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DR ULRIKE VOLLMER, Dipl. Rel. Päd.(FH) (Freiburg), MA (Leeds), PhD (Sheffield),
Honorary Fellow in Modern Theology (Lampeter)
Honorary Research Fellow (Glasgow)
Email: u.vollmer@lamp.ac.uk
RESEARCH PROFILE
Publications since 2001:
Book:
Seeing Film and Reading Feminist Theology: A Dialogue, New York, Palgrave
Macmillan 2007.
Winner of the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2007.
Journal articles:
‘Representing the Adoration of the Kings: Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice’, in
preparation.
‘Blessed Are Those Who Are Seen? Incarnation as Cinema’s Destiny’, Religion and
the Arts, 10/4 (2006), 524-538.
‘Auf Leinwand gebannt: Judith im (Miss-)Verständnis von Malerei und Film’,
Biblical Interpretation special issue on Bible and Film, 14/1-2 (2006), 76-93.
‘Towards an Ethics of Seeing. Sally Potter’s The Tango Lesson’, Literature and
Theology 19/1 (March 2005), 74-85.
‘I Will not Let You Go unless You Teach Me the Tango. Sally Potter’s The Tango
Lesson’, Biblical Interpretation 11/1 (January 2003), 98-112.
‘Sprechen, Hören, und dann? Gedanken zum Dialog zwischen Film und Theologie’,
medienheft (April 2003),
http://www.medienheft.ch/kritik/bibliothek/k19_VollmerUlrike.html.
‘Dunkle Talente. Sünde und Erlösung in den Filmen von Jane Campion’,
Orientierung 65, Nr.15/16 (2001), 165-170.
Book chapters:
‘Bildende Kunst und Spiritualität: Zwillingspfade zum Göttlichen’, in P. Hasenberg,
G. Larcher and R. Zwick (eds.), Zeit, Bild, Theologie (Film und Theologie, Marburg: Schüren Verlag, forthcoming 2009).
‘Vater, Mutter, Kinder? Familienbilder in populären Filmen’, in Th. Bohrmann (ed.),
Handbuch Theologie und populärer Film (Schoeningh Verlag, 2009).
‘Heilige Ehrfurcht oder banaler Voyeurismus? Mutter(gottes)schaft sinnlich
betrachtet’, in C. Martig and L. Karrer (eds.), Eros und Religion (Film und Theologie, Marburg: Schüren Verlag, 2007), 145-164.
‘Love Me: Weibliche Identität zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit’, in L.Karrer and
C.Martig (eds.), Traumwelten. Der filmische Blick nach innen (Film und Theologie, 3; Marburg: Schüren Verlag, 2003), 181-199.
‘Die Frage, was wirklich ist. Gedanken zu Jane Campions Groteske Sweetie’, in
S.Orth, J.Valentin and R.Zwick (eds.), Göttliche Komödien. Religiöse Dimensionen des Komischen im Kino (Film und Theologie, 2; Köln: KIM, 2001), 157-176.
Invited lectures:
‘Visual Art and Spirituality: Twin Paths to the Divine’, University of Aberystwyth,
May 2009.
‘Zwillingspfade zum Göttlichen? Zum Verhältnis von bildender Kunst und
Spiritualität’, Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe (Germany), January 2009.
‘Representing the Adoration of the Kings: Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice’,
University of Bristol, November 2008.
‘Visual Art and Spirituality: Twin Paths to the Divine’, University of Iceland,
September 2008.
‘Visual Art and Spirituality: Twin Paths to the Divine’, University of Stirling, April
2008.
‘Blessed Are Those Who Are Seen? Incarnation as Cinema’s Destiny’, Regent’s Park
College, Oxford University, February 2006.
‘Artemisia’, lecture series ‘Religion und Film’, Filmfestival Münster (Germany),
October 2005.
‘Grace and Redemption in the films of Jane Campion’, lecture at College of York
St.John, March 2000.
Areas of Responsibility:
European Editorial Team of ‘Literature and Theology’,
Steering committee, international research project ‘Film und Theologie’ (www.film-und-theologie.de, a collaboration of 8 European universities, together with other theological institutions).
Memberships:
International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture (ISRLC),
European Association for Biblical Studies (EABS).
Research Interests:
Visual art,
Film,
Feminism.
