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Staff members with discipline Religion

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

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Dead Sea Scrolls; Ancient History of the Near East; Ancient Judaism
dr. A.W. (Ayhan) Aksu
Contact
a.w.aksu rug.nl
Function
Postdoctoral Researcher
Field / Discipline
G. (Gorazd) Andrejc, PhD
Contact
g.andrejc rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Religion
Field / Discipline
I provide the lectures in professional didactics in philosophy of life and religion in the educational minor and in the master teacher preparatory higher education (LVHO). I also supervise students in their internships in primary & secondary education and... read more
J.M. (Han) Bakker, MA
Contact
han.bakker rug.nl
*31 619 2670 99
Function
subject teacher religion & philosophy of life, tutor
No picture available
Contact
l.n.bakker rug.nl
Function
PhD candidate
My expertise is situated in the intersections of care and religious diversity, with a strong focus on gender, sexuality and the dynamics of religion and secularity.

My research projects include research on Christianity and Pentecostalism, secularity,...
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dr. B.E. (Brenda) Bartelink
Contact
b.e.bartelink rug.nl
Function
Senior researcher / Assistant Professor
socio-cultural anthropology, India (esp. Odisha)
theory and history of anthropology; anthropology of religion; indigenous religions; in relation to the aforementioned areas mainly the following topics: values, cosmology, ritual, food, death, cultural and...
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P. (Peter) Berger, Dr
Contact
p.berger rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor of Indian Religions and the Anthropology of Religion
Field / Discipline
Greek, Roman, Early Christian and Contemporary Religion; History of Scholarship
prof. dr. J.N. (Jan) - Bremmer
Contact
j.n.bremmer rug.nl
+31 50 526 2503
Function
Emeritus Professor of Science of Religion and Comparative Religious Studies
Field / Discipline
Anthropology of Islam, everyday religion, pilgrimage studies,  migration & Identity, Muslims in diaspora, Dialogical Self Theory, biographical Research
prof. dr. M.W. (Marjo) Buitelaar
Contact
m.w.buitelaar rug.nl
+31 50 36 35570
Function
Professor of Contemporary Islam
Field / Discipline
M. (Manoela) Carpenedo Rodrigues, PhD
Contact
m.carpenedo.rodrigues rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor and Marie Curie Felow
Field / Discipline
Premodern and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula, Islam, Religious Minorities, Muslim-Christian-Jewish Polemics, Arabic and Aljamiado Manuscripts, Literary and Cultural production of Muslims in Christian Spain (Mudejars and Moriscos), and al-Andalus (Muslim... read more
M. (Mònica) Colominas Aparicio, Prof
Contact
m.colominas.aparicio rug.nl
Function
VENI Researcher, Rosalind Franklin Fellow
L.R. (Linde) Draaisma, MA
Contact
l.r.draaisma rug.nl
Function
PhD candidate
K.A. (Kim) Fowler, PhD
Contact
k.a.fowler rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of New Testament
Field / Discipline
As a researcher, my primary interest is the modern history of Jewish communities in the Islamic world and their responses to modernity. From a methodological standpoint I consider myself a historian, and as such the majority of my research is based on... read more
S.R. (Sasha) Goldstein, PhD
Contact
s.r.goldstein rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Cultural History of the Middle Ages; Liturgy and Ritual; Manuscript Studies. Areas of Specialization: Medieval Liturgy (History, Theology, Practice); Codicology; the Distichs of Cato. Areas of Competence: Material Culture Theory; Critical Heritage Studies;... lees meer
A.J.M. (Andrew) Irving, Dr
Contact
a.j.m.irving rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Religion and Heritage
History of ideas, interaction religion - philosophy; practical philosophy (ethics, political philosophy); history of death, dying and bereavement; history of grief therapy; heritage and cemetery studies
C. (Christoph) Jedan, Prof
Contact
c.jedan rug.nl
+31 50 36 38017
Function
Professor of Ethics and Comparative Philosophy of Religion
Field / Discipline
Dr Seyfeddin Kara is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Origins at the University of Groningen. He holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Durham. Dr Kara’s academic journey includes a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, with research... read more
S. (Seyfeddin) Kara, PhD
Contact
s.kara rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Islamic Origins
Field / Discipline
Kim Knibbe is Associate Professor Anthropology and Sociology of Religion. In her work, she focuses on theorizing religion and culture inductively, based on ethnographic research, in pluralistic contexts. She has recently completed the 5 year project "Sexu... read more
dr. K.E. (Kim) Knibbe
Contact
k.e.knibbe rug.nl
+31 50 36 34585
Function
Associate Professor Sociology and Anthropology of Religion
Field / Discipline
dr. P.M. (Paul Michael) Kurtz
Contact
p.m.kurtz rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
F.K. (Fryderyk) Kwiatkowski, MA
Contact
f.kwiatkowski rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Early modern history; Intellectual history; Muslim-Christian relations
N. (Nynke) van Leeuwen, MA
Contact
n.van.leeuwen rug.nl
Function
PhD Researcher
Field / Discipline
Dr. Joshua J. Little is a Research Fellow at the Department of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Origins at the University of Groningen. He received an MPhil in Islamic Studies & History and a DPhil in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies from the University of... read more
J.J. Little
Contact
j.j.little rug.nl
Function
Research Fellow
Field / Discipline
Elizabeth Marteijn is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies of the University of Groningen specializing in het modern history of Middle Eastern Christianity. Her research and teaching interests include World Christianity,... read more
dr. E.S. (Elizabeth) Marteijn
Contact
e.s.marteijn rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Sociology of religion, secularism, governance of religious diversity, cities, governance networks, public institutions, contempotary Jewish communities, non-religion, apostasy
J. (Julia) Martínez-Ariño, Dr
Contact
j.martinez.arino rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Sociology of Religion
Field / Discipline
Pilgrimage studies, Religious Tourism, Local Policy
A. (Anwar) Masduki, M
Contact
a.anwar.masduki rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Eastern Roman Empire, Provincial administration, Hellenistic-Roman Judaea (society and life), Hasmonean Revolt and Rule, Jewish Wars against Rome, Judaean expatriate communities (Diaspora), works of Flavius Josephus, ancient historiography and rhetoric,... read more
prof. dr. S.N. (Steve) Mason
Contact
s.mason rug.nl
Function
Em. Distinguished Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Cultures
Field / Discipline
Death Studies, Ritual Studies, Geography of Religion, Psychology of Religion. I am available to supervise PhD students in these fields.
dr. B.M.H.P. (Brenda) Mathijssen
Contact
brenda.mathijssen rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor Geography and Psychology of Religion; Vice Dean and Director of Education
Field / Discipline
History of religion & politics; history of Europe in the twentieth century, especially France; human rights; modern & contemporary Christianity, especially dissident forms of Catholicism and Protestantism; history of warfare and war atrocities;... read more
R.M. (Rachel) McElroy White, PhD
Contact
r.m.johnston-white rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Contemporary History
History of Nineteenth- & Twentieth-century German and Dutch Theology and Religious Studies; Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923); History of Liberal Protestantism; Religion & Society; Material Christianity; Religion in the Public Domain
prof. dr. A.L. (Arie) Molendijk
Contact
a.l.molendijk rug.nl
+31 50 36 35580
Function
Emeritus professor of the History of Christianity and of the Philosophy of Religion
Field / Discipline
Middle East
Conflicts, terrorism, jihadism
Religion and violence
Media and propaganda
dr. P.G.T. (Pieter) Nanninga
Contact
p.g.t.nanninga rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor Middle Eastern Studies
Field / Discipline
Hagiography; History of Christian knowledge (1300-1725); History of Christian spirituality and mysticism; Catholic Reformation.
G.J. (Gooitske) Nijboer, MA
Contact
g.j.nijboer rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Old Testament - Book of Joshua - Hermeneutics - Archaeology of Palestine- History of reception
prof. dr. E. (Ed) Noort
Contact
e.noort rug.nl
+31 6 1398 9585
Function
Professor em. of Ancient Hebrew Literature and the History of Religion of Ancient Israel
Field / Discipline
Liability law; rent law; religion & law, in particular on the verge of religious communion and private law 
prof. mr. dr. F.T. (Fokko) Oldenhuis
Contact
f.t.oldenhuis rug.nl
+31 50 36 35767
Function
Professor by religion & law and Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society
Field / Discipline
Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Artificial Intelligence and palaeography, Judaism in the Graeco-Roman period, archaeology, ancient sciences, astrology, physiognomics and magic

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prof. dr. M. (Mladen) Popovic
Contact
m.popovic rug.nl
Function
Dean of the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society
New Testament and Early Christianity
Nag Hammadi codices and Gnosticism 
Early Christian Apocrypha
Religion and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Plutarch of Chaeronea
F.L. (Lautaro) Roig Lanzillotta, Prof
Contact
f.l.roig.lanzillotta rug.nl
Function
Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies
Field / Discipline
I am a historian of the Modern Middle East. My research and teaching interests include Christian Arab communities of and in the Middle East Middle East, a relational cultural and social history of Ottoman and Mandate Palestine, and minorities in/ diaspora... read more
K.M.J. (Karène) Sanchez-Summerer, Prof
Contact
karene.sanchez rug.nl
Function
Professor and Chair Middle Eastern studies
Field / Discipline
place attachment, spiritual and cultural tourism, well-being, spiritualities and sacred sites in Japan, critical research methods
J.B.I. (Januschka) Schmidt, MA
Contact
j.schmidt rug.nl
Function
Research Officer Manual Publishing; PhD Student
Kocku von Stuckrad is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on topics related to the history of religion, science, and philosophy in Europe and North America. Professor von Stuckrad served as President... read more
C.K.M. (Kocku) von Stuckrad, Prof
Contact
c.k.m.von.stuckrad rug.nl
Function
Professor of Religious Studies
Comparative Study of Religion; Interreligious dialogue; Philosophy of Religion; History of Religions; Comparative Philosophy; Theology.
bc. R.H. (Hamlet) Taddeo
Contact
r.h.taddeo rug.nl
Function
PhD candidate
Field / Discipline
History of Islamic Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy of Religion
J. (Javad) Taheri, Dr
Contact
j.taheri rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
- Hebrew Bible
- Targum
- Judaism
- Hebrew, Aramaic
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Contact
j.m.tanja rug.nl
Function
Lecturer Hebrew Bible and Judaism
Religion, Conflict, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation; Climate Change, Conflict, Peace and Security; Religion and Politics; Religion and Human Security; Community Development; Civil Society and Social Movements; 
J. (Joram) Tarusarira, Dr
Contact
j.tarusarira rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Sociology of Religion
dr. S.J. (Sipco) Vellenga
Contact
s.j.vellenga rug.nl
Function
Em. Lecturer Sociology of Religion
Field / Discipline
Religiestudies, geschiedenis van de westerse esoterie
drs. K.A. (Klaran) Visscher
Contact
k.a.visscher rug.nl
+31 6 2033 8413
Function
Deputy Director
Field / Discipline
Religion and popular culture; ritual studies; fan studies; digital ethnography; cultural heritage.
W.F. (Welmoed) Wagenaar, MA
Contact
w.f.wagenaar rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Germany and Europe; Religion and Heritage, Transnational History of Religion and Secularism; History of Modern Worldviews
T.H. (Todd) Weir, Prof
Contact
t.h.weir rug.nl
Function
Professor History of Christianity and Modern Culture
Field / Discipline
urbanism, built environment, lived religion, pilgrimage, travel, networks, epigraphy, gender, Late Antiquity, Anchoring Innovation
M.E.S. (Marlena) Whiting, Dr
Contact
m.e.s.whiting rug.nl
Function
Postdoctoral Researcher
Field / Discipline
Meaningful work, Dirty work, Sensemaking, the Body, Secularity, Gender, Sexuality.

Selection of Publications:

• Wiering, J.O. (2022). ‘Why Aren’t You a Woman?’: Gender and Secular Affect in the Dutch Field of Sexual Health. New Diversities, 24(2), 59-72....
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dr. J.O. (Jelle) Wiering
Contact
j.o.wiering rug.nl
Function
postdoctoral researcher
Religion and diplomacy, secularism, refugees and forced migration, human rights, development, global justice, globalization, climate change
E.K. (Erin) Wilson, Prof
Contact
e.k.wilson rug.nl
Function
Professor of Politics and Religion
Relational Psychoanalysis; Identity Theory; Art, I magination and Religion; Spiritual Care
prof. dr. T.H. (Hetty) Zock
Contact
t.h.zock rug.nl
+31 50 36 35245
Function
Emeritus Professor of Religion and Mental Health, in particular in the domain of Spiritual Care (Special chair of the KSGV, Study Centre for Religion and Mental Health, sponsored by the VVP, Association of Dutch Liberal Protestants)
Field / Discipline
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