Background
Kreinath, Jens Michael was born on March 3, 1967 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Uwe Hardwig Kreinath and Karin Ingrid Bommer.
Kreinath, Jens Michael was born on March 3, 1967 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Uwe Hardwig Kreinath and Karin Ingrid Bommer.
Diloma in theological, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, 1997. Graduate student, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, 2001. Doctor of Philosophy, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, 2005.
Doctor of Philosophy in Social and Cultural Anthropology summa cum laude, University Heidelberg, 2006.
Teaching assistant Institute for Religious Studies, Heidelberg, Germany, 1997—2001, Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Heidelberg, Germany, 2000—2001. Member emmy-noether junior research group on ritual theory and the history of religions, with a special focus on zoroastrian tradition Institute for Religious Studies, University Heidelberg, Germany, 2001—2004. Visiting assistant professor department anthropology Wichita State University, Kansas, since 2006.
Consulting member working group 'ritual: performativity and identity' Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Heidelberg, Germany, since 2001. Consulting member Interdisciplinary Research Project 'Ritual Dynamics', Heidelberg, Germany, since 2003. Member steering committee Critical Theory and Discourse on Religion Group in the American Academy of Religion, Georgia, since 2004.
Presenter in field.
Member of European Association for Social Anthropologists, North America Association for the Study of Religion, Society for Visual Anthropology, Canada Anthropology Society, Society for Cultural Anthropology, Society for the Anthropology Religion, American Anthropological Association, American Academy Religion.
Married Refika Sarioender, October 20, 2000. 1 child Rana Dilruba.