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Lucien van Liere is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in the study of religious violence. With his background in theology and philosophy, he obtained his doctorate through a research project focusing on the influence of the Shoah on the subject-object relationship as discussed by Theodor W. Adorno, Karl Barth, and Hannah Arendt. He has worked at Utrecht University since 2008, becoming an Associate Professor in 2016. From 2019 to 2023, he served as the director of education in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. His research explores the broader contexts in which violence is committed and justified, emphasizing the significance of religious beliefs in shaping the dynamics of conflict. By employing various analytical methods, such as frame analysis, discourse analysis, and material analysis, he investigates the motivations and causes of conflict, especially within socio-religious contexts. Van Liere emphasizes the importance of education as a mediating process for understanding the complexities of religious violence, rightly balancing the successes and failures experienced across generations.
Department of Psychology