Michel Desjardins

Chair, Global Studies; Professor

Contact Information

Email: mdesjardins@wlu.ca | michel.desjardins@gmail.com
Phone: 519-884-0710 ext.3323
Fax: 519-884-9387
Office Location: 2-112 DAWB
5-120A Global Studies

Languages Spoken

English

Academic Background

B. A. (Alberta); M.A. (British Columbia); Ph.D. (Toronto)

Biography

Michel Desjardins has taught and published in the areas of Comparative Religions, Early Christianity, Peace and Violence, and the Academic Study of Religion in North America. He is Professor of Religion and Culture, President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, and the Secretary of the American Academy of Religion He is serving as Chair of the Department of Global Studies. His current research is on the role of food in religious traditions across the world.

Research Interests:

• Food and Religion
• Gnosticism
• early Christian writings, canonical and non-canonical
• The Academic study of religion
• Apocalypticism

Additional Information

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