Dunja Sharbat Dar M.A.
Research Associate
Universitätsstr. 90a
44789
Bochum
Office 2.11
Fon+49 234 32-22941
Research Associate & PhD Student
Office Hours
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Areas of Research
- Religion in Japan
- Coping and socio-religious transformational processes after catastrophe / disaster studies (3.11 / Fukushima in Tohoku, Japan)
- Religion and space
- Sacred architecture in the urban environment
- Religious discourses on sexuality / queer studies
- Religion in popular culture
- since 2020 – PhD project, working title:
»Religious Space and the Invisible – understanding socio-spatial arrangements in Japanese churches«
- 2019 – M.A. – Study of Religion (RUB)
- 2017 – B.A. – Study of Religion & Japanese Studies (RUB & Fukushima University / 福島大学)
WS 2021/2022:
MA-Seminar: Resonating Religion: About the Intersection of Music and Religion
BA/MA-Seminar: Religion im gegenwärtigen Japan (Religion in contemporary Japan)
SoSe 2021:
BA/MA-Seminar: From Jedi Knights, Monster Hunting Cowgirls and a Teenage Witch – Religion in der Populärkultur
Team-Teaching with Anna Kira Hippert
Presentations
- „Recreating Communal Ties: Shinto and Christian Communities in Fukushima after 3.11“ at the workshop „Current status of Japanese Studies in Europe: from the point of view of the young researchers of social sciences“ (01.-02. Nov. 2019) of the European Center for Japanese Studies in Alsace (CEEJA), Kientzheim (France).
- „Feldforschung in Japan“ ("Fieldwork in Japan"), International Evening at CERES, Ruhr-University Bochum
- „Pray for Japan — Religion in Zeiten von Erdbeben, Tsunami und atomarem Meltdown“ at the panel „Japanforschung“ at Connichi in Kassel (06. -09. Sept. 2019)
- "Japanese Popculture in Germany: The Influence of Manga, Anime and J-music and the German reaction", presentation for students of the Global Leaders Program from Hitotsubashi University at Ruhr-University Bochum (03. Sept. 2014)
Media
Podcast about our Children's book: Melting Pod (09/2021)
Forschungsaufenthalt in Fukushima, Japan
- Rheinische Post, 15.02.2020. Zeitungsartikel der RP
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, RUB Newsportal
Austauschjahr in Fukushima, Japan (2014-2015)
- Lippische Landeszeitung, 10.11.2015. LZ Bericht.
Research Associate of Center for Religious Studies and SaWa
Associate Lecturer of CERES Teaching
Member of Studienbeirat
PhD Student of CERES Early Career Researchers' Program