Central to my research is the question what it means to be human. Driven by existential questions and their expression in literature, history, theology, and philosophy, I try to grasp the meaning of human life. My main focus has been religion and meaning making in a (post)modern and (post)secular context. Subjects I write on include faith, hope, suffering, compassion, religious experience, art/aesthetics, and sport.

Since June 2022, I have been working as a university assistant (predoc) at the University of Vienna. My PhD project is provisionally entitled: ‘Radically Human: Allard Pierson’s True Humanity and Aesthetics Through the Lens of John D. Caputo’s Radical Theology’. I plan to complete my dissertation in 2025.

As an enthusiastic athlete, I am interested in theological and philosophical reflection on the existential dimension of (high-performance) sport. In addition to completing my dissertation, I am preparing a proposal for a postdoctoral research project on this topic.

I am always open to discussing and exchanging thoughts and (research) ideas. Feel free to reach out to me: sabine.joanne.wolsink@univie.ac.at.

Biography

• Since 6/2022 University Assistant (predoc) in Protestant systematic theology (Prof Dr Christian Danz), University of Vienna
• 1/2022-4/2022 Dr Liselotte Kirchner Research Fellow, Francke Foundations Halle (Saale)
• 6/2021-5/2022 Research Assistant (project based) in church history and history of theology (DFG project of Prof Dr Veronika Albrecht-Birkner), University of Siegen
• 9/2019-3/2020 Internship Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Pietismusforschung, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 2021-2022 Premaster Theology, Protestant Theological University Amsterdam
• 2018-2020 Research Master Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, including courses in theology and history of religion in Leiden, Amsterdam, and Halle (Saale)
• 2015-2018 Bachelor Dutch Language and Culture, Radboud University Nijmegen, including courses in theology, history of religion, and German literature, partly in Amsterdam.

Publications

see: https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/persons/sabine-joanne-wolsink