Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Höpflinger Ausserordentliche Professorin Phone +41 31 684 86 99 E-Mail anna-katharina.hoepflinger@unibe.ch Office S 104 Postal Address Institut für Religionswissenschaft Lerchenweg 36 CH-3012 Bern
Research Research Topics: Media and religion Visual and material religion Body and clothing Gender and religion Religion in popular culture Death and burial culture Current Projects: Religion – Medien – Kultur. Interdisziplinäres Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (with Dr. Verena Marie Eberhardt, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Knauss, PD Dr. Marie-Therese Mäder, Prof. Dr. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati) Metal Studies. The Loudest Handbook (with Prof. Dr. Florian Heesch) "Who, Being Loved, is Poor?" Material and Medial Dimensions of Weddings (with PD Dr. Marie-Therese Mäder) Ossarium. Ossuaries and Burial Culture in Europe Research Group: Research Group Media and Religion Journal and Book Series: Journal for Religion, Film and Media Medien und Religion/ Media and Religion (Nomos) Meta/Metal (Kohlhammer)
Curriculum Vitae Study of the Science of Religion, with a particular interest in classical antiquity, at the University of Zurich 2010 doctoral thesis in the Science of Religion at the University of Zurich, with a research on dragonslayer myths 2010–2012 member of the project "Uncovering Gender" at the University of Neuchâtel 2009–2014 member of the project "Commun(icat)ing Bodies" at the University of Graz 2011–2016 teaching and research assistant at the Centre for Religion, Economy and Politics (ZRWP) 2019 Habilitation in the Science of Religion at the University of Lucerne 2016–2026 akademische Rätin and Oberrätin at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Since August 2026 Professor for Contemporary Religious Developments at the University of Bern
