Laura Feldt

Laura Feldt is Professor in the Department of Culture and Language at the University of Southern Denmark, with affiliations to the SDU Climate Cluster and SDU SCC Elite Center CUHRE. Her research spans religious narratives, media intersections, emotional dimensions of belief, and radical devotion, grounded in ancient Mesopotamian, Hebrew Bible, and early Christian contexts, as well as contemporary popular culture.

Education

• PhD in Study of Religion, Aarhus University (2009)
• MA in Assyriology, University of Copenhagen (2004)

Employment

• Professor, University of Southern Denmark (2023–present)
• Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark (2012–2023)
• Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen (2010–2012)

Research Focus

Feldt investigates the formative power of religious narratives across media, the aesthetics of devotion, wilderness mythologies, and radical religious expressions. Her work bridges ancient texts (Sumerian, Akkadian, Hebrew Bible) and modern phenomena like fantasy culture, using interdisciplinary frameworks from phenomenology to environmental humanities.

Publication Trends

Her 2025 works demonstrate consistent themes: wilderness as a religious motif across ancient civilizations, narrative-emotion dynamics in extremism, and critical analyses of the fantastic in belief systems. These publications reflect her interdisciplinary approach, merging historical scholarship with contemporary cultural theory.

Projects

• Principal Investigator, RADREL: Total Devotion - Passions in Radical Religion (2021–2025)
• Co-PI, Elite Centre CUHRE (2023–2027)
• Participant, Demise of Religion Project (2018–2019)