Prof. Irena Backus

Nominated by

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• AcademiaNet member since 04.09.2012
• AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria

Employed by

• Université de Genève

Academic Discipline/Fields

• Arts and humanities

Field

Humanities

Area of specialisation

Intellectual esp. Religious History of the Early Modern Period

Research interests

• G. W. Leibniz and Protestantism

• History of Reception of Christian Antiquity in the Early Modern Era

• History of biblical exegesis

• The supernatural in the 16th and 17th centuries

Distinctions and Awards

• Visiting professor at Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1994 and 2003

• Various visiting sholarships and fellowships held at the Warburg Institute, London, Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbütttel, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca., USA etc.

Interested in

• Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship, Refereeing
• visiting fellowships or professorships

Languages

ancient Greek, English, French, German, Greek, Latin, Polish

Doctorate

• 1976: University of Oxford

PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

• University of Berne