Prof. dr. Birgit Meyer

Professor
Religious Studies
Religious Studies
b.meyer@uu.nl

- Mercator Fellowship, University of Cologne (2024-2026)

- Fellow Kollegforschergruppe Imaginarien der Kraft, Hamburg University (April-July 2024)

- Stewart Hoover Mentorship Award, International Society for Media, Religion and Culture,

awarded on 4 August 2023

- Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Theology, Universität Zu¨rich, awarded 29 April 2023

- Fellow Kollegforschergruppe Multiple Secularities, Leipzig University (April-June 2023)

- Member Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (since 2022).

- Fellow KNIR (Royal Netherlands Institute, Rome), May 2019

- William James Guest-professorship, Department of Religious Studies, Bayreuth University, 6-10 November 2017

- Spinoza award, Netherlands Foundation for Scientific Research/Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), 2015

- Academy professor prize, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences/Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), 2015

- Fellow Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS), Oslo; Project Local Dynamics of Globalization-research project (April-June 2015). Invited.

- Member Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, since 2012.

- Anneliese-Maier-Forschungspreis, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, 2011.

- Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin (2010-11)

- Nominated by students of anthropology for Faculty Teaching Award, FSW, VU (2010)

- Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences/Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) (since 2007)

- Vice-Chairperson of the International African Institute, London (2005-2017)

- Member of the International African Institute, London (since 2004)