barbara Herrnstein, Professor, Director | Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory, DukeUniversity, Durham, NC, USA | |||||
| Sousa, Paulo, Assistant Director | p.sousa@qub.ac.uk | Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||
| Stausberg, Michael, Professor | Department of History of Religions, Institute of Classics, Russian and the History of Religions, University of Bergen, Norway | |||||
| Steen, Francis | Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |||||
| Sweis, Khaldoun, Ph.D. Cand. | Philosophy of Mind, Hull University, United Kingdom | |||||
| Turner, Mark, Professor, Dean of Arts & Sciences | Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA | |||||
| Wasim, Alef Theria, Professor | aleftw@indo.net.id | State Islamic University, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia | ||||
| Wiebe, Donald, Professor | TrinityCollege, Faculty of Divinity, University of Toronto, ON, Canada | |||||
| Williams, Alan, Senior Lecturer | Department of Religions and Theology, University of Manchester, England | |||||
| Xygalatas, Dimitris, Ph.D. Cand. | Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland | |||||