Dr. Christian Suhr

Professor

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Biography

Christian Suhr is a filmmaker and professor of visual multimodal anthropology at Aarhus University. He is the principal investigator of the ERC project 'Heart Openings: Experience Cultivation Love Buddhism, Christianity, Islam' (2021-2027). His recent film 'Light Light' (Suhr Lotfy 2022) explores experiences of luminosity and love within Sufi communities in post-revolutionary Egypt. Suhr is the author of the award-winning film and book 'Descending Angels' (Manchester University Press, 2019), which delves into jinn possession, Islamic exorcism, and psychiatry. His research is based on fieldwork conducted on Baluan Island, Papua New Guinea, and he has directed films such as 'On Behalf of Living' (with Ton Otto and Gary Kildea, 2023), 'Unity Culture' (with Ton Otto, DER 2011), and 'Ngat Dead' (with Ton Otto and Steffen Dalsgaard, DER 2009). Suhr's forthcoming film 'Epoche' (with Claire Petitmengin, Mind & Life Europe) explores the application of micro-phenomenology to the study of meditative experience. He has edited works including 'Transcultural Montage' (Berghahn, 2013) and 'When Media Sets the Agenda' (DJØF, 2021), as well as special journal issues on topics such as 'The Poetics and Politics of the Unseen in Islam'. In 2014, he founded the Visual Multimodal Anthropology Lab at Moesgaard and coordinated the MSc programme in Visual Anthropology from 2014 to 2023. Suhr has been an elected member of the Young Academy of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters since 2018.

Research Interests

Requirements for Aarhus University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:83
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field Specific credit requirements in programming, algorithms, and computer systems
Application Checklist
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  • Official transcripts of records
  • Course descriptions
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Documentation of English language proficiency
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science offers tracks in Software Efficiency, Cryptography, and Data Science.