Dr. Dunja Sharbat Dar
Research AssociateResearch Associate
PhD thesis: Atmospheres in Religious Boundary Making Processes — A Comparative Study of Christian Church Service Atmospheres in Twenty-First Century Japan
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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 (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) in transformation
Religious discourses on sexuality / queer studies
Religion in popular culture
2020-2026 – PhD project: »Atmospheres in Religious Boundary Making Processes — A Comparative Study of Christian Church Service Atmospheres in Twenty-First Century Japan«
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
Research Associate of Center for Religious Studies and RelSAT
Associated Researcher of Graduate School of Metaphor and Religion and CRC 1475 „Metaphors of Religion“
Former Projects and Affiliations
Research Associate of SaWa
Associate Lecturer of CERES Teaching
Member of Study Advisory Board
PhD Student of Center for Religious Studies and CERES Early Career Researchers' Program
