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

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

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

'"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.

'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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