Dr. Anna Tessmann
Lehrbeauftragte
E-Mail:
Educational background
2012
[Dr. phil.]: University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2012)
Subject: Study of Religions
Dissertation: On the Good Faith: A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Modern Russia
Subject: Study of Religions
Dissertation: On the Good Faith: A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Modern Russia
2005
[M.A.]: Ruperto-Carola-University of Heidelberg, Germany (2005)
Subjects: Comparative Study of Religions, Iranian Studies, History of European Art
Thesis: Astrozoroastrianism in Contemporary Russlia and Belarus (in German)
Subjects: Comparative Study of Religions, Iranian Studies, History of European Art
Thesis: Astrozoroastrianism in Contemporary Russlia and Belarus (in German)
2000
[B.A.]: St Petersburg State University, Russian Federation (2000)
Subject: Comparative Study of Religions
Thesis: The kvarena-Concept in Zoroastrianism (in Russian)
Subject: Comparative Study of Religions
Thesis: The kvarena-Concept in Zoroastrianism (in Russian)
Research Areas
- Comparative Study of Religions
- Zoroastrianism
- Didactics of Persian and Russian languages
- Ancient and Contemporary Iranian Religions
- New Religious Movements
- Soviet and Post-Soviet Esotericism and Astrology
Courses
- 2016, spring term
- The Religious Calendars in Iran (Seminar)
- New Persian II: Grammar and Exercises
- New Persian IV: Grammar and Exercises
- 2015, autumn term
- New Persian I: Grammar and Exercises
- New Persian III: Grammar and Exercises
- 2015, spring term
- The Iranian Zoroastrianism: A Study of Zoroastrian New Persian Texts (Seminar)
- 2014, autumn term
- Religions in Iran: A Study of Primary New Persian Texts (Seminar)
Publications
Books
- On the Good Faith: A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Modern Russia, Stockholm: E-Print, 2012.
Editorial Works
- (with Michael Stausberg & Yuhan S.-D. Vevaina) The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Study of Zoroastrianism. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
- (with Sergey Pakhomov) Journal of the Association for the Study of Esotericism and Mysticism Aliter (5), 2015.
- (with Sergey Pakhomov) Mystical and Esoteric Movements in Theory and Practice: Mystic and Esoteric Aspects of Contemporary Religions. The Proceedings of the 7th International Conference and the Symposium (5–7th November 2014, Ekaterinburg). Ekaterinburg, 2016.
- (with Sergey Pakhomov) The Ways of Gnosis: Mystical and Esoteric Movements in Theory and Practice. The Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and the Symposium (10–13th April 2013, Moscow). St Petersburg: RKhGA, 2014.
Articles
- (with Michael Stausberg, peer-reviewed) The Appropriation of a Religion: The Case of Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Russia: Culture and Religion 14 (4), 445–462, 2013.
- Public astrological prognoses in the post-Soviet Russia: An analysis of mass media texts The Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and the Symposium (10–13th April 2013, Moscow). St Petersburg: RKhGA, 2014, 106–117.
- Astrology in the postmodern era: tendencies and challenges (a comparative study): State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide 4 (34), 168–183, 2013.
Reviews
- Menzel, Birgit, Michael Hagemeister and Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal (eds.): The New Age of Russia: Occult and esoteric dimensions (SLCEEE 17). München; Berlin: Verlag Otto Sagner 2012: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte 65 (1), 82–85, 2012.
- Kovacheva, Eva: Die Weiße Bruderschaft des Peter Danov. Entstehung, Geschichte und Lehre. Marburg: Tectum 2011: Theologische Review 6, 515–517, 2012.
- Langer, Robert: Pîrân and Zeyâratgâh: Shrines and Pilgrimage Places of the Zoroastrians in Modern Iran (Acta Iranica: Encyclopédie permanente des Études Iraniennes, 48). Leuven; Paris; Walpole, MA: Peeters 2008: Религиоведение (Religious Studies) 3, 205–206, 2011.
Zuletzt bearbeitet von:
E-Mail
Letzte Änderung:
20.07.2019