BIRGER ALBERT PEARSON

CURRICULUM VITAE

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• Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies. University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Professor and Interim Director, Religious Studies Program. University of California, Berkeley.

• Bachelor of Arts, Upsala College (East Orange, NJ), 1957. Classical Languages.
• Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1959. Greek.
• Bachelor of Divinity (=M. Div.), Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (Berkeley, CA), 1962. Biblical Studies and Theology.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1968. Study of Religion: New Testament and Christian Origins.

• Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary: Instructor in Greek, 1959-62.
• Harvard University: Teaching Fellow, 1964-65.
• Episcopal Theological School (Cambridge, MA): Lecturer, 1965-66.
• Harvard Divinity School: Teaching Fellow in Greek, Summer Language Program, 1966, 1967.
• Duke University, Department of Religion: Instructor, 1966-68; Assistant Professor, 1968-69.
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies: Assistant Professor, 1969-71; Associate Professor, 1971-75; Professor, 1975-; Emeritus, 1994-.
• Uppsala University, Sweden: Visiting Professor, Spring, 1993.
• Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary/Graduate Theological Union: Adjunct Professor, Fall, 1994, 1995.
• University of California, Berkeley, Religious Studies Program: Visiting Professor, Fall, 1994, 1995; Professor and Interim Director, 1996-.
• Lund University, Sweden: Visiting Professor, Spring, 1996.

• Associate Director for Academic Affairs, the University of California Education Abroad Program, 1974-76.
• Chairman, UCSB Department of Religious Studies, 1976-79; Acting Chairman, Fall, 1986.
• Director, University of California Study Center at Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 1979-81.
• Graduate Advisor, UCSB Dept. of Religious Studies, 1971-73; 1981-82.
• Undergraduate Advisor, UCSB Dept. of Religious Studies, 1973-74.
• UCSB Faculty Legislature, 1972-73, 1991-93.
• Executive Committee of the UCSB College of Letters and Science, 1975-77; Secretary, 1976-77.
• Chairman, UCSB Academic Senate Committee on the Education Abroad Program, 1982-86.
• Member, University (systemwide) Committee on the Education Abroad Program, 1984-87; Chairman, 1986-87.
• Project Director, Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate School (The Roots of Egyptian Christianity), 1981-.
• Discipline Screening Committee, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, 1985-88.
• External Reviewer: School of Religion, University of Iowa, 1983.
• External Reviewer: Program in the Study of Religion, University of California, Los Angeles, 1986.
• Associate Director for Faculty Relations, the University of California Education Abroad Program, 1987-1990.
• External Reviewer: Program in Religion, The Claremont Graduate School, 1994.
• External Reviewer: Department of Classics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1995.
• Interim Director, UC Berkeley Religious Studies Progam, 1996-.

• Society of Biblical Literature
• Archeological Institute of America
• Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
• International Association for Coptic Studies
• Société d'Archéologie Copte
• Catholic Biblical Association of America
• American Schools of Oriental Research
• The American Research Center in Egypt
• Archeological Society of Alexandria
• American Society for the Study of Religion
• International Association of Manichaean Studies (member of advisory board)

• Journal of Biblical Literature (1981-87)
• The Bible Review
• Studia Philonica
• "Studies in Antiquity and Christianity"
• "Ventures in Religion" Series, Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion
• The Anchor Bible Dictionary
• Comité Académico, Epiméleia: Revista de Estudios sobre la Tradición (Buenos Aires)
• "Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies"
• Religion

• Steering Committee, Nag Hammadi Seminar, 1970-75.
• Program Committee, 1973-74.
• Chairman, Nag Hammadi Section, 1973-79.
• Editor, Texts and Translations: Early Christian Literature Series, 1973-79.
• Member of Council, 1976-79, 1981-84.
• Executive Committee (presidential appointee), 1982-83.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Biblical Literature, 1981-87.
• Editorial Board, "Ventures in Religion" Series, 1986-.
• Vice President, Pacific Coast Region, 1978-79.
• Vice President and Acting Executive Secretary, Pacific Coast Region, 1984-85.
• President, Pacific Coast Region, 1985-86.
• Member, Research and Publications Committee, 1989-91.

• XIIth Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Stockholm, 1970.
• The International Colloquium on Gnosticism, Stockholm, 1973.
• Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas meeting, Aberdeen, 1975
• The World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 1977.
• The International Conference on Gnosticism, Yale, 1978.
• The International Conference on Apocalypticism, Uppsala, 1979.
• IInd International Congress of Coptic Studies, Rome, 1980.
• Symposium on Philosophy and Religion in Late Antiquity, Jerusalem, 1981.
• Working Seminar on Gnosticism and Early Christianity, Springfield, MO, 1983.
• Conference on "The Roots of Egyptian Christianity," Claremont and Santa Barbara, 1983 (Organizer).
• International Conference on Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, Norman, OK, 1984.
• IIIrd International Congress of Coptic Studies, Warsaw, 1984.
• Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas meeting, Trondheim, 1985.
• First International Conference on Manichaeism, Lund, Sweden, 1987.
• IVe Congrès International d'Etudes Coptes, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1988.
• XVIth Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Rome, 1990.
• XIth International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, 1991.
• Vth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Washington DC, 1992.
• IVe Nordiska Patristikermöte, Lund, Sweden, 1993.
• IIIrd International Conference on Manichaean Studies, Calabria, Italy, 1993.
• The Copenhagen International Conference on the Nag Hammadi Texts in the History of Religions, Copenhagen, 1995.
• VIth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Muenster, Germany, 1996.

• Numerous papers read at society meetings, conferences, symposia, etc. from 1966.
• Invited lectures at various universities in the USA, Canada, Sweden, and the UK.

• Annual Research grants from UCSB Academic Senate, 1969-94.
• University of California Humanities Institute Fellowship, 1970-71; 1972-73.
• American Philosophical Society Research Grant (for work in the Coptic Museum, Cairo, December, 1972).
• Research Grant, Smithsonian Institution/American Research Center in Egypt (for work in the Coptic Museum, Cairo, December, 1974).
• Senior Stipend, National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer, 1977.
• UCSB Senate, Special Research Grant (for research in Alexandria, Egypt, March, 1982).
• NEH grant for Conference on "The Roots of Egyptian Christianity" (September, 1983).
• American Philosophical Society Research Grant (for work in the Vatican Library, 1986).
• Fellow, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB, 1988.

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