Curriculum Vitae, Associate professor, Anders-Christian Jacobsen (270363)
Degrees: Higher doctoral dissertation submitted August 2013, Origen’s Christology; Research management course, CBS SIMI Executive, 2011-2012; PhD in Theology, University of Aarhus 1998 (anthropology and eschatology in Irenaeus and Origen); Awarded gold medal for master thesis at University of Aarhus 1995 (creation in Irenaeus); Master in theology, 1995.
Employment and periods abroad: Visiting professor at the faculty of Theology, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, spring 2011; Fellow at Instituto di Studi Avanzati, University of Bologna, spring 2008; Associate professor in Theology, University of Aarhus, 2004-; Postdoctoral scholarship from the Carlsberg Foundation, 2001-2004; Postdoctoral studies at the department of classical philology, University of Pisa, 2003; Assistant professor in Theology, University of Aarhus, 1998-2001; Scholarship for PhD-studies at University of Aarhus, 1995-1998; PhD-studies, Faculty of Theology, Philipps-Universität in Marburg, 1997.
Research management: Member of the research committee at Department of Culture and Society, 2012-; Leader of the research programme The Ancient World at Department of Culture and Society (2012-2015); Leader of the interdisciplinary and international research centre Center for the Study of Antiquity and Christianity (C-SAC), Aarhus University, 2010-2012; Leader of the research project funded by the Velux Foundation The transformation of religious identity in the Hellenistic-Roman world 100-600 AD. The significance of conversion and initiation to the formation of religious identity, 2010-2014; Main applicant and coordinator of the NordForsk (Nordic Research Foundation) research network The Religious Roots of Europe: Dynamics in the Formation and Transformation of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, 2009-2013; Coordinator for the inter-Nordic and international master programme The Religious Roots of Europe (a cooperation between six Nordic Universities), 2007-2009 (the application and planning phase); Coordinator of the research programme Religion and Normativity. The Discursive Fight over Religious Texts in Antiquity, 2005-2009; Member of the steering group of the NordForsk research network Nordic Network of Early Christianity, 2005-2008; Coordinator of the research project Jews, Christians and Pagans in Antiquity – Critique and Apologetics, 2002-2005.
Other academic activities: Member of the advisory board of the peer reviewed book series Adamantiana; Co-editor of the peer reviewed book series Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity, ECCA, Peter Lang, 2005-; Main editor of the book series Antikken og Kristendommen, Anis, 2003-.
Grants: Have received research grants for more than 11.000.000 kr. In addition to that a number of PhD-students and postdoctoral students under my supervision have received individual research grants.
Responsible for planning and hosting of six international research conferences
Continuous supervision of PhD- and postdoctoral students
