Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2023–2024
Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective’, FAU
(Germany)
PhD, Religions and Philosophies 2015–2022
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Teaching Fellowship 2018–2021
Professional Development in Higher Education Programme (FHEA), University of London (UK)
MPhil, Anthropology 2013–2015
University of Hyderabad (IN)
MA, South Asian Area Studies 2006–2007
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Teaching Fellow, Politics and International Studies Dept. 2022–2023
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Religions and Philosophies Dept. 2018–2020
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Decolonial Subversions 2018–present
Dr Monika Hirmer is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS-E) ‘Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective’ at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen–Nürnberg (Germany), where she researches tantra from a cross-cultural perspective.
Monika’s area of research lies at the intersection of anthropology and philosophy and spans Goddess traditions, tantric traditions, non-anthropocentric cosmologies and ontologies, and decolonial studies, with a focus on South Asia. She obtained her PhD in Religions and Philosophies from SOAS, University of London, preceded by an MPhil in Anthropology of Religion from the University of Hyderabad, India, and an MA in South Asian Area Studies from SOAS. She also holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Florence, Italy.
Monika is a certified Teaching Fellow (FHEA) who has been teaching at SOAS in the departments of Religions and Philosophies and Politics and International Studies. In 2020 Monika co-founded the open access, multilingual and peer reviewed publishing platform Decolonial Subversions, of which she is Co-Editor-in-Chief.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2023–2024
Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective’, FAU
(Germany)
PhD, Religions and Philosophies 2015–2022
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Teaching Fellowship 2018–2021
Professional Development in Higher Education Programme (FHEA), University of London (UK)
MPhil, Anthropology 2013–2015
University of Hyderabad (IN)
MA, South Asian Area Studies 2006–2007
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Teaching Fellow, Politics and International Studies Dept. 2022–2023
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Religions and Philosophies Dept. 2018–2020
SOAS, University of London (UK)
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Decolonial Subversions 2018–present
Dr Monika Hirmer is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS-E) ‘Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective’ at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen–Nürnberg (Germany), where she researches tantra from a cross-cultural perspective.
Monika’s area of research lies at the intersection of anthropology and philosophy and spans Goddess traditions, tantric traditions, non-anthropocentric cosmologies and ontologies, and decolonial studies, with a focus on South Asia. She obtained her PhD in Religions and Philosophies from SOAS, University of London, preceded by an MPhil in Anthropology of Religion from the University of Hyderabad, India, and an MA in South Asian Area Studies from SOAS. She also holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Florence, Italy.
Monika is a certified Teaching Fellow (FHEA) who has been teaching at SOAS in the departments of Religions and Philosophies and Politics and International Studies. In 2020 Monika co-founded the open access, multilingual and peer reviewed publishing platform Decolonial Subversions, of which she is Co-Editor-in-Chief.
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