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Paulina Gruffman

Doctoral Student

  • History of Religions
  • Centre for Theology and Religious Studies

Contact information

E-mail paulina.gruffmanctr.luse

Phone +46 73 261 06 85

Mobile +46 73 261 06 85

Room LUX:B216

Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund

Internal post code 30

I am a PhD student in the History of Religions, specializing broadly in European Occultism from the 1800s until the 1930s, Western Esotericism (ancient and modern) as well as the intersection between early psychoanalysis, the occult milieu, and modernism. My doctoral project concerns the reception of ancient Egyptian religiosity in the works of British occultist and Cambridge scholar G.R.S. Mead (1833–1933) and his impact on a range of important personalities of the early to mid-1900s, such as psychoanalyst C.G. Jung.

I received my M.A. in the History of Religions from Stockholm University (with Egil Asprem as my advisor) and my most recent education is from Gothenburg University, where I have studied Secondary Education (with a focus on Religious Education). Religious Education (religionsdidaktik) is an additional research interest of mine.

Advisors: Kristina Myrvold (Lund University) och Sonu Shamdasani (University College London).

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  • Currently (2022–2023), I am part of the Academic and Executive Committee for international conference The Reception of Egypt and the Ancients in Theosophy and Related Esoteric Currents (International Theosophical History Conference 2023), which will take place October 13–14, 2023 in Alexandria, Egypt. (Link to conference program)
  • 2022–2023, I was part of the Executive Committee for the international conference The 9th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism: "Western Esotericism and Practice" (ESSWE9), which took place on June 26–28, 2023 at Malmö University. (Link to conference page)
  • 2021–2023, I have been part of the Planning Committee for the research seminar Seminariet för studiet av västerländsk esoterism, University of Gothenburg (The Seminar on the Study of Western Esotericism at the University of Gothenburg). (Link to seminar page)
  • Paulina Gruffman

    Doctoral Student

    • History of Religions
    • Centre for Theology and Religious Studies

    Contact information

    E-mail paulina.gruffmanctr.luse

    Phone +46 73 261 06 85

    Mobile +46 73 261 06 85

    Room LUX:B216

    Visiting address
    Helgonavägen 3, Lund

    Internal post code 30

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