Dr. Alena Höfer
Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology
Contact
Postal Address:
Kisselgasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg
Visitor Address:
Karlstr. 16, Zi. 305
Tel: 06221-54-3094
E-Mail: alena.hoefer@ts.uni-heidelberg.de
Consulting hours by appointment
Research Focus
Theoretical Approaches:
- Cultural Studies and Transculturality
- Literary Approaches
- Postcolonial Theories and Decoloniality Studies
- Intersectionality
Thematic Focus:
- Asian and Asian-American Theologies (Focus: Korea)
- „Motherhood“ and Religion (Christianity, Islam and „African Traditional Religions“)
- Womanist and Feminist Theologies (global)
- (Post-)Migration Research
- Racism-critikal and intersectional Theologies
- Intercultural Biblical Hermeneutics
Memberships
- WGTh – Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie
- DGMW – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Missionswissenschaft
Lectures Wintersemester 2026/2027
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Ü Transcultural and religious encounters in contemporary African Christianities
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PS Christus in Kultur
Academic Career and Professional Activities
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since April 2026 | Acadamic Staff Member at the chair of Prof:in Dr. Claudia Hoffmann, Department Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology, Theological Seminary, University of Heidelberg |
Seit 2026 | Habilitation project: „Sacred Motherhood“? The Role of Religion in Discourse on Motherhood in Novels (working title) |
2024 – März 2026 | advisor for women's policy and Intersectional Feminism at the Institute for Church and Society of the Protestant Church in Westfalen |
2024 | Promotion (Dr. theol.) in the subject Intercultural Theology at the Ruhr-University Bochum with the topic: Transkulturelle Theologie. Netzwerkdynamiken und Deutungsmachtaushandlungen am Beispiel von Korean Americans (Transcultural Theology. Network Dynamics and Negotiations about the Power of Interpretation taking the example of Korean Americans) |
2020 – 2023 | Academic Staff Member at the professorship of Intercultural Theology and Corporeality of Prof. Dr. Claudia Jahnel at der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
2019 – 2024 | Doctoral Scholarship, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation |
2019 | Magistra Theologiae at the Protestant-Theological Faculty at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and first Theological Exam at the Protestant Church in Rheinland |
2016 – 2019 | Scholarship, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation |
2013 – 2019 | Studies in Protestant Theology at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Heidelberg University and the Theological University of Wuppertal |
2012 – 2013 | Volunteer Service in Tansania, United Evangelical Mission |