Denise Polaczuk

Educational Record

since 2022 PhD student in Religious Studies at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg

2017-2019 Study of the Master Degree Course Religious and Cultural Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich; Certificate: Master of Arts

2014-2017 Study of the Bachelor Degree Course Religious Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich; Certificate: Bachelor of Arts

Denise Polaczuk is a passionate scholar in the field of religious studies and a freelance proof-reader from Munich.

Research Focus

Denise Polaczuk is interested in the role of religion in contemporary global poltics and the respective historical backgrounds.

In her previous qualification theses, she investigated current conspiracy ideologies and anti-religious or rather anti-islamic discourses in the German right-wing milieu, as well as their development out of secularisation processes since the Protestant Reformation.

Additionally, she examined Christian traditions in Europe during the 13th-16th century, frequently applying interdisciplinary approaches from the fields of Semiotics and of Queer and Gender Studies.

Awarding

April 2017 - September 2019 Promotion by the scholarship "Deutschlandstipendium"