PhD Aaron French
aaron.french@uni-erfurt.dePostdoctoral Researcher (Seminar für Religionswissenschaft)
Contact
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.03.32
Visiting address
Campus
Seminar für Religionswissenschaft
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Seminar für Religionswissenschaft
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Mitglied, Fachrichtung "Allgemeine Religionswissenschaft" (Erfurter RaumZeit-Forschung)
Visiting address
Campus
Erfurter RaumZeit-Forschung
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Erfurter RaumZeit-Forschung
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Junior Fellow (Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies)
Contact
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.03.32
Visiting address
Campus
Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt

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Areas of Research
- History of Esotericism
- New Religious Movements
- History of Science
- Sacred Space and Architecture
- Late 19th/Early 20th Century German Philosophy
- Science and Technology Studies
Current Research
I specialize in the history of science, modernity, Western esotericism, German Romanticism, and science and technology studies. My dissertation focused on “Disenchanting and Re-Enchanting German Modernity” with emphasis on the German intellectuals Max Weber and Rudolf Steiner. My current research focuses on how two architects in Central Europe during the first half of the 20th century—Bruno Taut (1880–1938) and Le Corbusier (1887–1965)—sought to redefine and reimagine “sacredness” and “sacred spaces” for the modern world. This project analyzes how Taut and Le Corbusier envisioned potentially new and utopic futures designed to re-sacralize the present through a holistic approach and harmonious balancing of energetic polarities.