Team > Luis Bastidas

Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Soziologie

• Since 10/2025: PostDoc, Research Associate
• Since 03/2021: Lecturer. Chair of Sociology of Culture and Religion, University of Bayreuth
  

• 2019–2025: Doctoral Fellow at the Chair of Sociology of Culture and Religion, University of Bayreuth (Research Grant. DAAD. Doctoral Program in Germany). Thesis: Victims and Souls. The Interpretation of Violence through the Cult of Las Benditas Ánimas del Purgatorio in Puerto Berrío, Colombia.

• 2016–2018: Lecturer. Department of Sociology, Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogotá, Colombia
• 2016–2018: Lecturer. Department of Social Work. Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Bogotá, Colombia
• 2015–2016: Lecturer. Department of Social Work. Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium, Cali, Colombia

• 2012–2014: Teaching Assistant. Department of Sociology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá

• 2012–2014: M.A. Sociology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá (Graduate Student Scholarship Grant. National University of Colombia). Thesis: Militancia y Filiación Religiosa en el Movimiento Político MIRA (thesis research in Colombia)

• 2007–2012: B.A. Sociology (with distinction), University of Valle, Cali, Colombia

Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Soziologie

Luis Bastidas concluded his doctoral studies in sociology at the University of Bayreuth (2025) and is a fellow of the Social Studies of Religion Group at the National University of Colombia. His doctoral research approached the influence of popular religion on the interpretation of everyday life in a context of extreme violence in Colombia, specifically in the southern Magdalena Medio region. Since 2023, he has led the Colloquium on Latin America.

Research interests: Sociology of Knowledge, Religion, Violence, Everyday Life, Visual Research Methods, Latin America.

Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Soziologie

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Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Soziologie

Luis Bastidas
PostDoc, Research Associate

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Telefon: +49+(0)921/55-4851
E-Mail: luis.bastidas@uni-bayreuth.de
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