Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My primary expertise lies within the field of ritual studies, with a special interest in the role of material culture in the dynamics of changing rituals. A special interest goes out to the ways in which (new) ritual experts deal with such societal forces as individualization, pluralism and superdiversity, as well as to the role of ritual in late modern society.
Currently, these various interests come together in my research into the design of rituals after disasters and atrocities.
Current courses
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External positions
Executive commitee member (vice-treasurer) (European Association for the Study of Religions)
1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2026
Commitee member (Dutch Association for the Study of Religion)
1 May 2017 → …
Keywords
- Religious Diversity
- Ritual Studies
- Comparative Religious Studies
- Religion And Public Domain
- Rituals
- Religion And Culture
- Commemoration
- Ritual Dynamics
- Modernisation
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Studying Nonreligion: Methodological Lessons from the Netherlands
Arfman, W. & Liefbroer, A. I., 2024, The Faith and Beliefs of "Nonbelievers". Bargár, P. & Jonkers, P. (eds.). The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, p. 113-123 (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series VIII, Christian Philosophical Studies; vol. 24).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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Ritual Selectivity: Commemorating the November 2015 Terrorist Attacks in Paris and Beirut
Arfman, W., 2019, Absent Ritual: Exploring the Ambivalence and Dynamics of Ritual. Post, P. & Hoondert, M. (eds.). Durham: Carolina Academic Press, p. 103-118 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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A monument for boat refugees: Ritual and the art of liminality
Arfman, W., 2018, Cultural Practices of Victimhood. Hoondert, M., Mustaers, P. & Arfman, W. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge, 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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Cultural Practices of Victimhood
Hoondert, M., Mutsaers, P. & Arfman, W., 2018, Abdingdon: Routledge. 257 p. (Victims, Culture and Society)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific
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Introduction
Hoondert, M., Mutsaers, P. & Arfman, W., 2018, Cultural Practices of Victimhood. Hoondert, M., Mutsaers, P. & Arfman, W. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 1-16 16 p. (Victims, Culture and Society ).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Stichting Nehallenia (External organisation)
Arfman, W. (Member)
20 Jan 2025 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of board › Popular
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Religion in the digital sphere: does such a thing exist?
Arfman, W. (Speaker)
12 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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European Association for the Study of Religion (EASR) (External organisation)
Arfman, W. (Member)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2025Activity: Membership types › Membership of board › Scientific
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NGG (External organisation)
Arfman, W. (Member)
1 May 2022 → 31 Dec 2025Activity: Membership types › Membership of board › Scientific
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NOSTER (The Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion) (External organisation)
Arfman, W. (Member)
1 Mar 2022 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of board › Scientific
Press/Media
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Influencer Zaar promoot op TikTok producten en haar geloof. ‘Je kunt er hip uitzien én voor God kiezen’
7/04/24
1 Media contribution
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'Onschuldige vrouwen zijn vermoord', Manja wil Nationaal Heksenmonument
18/10/23
1 Media contribution
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Spiritualiteit is online populair, maar het is vooral hard werken
10/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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