Dimitris Xygalatas
Dimitris Xygalatas
Δημήτρης Ξυγαλατάς
Contact me:
Mailing address:
Aarhus University, Building 1443
Tåsingegade 3, Arrhus C. 8000
Denmark
email: xygalatas@mac.com
Tel: +45 60730800
I have now uploaded some pictures from the fire-walking rituals of Mauritius. Click here to see those pictures, or here to see a blog about my fieldtrip to Mauritius.
Latest translation:
N. A. Christakis and J. H. Fowler, Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives, Little, Brown and Company 2009. (Greek Title: Συνδεδεμένοι, Αθήνα: Κάτοπτρο 2010).
New Publication:
2010. “Can the Study of Religion be Scientific?”, in: D. Wiebe and P. Pachis (eds.), Chasing Down Religion: In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences. Essays in Honour of Luther H. Martin, Thessaloniki: Barbounakis.
Forthcoming publication:
“Firewalking in the Balkans. High Arousal Rituals and Memory», in: Ivan Czachesz (ed.), Changing Minds: Religion and Cognition through the Ages, Leuven: Peeters.
Affiliation:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MINDLab, Aarhus University Hospital.
Religion, Cognition and Culture research unit, Department for the Study of Religion, Aarhus University.
PhD, Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University Belfast.
Areas of interest: Anthropology, Ethnography, Religion, Ritual, Cognition, Evolution.
Geographical areas: Southern Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, Spain), Indian Ocean (Mauritius)