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University Lecturer
Country of origin
Sweden
Lecturer in Religious Studies with media focus, Dalarna University, Falun
Doctor of Theology, Sociology of Religion, Uppsala 2008
Dissertation on “Film and Meaning. A Study on the Reception of Fiction Films, the Audience, and Existential Questions”
Studies in the History of Economics, Arabic, and Religion at Uppsala University
 

Articles

Ethical Challenges and Religious Diversity
On the background of a rewarding experience jury member Tomas Axelson highlights three outstanding films of the Venice festival programme 2014
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Current issues

Art as an Act of Resistance
Land of A Thousand and One Nights and Persian poetry, Iran has turned cinema into the art of suggestion: when speech is monitored, the image becomes a poem and editing a figure of style.
Obituary to Robert Redford
“To get straight to the point, Robert Redford was an idol of my youth.” This is how Peter Paul Huth begins his obituary for the famous actor, director, and festival founder.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
Ecumenical Reception at the Berlinale
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11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
Get Together - Meeting with the 8th Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2023
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