PD Dr. Julian Strube
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Further Profiles
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Research Focus
- Global history since the nineteenth century, with a focus on Europe, North America, and India
- Religion and politics: Socialism; völkisch movements and Ariosophy; National Socialism; neo-Nazism and far-right extremism; totalitarianism
- The relationship between religion, philosophy, and science in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Academic Education | |
| since 11/2020 | Habilitation in Religionswissenschaft an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| since 04/2015 | PhD (Dr. phil.) in the Study of Religion with high distinction (summa cum laude), University of Heidelberg |
| since 12/2010 | MA (“Magister Artium”) in the Study of Religion and Medieval/Modern History, University of Heidelberg |
Work Experience | |
| since 11/2019 | Postdoctoral project on “Religious Social Reform in the Context of Unitarianism and the Brahmo Samaj: Exchanges between North America and Bengal,” in the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics,” University of Münster, Germany |
| 11/2020 - 03/2021 | Replacement of the chair for Missiology, Ecumene, and Religious Studies at the University of Hamburg. |
| 04/2016 - 10/2019 | Postdoctoral project on “Tantra Within the Context of a Global Religious History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 11/2018 | Lectureship at the University of Vienna. |
| 09/2016 - 06/2017 | Temporary replacement as assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 10/2016 | Lectureship at the University of Münster. |
| 05/2015 - 03/2016 | Postdoc in the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context,” MC7: “Political Legitimation,” University of Heidelberg |
| 11/2014 - 04/2015 | Assistant at the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe,” the Theological Seminary, and the Institute for Religious Studies, university of Heidelberg |
| 09/2011 - 10/2014 | Doctoral scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation for the project “Socialism, Catholicism, and Occultism in Nineteenth-Century France" |
| 10/2012 | Lectureship at the University of Lucerne. |
| 2009 - 2010 | Semester abroad at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2005 - 2010 | Studies in Medieval and Early Modern History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, University of Heidelberg |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2017 | Royal Asiatic Society |
| since 2010 | Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands |
| since 2010 | American Academy of Religion |
| since 2009 | Deutsche Vereinigung für Religionswissenschaft |
| since 2009 | European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism |
Publications
Asprem Egil, Strube Julian (eds.) (2021) Leiden/Boston: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004446458 Book (edited collection) | Published | |
Strube Julian (2020) In: Newcombe Suzanne, O'Brien-Kop Karen (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies. Abingdon: Routledge. Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | online first | |
Strube Julian (2020) In: Jacobsen Knut, Sardella Ferdinando (eds.), Handbook of Hinduism in Europe, 152-173. Leiden: Brill. Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Strube Julian, Krämer Hans Martin (eds.) (2020) Albany: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag. Book (edited collection) | online first | |
Strube Julian (2020) In: Berliner Theologische Zeitschrift, 37, 140-159. doi:10.1515/bthz-2020-0009 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/11/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |
Talks
| https://www.evangelische-agentur.de/medien/aktuelles/2026/05/2026-05-28-bursfelder-gespraeche-2026 Roggenkamp, Antje; Khorchide, Mouhanad; Strube, Julian (Universität Göttingen) (03/06/2026) „Bursfelder Gespräche“: Diskussionsrunde zu Religion und Demokratiebildung , Bursfelde Type of talk: practical Talk |
Prizes
| Thesis Prize of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism Awarded by: European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism Award given to: Strube, Julian Announced at: 15/06/2017 | Date of awarding: 15/06/2017 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Doctoral scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) Awarded by: German National Academic Foundation Award given to: Strube, Julian Announced at: 01/01/2011 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Study scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) Awarded by: German National Academic Foundation Award given to: Strube, Julian Announced at: 01/01/2008 Type of distinction: Scholarship |