Blossom Stefaniw is Professor of Intellectual History of Christianity at the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, a private specialized university that focuses on theology, religion, education and social studies in Oslo, Norway. Her research and writing focuses on how ancient and modern regimes of reading interact with the production of gendered and racial hierarchies.
Education edit
Stefaniw was awarded her PhD from the University of Erfurt in 2008, where she studied with Professor Jörg Rüpke. Her doctoral thesis was Mind, Text, and Commentary: Noetic Exegesis in Origen Alexandria, Didymus the Blind, and Evagrius Ponticus.[1] It was published as a monograph in 2010.
Career and research edit
Stefaniw is an expert on late antique religion, asceticism, feminist historiography, masculinity, and epistemic justice. Before coming to the MF Norwegian School, held postdoctoral positions at the University of Erfurt, Dumbarton Oaks, and Aarhus University. She was then a Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Council and Junior Professor for Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from 2011.[2][3]
Bibliography edit
- Stefaniw, Blossom (2021). "Masculinity, Historiography, and Uses of the Past: An Introduction". Journal of Early Christian History. 11 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1080/2222582X.2021.1931903. hdl:11250/3052362.
- Stefaniw, Blossom (September 2020). "Feminist Historiography and Uses of the Past". Studies in Late Antiquity. 4 (3): 260–283. doi:10.1525/sla.2020.4.3.260.
- Christian Reading: Language, Ethics, and the Order of Things (Oakland: University of California Press, 2019)
- Mind, Text, and Commentary: Noetic Exegesis in Origen of Alexandria, Didymus the Blind, and Evagrius Ponticus (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2010)
References edit
- ^ "Suchportal der Universität Erfurt". discovery.uni-erfurt.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ December 2020, Julie Holdal Hansen Published: 18; Research, last changed 16 March 2023 Category: News. "Excellent Researcher Joins MF | MF". mf.no. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Young, Robin Darling; Kalvesmaki, Joel, eds. (2016). "Contributors". Evagrius and His Legacy. University of Notre Dame Press. pp. 377–379. ISBN 978-0-268-02400-0. Project MUSE 1984738.
External links edit
- Staff profile page via mf.no