 Jan Nicolaas Bremmer (b. December 18th, 1944 )
Faculty of Theology and Science of Religion
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Groningen, Holland
SPECIALITIES:
Greek, Roman, Early Christian and Contemporary Religion, Social History, History of Scholarship
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:
Free University, Amsterdam , 1962 - 1970 (Classics and Spanish)
Bristol University , 1969 - 1970
DISSERTATION:
The Early Greek Conception of the Soul (Free University Amsterdam: 1979)
EMPLOYMENT:
Military Service (Intelligence: Russian), 1970 -1972
Local high-school teacher, Classics, 1972 - 1974
Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht: Assistant Professor of Ancient History, 1974-1978; Associate Professor of Ancient History, 1978 - 1990
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: Professor of the History and Science of Religion, 1990-
FELLOWSHIPS:
Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington D.C. , 1980 - 1981
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton , Fall 2000
Visiting Canterbury Fellowship, Christchurch (NZ), March 2002
FORMAL LECTURES:
The Read Tuckwell Lectures, ‘Inventing the Afterlife’, Bristol , 1995, published as The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife ( London : Routledge, 2002)
Heuscheuervortrag, Heidelberg, 1996
Loeb Lecture, Harvard, 1997
Samson Eitrem Memorial Lecture, Oslo , 1998
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Iconography of Religion , Leiden : Brill, editor-in-chief, 1990-
Kerk en Theologie , member Editorial Board, 1990-
Feit & Fictie, member Advisory Board, 1993-
Mortality , member International Editorial Board, 1995-
Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha , Leuven : Peeters, editor-in-chief, 1995-
Acta Antiqua Hungarica, member Advisory Board, 2000-
Ancient Narrative, member Editorial Board, 2002-
Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, Leuven : Peeters, member Editorial Board, 2003-
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Teaching Committee, Faculty of Letters, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Chairman 1985 - 1987
Dutch Society for Religious Studies, President, 1991 - 1995
Rudolf Agricola Institute for the Study of the Humanities, Chairman, 1994 - 2002
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Dean, 1996 - 2000, 2001-
The Future of the Religious Past, NWO Programme, vice-chairperson, 2003-
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