Kari Elisabeth Børresen

Curriculum Vitae

• Senior Professor (emerita)
• Faculty of Theology
• University of Oslo
  

Studies at University of Oslo

• 1954, French language and literature.
• 1956, General history.
• 1960, History of ideas, Magister artium with dissertation: Ideen om et oppdragende forsyn, belyst ved dens utformning hos Bossuet, Turgot og Comte. (The idea of educational providence, in Bossuet, Turgot and Comte. Norwegian Mag.art. corresponds to American Ph.D.)
• 1968, Doctor philosophiae , Oslo University, with thesis: Subordination et Equivalence. Nature et rôle de la femme d′après Augustin et Thomas d′Aquin. (Norwegian Dr.philos. corresponds to German Dr.Habil.)

Studies abroad

• Paris: La Sorbonne (Henri-Irénéé Marrou). Ecole pratique des hautes études (Pierre Hadot). Institut catholique (Jean Daniélou).
• Poitiers: Centre d′études médiévales.
• Heidelberg: Theologische Fakultät (Hans von Campenhausen).
• Mainz: Cusanus-Institut (Rudolf Haubst).
• Oxford: St. Hilda's College (Beryl Smalley).
• Rome: Istituto di Norvegia, Bibliotheca Vaticana, Istituto Biblico, Università Gregoriana.

Positions held in Norway

• 1961: Scientific Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo.
• 1961 - 65: Research Fellow, Norwegian Research Council.
• 1966 - 68: Research Fellow, Department of Systematic Theology, Århus University.
• 1970 - 71: Grant from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
• 1977 - 80: Research Fellow, Norwegian Research Council, Women's Studies Program.
• 1982 - 00: Research Professor, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Culture.
• 1993 - 00: Professor of Medieval Studies/Gender Studies, Department of Cultural Studies, University of Oslo.
• 2000 - 02: Professor of Historical Theology/Gender Studies, Department of Church History, University of Oslo.
• 2003-: Senior Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo.

Visiting lectureships abroad

• 1977-79: Visiting Professor, Faculty of theology, Università Gregoriana, Roma.
• 1981: Visiting Professor, Faculté de théologie, Université de Genève.
• 1981-82: Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer, Women's Studies in Religion Program, The Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1983: Resident Scholar, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC.
• 1988: Resident Scholar, the Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Italy.
• 1988-89: Member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey.
• 1994: Member of the Center of Theological Inquiry.
• 1995: Member of the Center of Theological Inquiry.
• 1996: Member of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Collegeville, Minnesota.

International positions

• 1978-81: Consultant, Study on the community of women and men in the church, World Council of Churches, Genève.
• 1979-: Member of Conseil de l'association internationale d'études patristiques.
• 1981-85: Co-Director, Research project: Female, Male, Human in Early Christianity, Faculty of theology, Uppsala University.
• 1982-87: Member of Advisory Board, Research Project: Frau and Christentum, Institut für ökumenische Forschung, Universität Tübingen.
• 1984-93: Member of Advisory Committee of Feminist Theology, Concilium, Nijmegen.
• 1992: Chairperson of the first European Research Conference in the Humanities, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg: Women in the Christian Tradition, from Late Antiquity to Age of Reform.
• 1995, 1998: Convener of the second and third European Research Conferences in the series: Women in the Christian Tradition.
• 1997-2001: Coordinator of Research network/doctoral course, Gender and Religion in Europe , University of Oslo, Università Roma III and Universiät Wien,
• 1997-2004: Director of an International research group, Gender and Religion in Formative Christianity and Islam , Research Council of Norway.
• 1997-2008: Coordinator of the Critical edition, Christina of Sweden. Writings . The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm.
• 2004-06: Coordinator with Università Roma III of exploratory workshop/scientific network: The Impact of Cultural and Religious Gender Models on the European Formation of Socio-Political Human Rights , European Science Foundation.
• 2004-07: Collaborator in the interdisciplinary research project: Democracy, Religion and Women's Human Rights , Research Council of Norway.

honors

• 1992: Doctor theologiae honoris causa, Uppsala University.
• 1995-: Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

See also Professor Børresen's Publications.