Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen

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Employment

2020 Vicedean of Education and Head of Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

2020 Interim Head of Studies at the Faculty of Theology,  University of Copenhagen.

2018 - Associate Professor in Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

2013 - 2018: Professor in Practical Theology with special obligations in the field of homiletics, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

 2012 - 2013: Visiting Scholar, Duke University Divinity School, Preceptor in MA course: Introduction to Christian Preaching.

 Sept-Oct. 2012: Research Assistant, Faculty of Theology, University Of Copenhagen.

Feb.-June 2012: External lecturer at the Department of Systematic Theology, University of Copenhagen teaching.

2006- June 2012: Ph.D. fellow at the Department of Systematic Theology, University of Copenhagen. Financed by the Danish Research Council for Culture and Communication.   

Education

• 2006- June 2012: Ph.D. fellow at the Department of Systematic Theology, University of Copenhagen.               
• 2000 - June 2005: Candidata theologiae, University of Copenhagen.    
• 1997 - June 2000: Bachelor in Theology, University of Copenhagen.    
• 1992-1995: Upper secondary school leaving examination, Fredericia Gymnasium.

 Studies abroad

• 2002-2003: Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, Tennesse.
• 1995-1996: l'Université de la Sorbonne Paris. Cours de langue et de civilisation francaises.   
• 1991-1992: Millbrook Highschool, New York. Rotary exchange student.

 Academical posts and activities

• Member of the board of Societas Homiletica
• Co-editor of the International Journal of Homiletics. 
• Head of continuing and further education at Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.
• 2009-2011: Elect Member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Homiletics.
• Co-planning and facilitating the Academy of Homiletics’ Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, Dec. 1^st-3^rd 2011.
• Co-planning and facilitating the Academy of Homiletics’ Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 18^th-20^th 2010 (in affiliation with the Society of Biblical Literature).
• 2011- 2013: Member of the redaction group at Religionspædagogisk Forlag (RPF),Frederiksberg
• 2011:   Co-planning seminar on “The Theology of Preaching” at Copenhagen University, Oct. 5^th-6^th.
• 2008:   Co-planning and facilitating the Societas Homiletica’s bi-annual conference in Copenhagen, June 2008.

 Conference paper presentations

•  Listening to the Voices. Refugees as Co-authors of Practical Theology" Keynote lecture at the British and Irish Association of Practical Theology's Conferencen in collaboration with Ass. Prof. Gitte Buch-Hansen July 13th 2017.
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• "Paradoxical Hope in the Promise of Preaching" Keynote lecture at Societas Homiletica Bi-annual conference, Stellenbosch, Southafrica. March 16th. 2016.
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• “Touched by the Words – Corporeality and Liturgical Practices in the Johannine Jesus’ Speeches. A polyphonic performance for three voices”
  Joint presentation in collaboration with Professor Bent Flemming Nielsen and Professor Gitte Buch-Hansen at the session: Biblical Interpretation and Pastoral Theology at the Society of Biblical Literature Conference in Chicago, IL. Nov.17^th 2012.

•  “The ‘Word of God’ in Carnivalized Preaching - Reconsidering the Call to Preaching from a Bakhtinian Perspective”. In: Papers of the Academy of Homiletics 44th. Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA., Nov. 2010.

• “Preaching as Dialogical Monologue: In Conversation with Mikhail M. Bakhtin and Other­wise Homiletics”. In: Papers of the Academy of Homiletics 43th. Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Dec. 2009.

• “In Search of Preaching – Does Scripture Make a Difference? - Homiletics in the Tension Field between Orality and Literacy”. In: Working Papers of the Societas Homiletica’s bi-annual meeting, København, June 2008.

• “How the Word becomes Flesh and Dwells among Us: A ‘New Homiletic’ approach to
  ‘Advent Analogy’” In: Papers of the Academy of Homiletics 39th. Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, Dec. 2004. 
  

 Languages

• English: Level A
• French: Level A
• German: Level B
• Latin: Level A
• Greek: Level A
• Hebrew: Level C