Luis Bastidas
Luis Bastidas
Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Soziologie
PostDoc, Research Associate
Gebäude Prieserstr. 2, Raum 3.03
Telefon: +49+(0)921/55-4851
E-Mail: luis.bastidas@uni-bayreuth.de
ResearchGate: Research Gate
Office Hours: please arrange by email
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
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.
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