1) Teaching on BA and MA levels
1.1 Faculty of Theology, University of Heidelberg
Fall 2000 - Tutorial (open for students on all levels) “Kirchengeschichte I: Alte Kirche” (Church History: Early Christianity, elective course taught in German, focus on study of sources supplementing the lecture course by Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies. I was responsible for weekly synopsis with translation exercises in a group of max. 20 students) Spring 2001 - Tutorial (open for students on all levels) “Kirchengeschichte IV: Neuzeit” (Church History: Early Modern Period, elective course taught in German, focus on study of sources supplementing the lecture course by Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies. I was responsible for weekly synopsis with translation exercises in a group of max. 20 students)
Copenhagen,
Lille Langebro
1.2 Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen
Fall 2007 - Master course “Conscience – A Theological and Philosophical Key Concept” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective compact course in English, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, 24h. I was the class teacher. Ca. 3-7 students participated regularly. 15 ECTS with ensuing non-graded written assignment) Spring 2008 - Master course “Selvforståelse og dens grænser – Luther og Kierkegaard [Self-Understanding and Its Limits – Luther and Kierkegaard]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises and papers, 8 x 3h. Ca. 15-20 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS with (1) ensuing non-graded written assignment, (2) Master thesis, or (3) graded written and oral exams) Fall 2008 - Master course “Heidegger: Sein und Zeit” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, together with Arne Grøn and René Rosfort, elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, team-teaching, 14 x 2h. Ca. 30-35 students participated regularly. I was one of the class teachers, but not responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS) Spring 2009 - Master course “Tillid, tro og tvivl [Trust, Faith, and Doubt]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, chavruta, student papers and invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 14 x 2h. Ca. 12-15 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS with (1) ensuing non-graded written assignment, (2) Master thesis, or (3) graded written and oral exams) Spring 2011 - Master course “Mennesket som imago Dei [The Human Being as imago Dei]” (Dogmatics, elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, student papers and invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 14 x 2h. Ca. 12-15 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS with (1) ensuing non-graded written assignment, (2) Master thesis, or (3) graded written and oral exams) Fall 2011 - Master course “Samvittighed, erindring, identitet [Conscience, Memory, Identity]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, student papers and invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 14 x 2h. Ca. 15-20 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS with (1) ensuing non-graded written assignment, (2) Master thesis, or (3) graded written and oral exams) Spring 2012 - Bachelor course “Etik og Religionsfilosofi [Ethics and Philosophy of Religion]” (mandatory course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions, 14 x 2h. Ca. 40-45 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for feedback to written assignments as part of the course. 15 ECTS) - Master course “Tro og forståelse – Kierkegaard og Bultmann [Faith and Understanding – Kierkegaard and Bultmann]” (Dogmatics, elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, student papers and invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 14 x 2h. Ca. 12-15 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS with (1) ensuing non-graded written assignment, (2) Master thesis, or (3) graded written and oral exams) - Master course “Bønnens teologi og fænomenologi [The Theology and Phenomenology of Prayer]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, chavruta, student papers and invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 14 x 2h. Ca. 15-20 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS with (1) ensuing non-graded written assignment, (2) Master thesis, or (3) graded written and oral exams) Spring 2014 Sick leave cover: - Bachelor course in Ethics (mandatory course taught in Danish) - MA course in Ethics and Philosophy of Religion: “ER-kernefagskursus: Sprog og religion [Language and Religion]” (mandatory course taught in Danish) Fall 2015 - Master course “Europæisk tænkning efter Holocaust [European thought after the Holocaust]” (cross-disciplinary and cross-faculty course tied to CEMES: Center for Modern European Studies, combining History (Sofie Lene Bak, Saxo Institute), German literature (Jessica Ortner, Department for English, Germanic and Romance Studies), and Ethics and Philosophy of Religion (Claudia Welz, Department of Systematic Theology), elective course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, chavruta, student papers and invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 14 x 3h. Ca. 30-35 students participated regularly. I was one of the class teachers and responsible for examination/supervision in my discipline. 15 ECTS with (1) ensuing non-graded written assignment or (2) Master thesis) Spring 2017 - MA course in Ethics and Philosophy of Religion: “ER-kernefagskursus: Religion og samfund [Religion and Society]” (mandatory course taught in Danish, lectures and discussions combined with short student exercises, chavruta, and student papers, 14 x 4h. Ca. 20-25 students participated regularly. I was the class teacher and responsible for examination consisting in graded written and oral exam) Summer 2017 - Master course “Sorg, erindring og religiøst sprog [Grief, Memory, and Religious Language]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion / Counselling (Sjælesorg), elective compact course taught in Danish, lectures, Power Point presentations and discussions combined with short student exercises, student papers and invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 10 x 3h. Ca. 30-35 students and some guests participated regularly, more students waitlisted. I was the class teacher and course coordinator responsible for examination/supervision. 15 ECTS with ensuing non-graded written assignment) Summer 2019 - design and preparation of Master course “Meningen med livet ansigt til ansigt med døden: Teologi, eksistenstænkning og skønlitteratur [The meaning of life in the face of death: Theology, existential philosophy, and literature]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion / Counselling (Sjælesorg), elective compact course in Danish with invited guest lectures/team-teaching, 10 x 3h. 15 ECTS with ensuing non-graded written assignment)
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1.3 Institut für evangelische Theologie, University of Duisburg-Essen
Summer 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all courses were taught online via Zoom conferences and with the help of the e-learning platform Moodle; the study day scheduled for June was postponed) - BA course: “Theologische, phänomenologische und ethische Aspekte des Gebets [Theological, Phenomenological, and Ethical Aspects of Prayer]" (Systematic Theology, 13 x 2h. 9 ECTS, ensuing graded written assignment) - BA and MA course: "Das Gewissen - ein theologischer und ethischer Schlüsselbegriff [Conscience – A Theological and Ethical Key Concept1" (Systematic Theology, 13 x 2h. 9 ECTS, graded papers or ensuing graded written assignment) - BA and MA course: "Jüdische und christliche Zugänge zur Gottebenbildlichkeit des Menschen und seiner Schöpfungsverantwortung [Jewish and Christian Approaches to Humanity in God’s Image and Human Responsibility for Creation]" (Systematic Theology, 13 x 2h. 9 ECTS, graded papers or ensuing graded written assignment) - Study day in Theology, Philosophy, and Educational Theory: "‘Aller Unterricht endet in einer Art Schweigen’: Sprache und (in)direkte Mitteilung bei Hamann und Kierkegaard [Language and (In)Direct Communication in Hamann and Kierkegaard]" (Together with Hamann expert Harald Steffes; interdisciplinary approach, 3 x 2h)
1.4 Institute for Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University
Fall/Winter 2020 - MA course: “Diakonal etik [Ethics in Social Welfare Work]” (Philosophical and Theological Ethics, taught in Danish, blended learning on campus and online via video conferences, 13 x 3h, 10 ECTS, ensuing oral exams) - MA course: “Religionspluralisme [Pluralism of Religions]” (elective interdisciplinary compact course taught in Danish, 2 x 7h individual teaching by Ulla Bidstrup (Practical Theology), 2 x 7h by Peter Lodberg (Dogmatics), and 2 x 7h by Claudia Welz (Philosophy of Religion), 10 ECTS, portfolio examination including graded written assignment) Spring 2021 - BA course: “Studium generale for teologer [Introduction into the History of Ideas and Theory of Science]” (mandatory course for theologians, taught in Danish, 13 x 4 h for two groups of students, with ensuing oral exams) - MA course: “Bønnens teologi og fænomenologi – en økumenisk og interreligiøs tilgang [Theology and Phenomenology of Prayer – an Ecumenical and Interreligious Approach]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective course, taught in Danish, 13 x 3h, with ensuing written assignment) Fall/Winter 2021 - MA course: “Diakonal etik [Ethics in Social Welfare Work]” (Philosophical and Theological Ethics, taught in Danish, blended learning on campus and online via video conferences, 13 x 3h, 10 ECTS, ensuing oral exams) - MA course: “Kierkegaard, eksistenstænkning og livskriser [Kierkegaard, existential philosophy and life crises]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion & Biblical Exegesis, elective interdisciplinary compact course taught in Danish, 13 x 3 h, 10 ECTS, portfolio examination including graded written assignment, taught together with Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel Hansen and René Falkenberg) - contribution to BA course: “Kierkegaard and modern existentialism” (Philosophy and Theology, elective interdisciplinary course taught in English, 13 x 4h, 10 ECTS, portfolio examination including graded written assignment, taught together with Anders Moe Rasmussen) Summer/Fall 2022 - MA course: “Konfessionel identitet og religionsdialog [Denominational identity and interreligious dialogue]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion & Dogmatics, elective interdisciplinary compact course taught in Danish, 13 x 3h, 10 ECTS, portfolio examination including graded written assignment, taught together with Lars Sandbeck, Folkekirkens Videns- og Uddannelsescenter Danmark) - MA course: “Diakonal etik [Ethics in Social Welfare Work]” (Philosophical and Theological Ethics, taught in Danish, on campus and online via video conferences, 13 x 3h, 10 ECTS, ensuing oral exams) Spring 2023 - BA course: “Studium generale for teologer [Introduction into the History of Ideas and Theory of Science]” (mandatory course for theologians, taught in Danish, 13 x 4 h for two groups of students, 10 ECTS, with ensuing oral exams) Fall/Winter 2023 - MA course: “Diakonal etik [Ethics in Social Welfare Work]” (Philosophical and Theological Ethics, taught in Danish, on campus and online via video conferences, 13 x 3h, 10 ECTS, ensuing oral exams) - MA course: “Home and Away: Historical and Conceptual Perspectives on Travel and Hospitality” (Biblical Exegesis & Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective interdisciplinary course taught in English, 13 x 3h, 10 ECTS, portfolio examination including graded written assignment, taught together with Elisa Uusimäki) - “Teologi for lægfolk [Theology for laymen]” at Diakonhøjskolen in Aarhus: advanced level course “Bønnens teologi og fænomenologi: En økumenisk og inter-religiøs tilgang [Theology and Phenomenology of Prayer – an Ecumenical and Interreligious Approach]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective course, taught in Danish, 5 x 2h, without examination) Spring 2024 - BA course: “Studium generale for teologer [Introduction into the History of Ideas and Theory of Science]” (mandatory course for theologians, taught in Danish, 13 x 4 h, 10 ECTS, with ensuing oral exams) - MA course: “Bønnens teologi og fænomenologi – en økumenisk og interreligiøs tilgang [Theology and Phenomenology of Prayer – an Ecumenical and Interreligious Approach]” (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, elective course, taught in Danish, 13 x 3h, 10 ECTS, with ensuing oral exams)
2) Development of PhD courses
2.1 Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen
South Campus
Spring 2007 - PhD course “Despite Oneself. Subjectivity and its Secret in Kierkegaard and Levinas” (CFS, University of Copenhagen, co-organized with Karl Verstrynge, elective course in English, 11h) Spring 2008 - PhD course “Religion and Subjectivity. Reconsidering the Relational Self” (CFS, University of Copenhagen, co-organized with Arne Grøn and Carsten Pallesen, elective course in English, 14h)
2.2 Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen
Fall 2011 - Conference and PhD course “Ethics of In-Visibility: Imago Dei, Memory, and the Prohibition of Images” (Department of Systematic Theology, University of Copenhagen, elective course in English, 12h) Fall 2012 - Conference and PhD course “Visibility and Transcendence in Religion, Art and Ethics” (Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, co-organized with the research group In-visibilis, elective course in English, 16h)
2.3 Center for the Study of Jewish Thought in Modern Culture, University of Copenhagen
Spring 2014 - Conference and PhD course “Memory, Identity, and Limits of Understanding: Jewish Sources and Resources” (CJMC / PhD School, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, elective course in English, 14h) - Research seminar and PhD course: “Commemoration and Re-Presentation of the Past” (CJMC, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, elective course in English, 3h) Fall 2014 - Conference and PhD course “Aesthetics of Memory” (CJMC / PhD School, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, elective course in English, 9h) Spring 2015 - Workshop and PhD course “Judaism despite Christianity? The 1916 Correspondence between Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Franz Rosenzweig” (CEMES / CJMC / PhD School, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, elective course in English, 16h) Fall 2015 - Conference and PhD course “Trauma, Memory, Media” (CJMC / PhD Schools at the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, elective course in English, 12h) Fall 2016 - Research seminars and PhD courses “Jewish Women’s Voices in the 19th Century (no. 1 and 2)” (CJMC / PhD School, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, elective courses in English, 2 x 3h) - Conference and PhD course “The Problem of Evil and Images of (In)Humanity” (CJMC / PhD Schools at the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, elective course in English, 15h) Winter 2017/18 - Research seminar and PhD course “Transfiguring Pain Poetically: Exploring the Liberating Potential of Artistic Creation” (CJMC / PhD School, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, co-organized with Cathrine Bjørnholt Michaelsen, elective course in English, 8h).
2.4 Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University
Spring 2021 - Research seminar, PhD and postdoctoral course “Agapeistic Ethics: Exploring the Second-Person Perspective” (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, co-organized with Kasper Lysemose and Bjarke M.S. Hansen, elective course in English, 12h) Summer 2021 - Research seminar, PhD and postdoctoral course “Relational Ontology in Luther, Kierkegaard, and Løgstrup: Investigating the ‘in-between’ Self and Other” (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, co-organized with Bjørn Rabjerg and Sasja Stopa, elective course in English, 10h) Summer and Fall 2022 - Conference, PhD and postdoctoral course “Epistemic Virtues and the Practice of Dialogue" (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, co-organized with Essi Ikonen, elective course in English, 12h) - Conference, PhD and postdoctoral course “Truth and Truthfulness: Biblical, Philosophical and Theological Approaches” (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, co-organized with Jan Dietrich, elective course in English, 13,5h) - Conference, PhD and postdoctoral course “Dialogue and the Art of Listening" (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, co-organized with Essi Ikonen, elective course in English, 13h) Spring 2023 - Conference, PhD and postdoctoral course: “Hospitality, Listening, and Dialogue” (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, co-organized with Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel Hansen and Essi Ikonen, elective course in English, 16h) Fall/Winter 2023 - PhD course: “Ethics, Religion, and Resonance” including Master class and Futures Lecture by Hartmut Rosa (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, elective course in English,13,5h) - Conference, PhD and postdoctoral course: "‘Dialogue’ – A Trans-Disciplinary Concept and Bridge-Building Practice" (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, elective course in English, ca. 14h) Spring/Summer 2024 - Conference and PhD course: “Existential Orientation and Meaning in Life” (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, 14h) - Conference and PhD course: “Humor, Education, and the Quest for a Good Life” (Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, 12h)
