Rae Fujimori

Thesis title: Unveiling Identities: Language, Gender, and Power in Achaemenid Yehud

Biography

Qualifications

Master of Theology in Biblical Studies with Distinction

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (September 2021 - August 2022)

Bachelor of Arts in Letters with Study Abroad

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (April 2017 - March 2021)

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (September 2019 - May 2020)

Responsibilities & affiliations

Treasurer, New College Postgraduate Committee,  School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh  (2024 - present)

Co-Chair, CSCO Decolonising Biblical Studies Postgraduate Research and Reading Group (2023 - present) 

Undergraduate teaching

Tutoring

DIVI08034 Patriarchs, Prophets and Poets

DIVI08003 The Bible in Literature 

Current project grants

Landeskirche Scholarship sponsored by Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e.V. (Brot für die Welt) for visiting research semester at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany (April – September 2025)
School of Divinity PhD Scholarship Award (September 2023 - present)
Graduate Scholarship for Degree-Seeking Students sponsored by Japan Student Service Organization (September 2023 - present)

Past project grants

Graduate Scholarship for Degree-Seeking Students sponsored by Japan Student Service Organization (September 2021 - August 2022)

Organiser

Co-chair for Unit at European Association of Biblical Studies Conference, titled: Intersectional Criticism: Gender, Class, Race, Sexuality, and Disability. 2025 - present. https://eabs.net/EABS/Research-Units/Research_Units/EABS_Research_Units/Intersectional_Criticism.aspx

Co-chair for Workshop at European Association of Biblical Studies Conference, titled: Intersectional Criticism: Gender, Class, Race, Sexuality, and Disability. 2024. https://www.eabs.net/EABS/Research-Units/Research_Units/Past_Research_Units/Workshops-2024/Intersectional_Criticism.aspx

Papers delivered

"Masters of the House: Gendered Linguistic Power in the Book of Esther." European Association of Biblical Studies Graduate Symposium. 5th March, 2025. [Online]. University of Groningen.

'"And They Did Not Know How to Speak the Language of Yehud": Socio-Linguistic Analysis on the Book of Nehemiah’. Old Testament Studies: Epistemologies and Methods. 24th August 2024. [In-person]. Sandbjerg Gods, Aarhus University.

'Yehudite Identity and Hebrew Language in the Book of Nehemiah'. European Association of Biblical Studies. 16th July, 2024. [In-person]. Sofia University.

'Muted Voice: The Reinterpretation of Job’s Wife'. Colloquium Patristicum. 5th November 2022. [Online]. Kyoto University. [in Japanese: 「抹消された声 −ヨブの妻の再解釈をめぐって−」コロキウム・パトリスティクム].

'In what way Job's wife is relevant to the female survivors of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki?'. Northern Universities Postgraduate Day Conference. 31st May 2022. [In-person]. Durham University.  

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