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Mariam Goshadze is a Junior Professor for History of Religions at the Institute of Religious Studies, University of Leipzig, a position she has held since March 2023. She is affiliated with the DFG Centre for Advanced Study 'Multiple Secularities - Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities' at Leipzig University.
Her academic journey includes:
- Research Associate in Religious Studies at the University of Bayreuth (2021-2023)
- Senior Research Fellow at the DFG Kolleg-Forschergruppe 'Multiple Secularities' at Leipzig University (2020-2021)
- Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Committee on the Study of Religion (2020-2021)
- Visiting Researcher at Utrecht University's 'Religious Matters' Project (2018-2019)
- Visiting Doctoral Student at Central European University (2013)
Dr. Goshadze's research examines secular-religious boundaries across diverse cultural contexts with particular focus on:
- Indigenous religious traditions in West Africa, especially Ghanaian religious practices
- Religious dynamics in post-Soviet Georgia and national identity formation
- The culturalization of religion and religious marginality
- Sonic and material aspects of religious experience
- Theoretical challenges to the World Religions Paradigm
Her publications reveal a sophisticated analytical approach that bridges historical, anthropological, and theoretical perspectives. She has made significant contributions to understanding how religious traditions adapt within secular frameworks, particularly through her work on sonic dimensions of religious practice and the translation of religious concepts into secular language. Dr. Goshadze actively contributes to academic discourse through organizing workshops such as '(Im)Materiality of the Secular City: Trials and Tribulations' at the Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics.
