I joined the Arts Faculty as a Lecturer in Religious Studies in 2009, but have been working for the Open University since 1999 as an Associate Lecturer in the North West region (teaching AA100 ‘The Arts Past and Present’, DD100 ‘An Introduction to the Social Sciences’, AD317 ‘Religion Today’ and the MA in Religious Studies). I have been involved in the maintenance and development of a range of the OU’s modules in Religious Studies, including A217 ‘Introducing Religions’, A332 ‘Why is religion controversial?’, and A880 and A881, Parts 1 and 2 of the MA in Religious Studies. I am currently chairing the production of Y031, the new Arts and Languages Access Module. Together with my colleague Graham Harvey, I have worked as an academic consultant on the BBC/ OU co-produced TV series ‘Divine Women’, first broadcast on BBC 2 in April 2012. I am also book reviews editor of the journal Culture and Religion.
I studied Protestant Theology and English Language and Literature at Heidelberg University in Germany and got ‘hooked’ on Religious Studies when I spent a semester as a visiting student at Stirling University. I completed my post-graduate studies, including an MA in 'Religion, Culture and Society' and a PhD in Religious Studies, at Lancaster University. My PhD thesis was on ‘National identity and the politics of religion and education in Germany’, and I continue to have a special research interest in the relationship between religion and identity (gender and national identities in particular).
Email: stefanie.sinclair@open.ac.uk
Tel: 01908 654710
Sinclair, S. (forthcoming in summer 2013) ‘Digital Literacy in Religious Studies’ in DISKUS: The Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion (BASR), Special Teaching and Learning Edition.
Sinclair, S. (online May 2013; forthcoming in print in October 2013) ‘Regina Jonas: Forgetting and Remembering the first female rabbi’ in Religion, Vol. 43 (4) (DOI:10.1080/0048721X.2013.789090)
Sinclair, S. (2012) ‘National identity and the politics of the ‘headscarf debate’ in Germany’, Culture and Religion, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 19-39.
Sinclair, S. (2011), ‘Blended Learning and Tuition in Religious Studies: An Open University Perspective’, Discourse, Vol. 10 (3), available online at www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/subjects/prs/Blended-Learning-and-tuition-vol-10-3.
Sinclair, S. (forthcoming) ‘Veiling’ in A332 Why Is Religion Controversial? Controversial Practices, Hugh Beattie (ed.), Milton Keynes: The Open University.
Sinclair, S. (forthcoming) ‘Remembering the first female rabbi: Regina Jonas’ in A332 Why is Religion Controversial? Controversial Figures, Edwina Newman (ed.), Milton Keynes: The Open University.
Sinclair, S. with contributions from Marion Bowman (2006) A217 Introducing Religions: Christianity, Milton Keynes: The Open University, 178pp.
The Open University (forthcoming) Y031 Arts and Languages Access Module: Block 1 Finding Your Voice, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
The Open University (forthcoming) Y031 Arts and Languages Access Module: Block 2 Speaking Out, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
The Open University (forthcoming) Y031 Arts and Languages Access Module: Block 3 Visions of Protest, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
Sinclair, Stefanie (2012) ‘John R. Bowen. Blaming Islam. Cambridge, Mass./ London, MIT Press, 2012’ in Culture and Religion Vol. 13 (4), pp. 495-497.
Sinclair, Stefanie (2011) ‘Leila Ahmed. A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence from the Middle East to America, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011’ in Culture and Religion Vol. 12 (4), pp. 501-503.
Sinclair, Stefanie (2011) ‘L. Woodhead, H. Kawanami and C. Partridge (eds.) Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, 2nd ed., London and New York, Routledge, 2009’ in Culture and Religion, Vol. 12 (1), pp. 107-109.
Lotz , Stefanie (2000), ‘Gregg Kvistad (1999) The Rise and Demise of German Statism: Loyalty and Political membership, Berghahn Books, New York/ Oxford’, in European History Quarterly, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 273-276
Sinclair, Stefanie with L. Clennell, J. Heap, J. Wiggans, J. Austin, M. Lancaster and S. Brierley (2003) The Open Event as a Conversion Tool for New Enquirers, Manchester: The Open University in the North West.
Simmill-Binning, Cheryl, Pearson, J. and Sinclair, S. (2011) Evaluation of the North West Regional PREVENT Education Team Schools Resources Pack, Lancaster University and University of Central Lancashire.
Wilson, Alison and Sinclair, Stefanie (2011) Confidential Inquiry into Drug-Related Deaths in Lancashire 2009/10, Lancaster University, Applied Social Science Unit for Research and Evaluation (ASSURE).
Sinclair, S. and Harvey, G. (2012) Divine Women, The Open University. (Print item associated with the BBC/OU co-produced TV series ‘Divine Women’).
Sinclair, S. (2012) ‘What’s the big deal about virginity?’, The Open University. (Article associated with BBC/ OU co-produced TV series ‘Divine Women’, available on Open Learn: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/religious-studies/what-s-the-big-deal-about-virginity).
The Open University (2013) ‘Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi’ iTunesU collection (also available on Open Learn from http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/religious-studies/regina-jonas-the-first-female-rabbi).
The Open University (2013) ‘Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion’ iTunesU collection (also available on OpenLearn from http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/veiling-tradition-identity-and-fashion).
See Open Research Online for further details of Stefanie Sinclair’s research publications.
