Professor Robert Segal
BA (Wesleyan University), MA, PhD (Princeton University)
Chair in Religious Studies
- About
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- Email Address
- r.segal@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273990
- Office Address
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History 50/52 College Bounds, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen. AB24 3DS
- School/Department
- School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
Biography
- 2019-to date Honorary Professor, University of Essex
- 2019-to date Professorial Research Felllow, University of Vienna
- 2006-date Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen
- 1999-2006 Professor of Theories of Religion, Lancaster University
- 1996-99 Reader in Theory of Religion, Lancaster University
- 1994-96 Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University
- 1993-94 Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies and Classics, Acting Director of the Jewish Studies Program, Tulane University, New Orleans
- 1988 Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh
- 1984-94 Program in Religious Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (1984-87); Associate Professor of Religious Studies (1987-89); Full Professor of Religious Studies (1989-94)
- 1982-84 Lecturer, Western Culture Program, Stanford University
- 1981 (fall) Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Toronto
- 1975-82 Assistant Professor of Religion and Humanities, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
Latest Publications
Is Jung a philosopher of religion as well as a psychologist of religion?
The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. Govrin, A., Caspi, T. (eds.). 1st edition. Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 263-278, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, 2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK. 480 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksFrazer as euhemerist: The case of Osiris
Euhemerism and Its Uses: The Mortal Gods. Pugh, S. (ed.). 1st edition. Taylor and Francis, pp. 241-248, 8 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003094760-11
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Frazer versus Girard on the Scapegoat
Monsters and Animals in Ancient Culture and Religion. Lewis, S., Newington, S., Stuckenbruck, L. (eds.). Taylor & FrancisChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersCommentary on Mills’ “toward a theory of myth”
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 425-428Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12256
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- Research
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Funding and Grants
Fellowships and Grants:
- 1985 American Council of Learned Societies Travel Grant
- 1986 Fellow, Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Divinity School, University of Chicago
- 1986 American Philosophical Society Research Grant
- 1986-87 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- 1987 National Endowment for the Humanities Travel Grant
- 1987-88 Mellon Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
- 1992 National Endowment for the Humanities Travel Grant
- 1994 American Philosophical Society Research Grant
- 1995 British Academy Small Personal Research Grant
- 1995 Fellow, Thomas Reid Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 1995 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant
- 1997-98 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- 1997 British Academy Small Personal Research Grant
- 1997-98 Fellow, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- 2000 British Academy Small Personal Research Grant
- 2001 Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge (October-December 2001)
- 2002 Life Member, Clare Hall
- 2009 Carnegie Trust Grant
- Publications
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Is Jung a philosopher of religion as well as a psychologist of religion?
The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. Govrin, A., Caspi, T. (eds.). 1st edition. Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 263-278, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, 2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK. 480 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksFrazer as euhemerist: The case of Osiris
Euhemerism and Its Uses: The Mortal Gods. Pugh, S. (ed.). 1st edition. Taylor and Francis, pp. 241-248, 8 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003094760-11
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Frazer versus Girard on the Scapegoat
Monsters and Animals in Ancient Culture and Religion. Lewis, S., Newington, S., Stuckenbruck, L. (eds.). Taylor & FrancisChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersCommentary on Mills’ “toward a theory of myth”
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 425-428Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12256
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Myth Analyzed
Routledge, Oxon. 222 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksJung on Myth
Jung and Philosophy. Mills, J. (ed.). Routledge, pp. 204-219, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429261763
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Jung on Myth
Jung and Philosophy. Mills, J. (ed.). Routledge, pp. 204-219Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters"At One Remove from the Gods": Book of the Week
Times Higher Education Supplement, no. 2399, pp. 42-43Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesCarl Jung on Gnosticism
The Gnostic World. Trompf, G. W., Mikkelsen, G. B., Johnston, J. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 549-552Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters