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ProfessorJay Johnston

Honorary Professor

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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  • Honorary Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTs

  • Wildlife and Natural Heritage
  • Esoteric and Mystical Traditions esp. magic and divination
  • Archaeology of Religion/Religion and Material Culture
  • Religious and Philosophical Aesthetics
  • Embodiment and Intersubjectivity studies (incl. intermediary beings)
  • Ecocriticism and Animal Studies (incl. Shamanism)
  • Gaelic and Scandinavian cultures pre-1400
  • Theories of the Image/ Visual Arts
  • Feminist Philosophy of Religion
  • Museum and Curatorial Studies

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Wild and Woolly: St. Blaise's Zoomorphic Iconography from Armenia to Cornwall
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Johnston J
  • GRANT
    Human Animal Research Network
    DVC Research1 Jun 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Michael M,
    • Probyn-Rapsey F,
    • Johnston J,
    • Black C,
    • Lea T
  • GRANT
    The function of images in magical papyri and artefacts of ritual power from Late Antiquity.
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2012
    People funded by this grant: