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Tim Rudbøg

  • Karen Blixens Plads 8

    2300 København S

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Kort præsentation

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)

Pan-Sophia: a student journal

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

Undervisning / Teaching:

Undervisning/teaching 2025:

  • Magic, Occultism and Esotericism in European Contexts

Undervisning  2024/ Teaching 2024:

  • Nature, Humanity, and Global Perspectives in Modern Spirituality and Esotericism (with Bjarke S. Nielsen and Samanta Viziale)

 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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