Mattias Brand

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 mattias.brand@unifr.ch
 +41 26 300 7454
 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7504-0531

  • Visuality in Alternative Histories
  • Transformation of Religious Objects and Practices at Home
  • Manichaeism and early Christianities
  • Theorizing in the Study of Religion
  • Comparative and Historical Approaches

Biography

Previous Academic Positions:

Postdoc, Department for the Study of Religions, University of Zürich (2019-2024)

Lecturer, Centre for the Study of Religions, Leiden University (2018-2019)

Visiting scholarships in Vienna (2022) and Sydney (2016)

 

Education:

PhD, Leiden University (2019)

MA, Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, focus on the study of religion\s, Leiden University (2012)

MA, History, Leiden University (2010)

BA, History, Utrecht University (2009)