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Jörg Rüpke studied at Bonn, Lancaster and Tübingen, where he took his doctorate (Domi militiae) and habilitation (Kalender und Öffentlichkeit). He is now Fellow in Religious Studies and Vice-director of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies of the University of Erfurt, Germany. He has led projects on Lived Ancient Religion, Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspectives and Roman Imperial and Provincial Religion and is now Co-director of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe Urbanity and Religion: Reciprocal Formations (with Susane Rau). He has published widely on Roman culture and religion.