Tim Rudbøg
Lektor - forfremmelsesprogrammet
Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier
Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300 København S, 10 Bygning 10 (Afsnit 2), Bygning: 10-4-13
- Centerleder Copenhagen Center for the Study of Theosophy and Esotericism (CCSTE)
- Uddannelsesleder for Religionsvidenskab
- Studienævnsrepræsentant for Religionsvidenskab
- Head of Scandinavian Network for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism (SNASWE)
- Torvholder for forskningsklyngen Natur og Spiritualitet
Tim Rudbøg har som uddannet religionshistoriker undervist mange kurser og publiceret bredt inden for fagområdet. Rudbøg har en særlig interesse for studiet af esotericisme, Helena P. Blavatsky og den teosofiske bevægelse og leder i den forbindelse Copenhagen Centre for the Study of Theosophy and Esotericism. Rudbøg blev valgt ind på UCPH-Forward talent-programmet 2020 og er optaget i professor-forfremmelsesprogrammet. Rudbøg er desuden uddannelsesleder og studienævnsrepræsentant for religionsvidenskab på Københavns Universitet.
Udgivelser i seneste tid inkluderer en række bøger som den pædagogiske håndbog The Academic Study of Western Esotericism: Foundational Theories and Methods (H.E.R.M.E.S.' Academic Press, 2022) og de co-redigerede bind Imagining the East: The Early Theosophical Society (Oxford University Press, 2020) og Innovation in Esotericism: from the renaissance to the present (Palgrave, 2021), Esotericism and Deviance (Brill, 2023). Rudbøg er også fra 2023 den ansvarshavende radaktør for tidskriftet Theosophical History som blev stiftet i 1985
Uddannelsesbaggrund / Educational background:
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in History (esotericism) from the University of Exeter, UK
- Adjunktpedagogikum (University teacher training)
- Research Master of Arts (MA) in The History of Religions with Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) in The Science of Religion with Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen
Fokus- og vejledningområder / Research Focus Areas
- (1) The history of esotericism (mysticism, magic and occultism),
- (2) H. P. Blavatsky and The Theosophical Society,
- (3) Modern religions,
- (4) Theory and Method in the Study of Religions,
- (5) The History of Ideas,
- (6) The relation between Religion, Science and Philosophy,
- (7) Indian religions and exchanges between Europe, the US and Asia.
Editorships
Occasional Papers (Theosophical History)
Theosophical History Journal (new editor from 2023)
Den Store Danske (øvrig tro) Danish National Encyclopedia
Forskning pt. / Current research
H.P. Blavatsky's Theosophy
Esoteric Christianity
Nature and Spirituality
Ph.d.- vejledning / PhD-supervision (2020-2024)
- Bjarke Stanley Nielsen (Theosophy and Global History)
- Samanta Viziale (Theosophy and Art) (co-supervised with prof. Massimo Leone, University of Torino)
Medlemsskaber og netværk /Memberships and network
- European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE)
- Scandinavian Network for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism (SNASWE)
- Religionshistorisk Forening (web)
- Dansk Selskab for Religionsvidenskab (DASR)
- Occult South Asia Network (OSAN)
- Esotericism and Aesthetics in The Nordic Countries (ESOSTETICS)
- Censorkorpset for religion i Danmark
- Forskningsklyngen Natur og Spiritualitet
- The Dark Arts Research Group: Studies in Gothic, Horror and the Occult, 1750-Present
Undervisning / Teaching:
Undervisning 2023/ Teaching 2023:
- Religion, Culture and Society (with Morten Warmind)
- Philosophy of Science (religion with Simon Stjernholm)
- Nature, Humanity, and Global Perspectives in Modern Spirituality and Esotericism (with Kocku von Stuckrad and Bjarke S. Nielsen)
Undervisning 2022/ Teaching 2022:
- Esoteric traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history
- Philosophy of Science (religion)
- Nature, Humanity, and Global Perspectives in Modern Spirituality and Esotericism (with Kocku von Stuckrad and Sierra Humbert)
Undervisning 2021 / Teaching 2021:
- Esoteric traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history
- Videnskabsteori (fagspecifik, religion) /Philosophy of Science (religion)
- Nature, Humanity, and Global Perspectives in Modern Spirituality and Esotericism (with Kocku von Stuckrad and Bjarke Stanley Nielsen)
Undervisning 2020 / Teaching 2020:
- Esoteric traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history
- Videnskabsteori (fagspecifik, religion) /Philosophy of Science (religion)
Undervisning 2019 / Teaching 2019:
- Esoteric traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history
- Videnskabsteori (fagspecifik, religion) /Philosophy of Science (religion)
- Metoder i religionsforskningen / Methods in the Study of Religions (with Brian Arly Jacobsen)
Undervisning 2018 / Teaching 2018:
- Esoteric traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history
- Videnskabsteori (fagspecifik, religion) /Philosophy of Science (religion)
Undervisning 2017 / Teaching 2017:
- Videnskabsteori (fagspecifik, religion) /Philosophy of Science (religion)
- Western Esoteric Traditions: across religion, science and philosophy in European history
- The New Spirituality and Modern Religious Crises: H. P. Blavatsky’s synthesis of ancient traditions and modern science
- History of Religions (Indian and esoteric traditions)
Undervisning 2016 / Teaching 2016:
- Videnskabsteori (fagspecifik, religion) /Philosophy of Science (religion)
- Vestens esoteriske traditioner / Western Esotericism
- Religionshistorie (antikken) / History of Religions (Antiquity)
Undervisning 2015 / Teaching 2015:
- Forskningshistorie / Research History
- Intellektuel og religiøs traditionalisme / Intellectual and Religious Traditionalism
- Religionshistorie (tilvalg) / History of Religions (BA elective)
- Religionshistorie 1 (antikken) / History of Religions 1 (antiquity)
- Opgavekursus / Academic writing
Undervisning 2014 / Teaching 2014:
- Den teosofiske Bevægelse: dens historie og betydning / The Theosophical Movement: its history and significance
- Religionshistorie I, Hold A / History of Religions I
- Nye religioner og deres historiske rødder / New Religions and their historical roots
- Tekst og Metode / Text and Method (with Catharina Raudvere)
- Opgavekursus / Academic writing
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