KIERKEGAARD LIBRARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Appointed by the St. Olaf College President, this committee serves as an advisory group to the Hong Kierkegaard Library.
Kari Lie Dorer (Professor of Norwegian, King Olav V Endowed Chair in Scandinavian-American Studies)
Kari completed her Ph.D. studies at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Germanic Studies with an emphasis in Applied Linguistics and a minor emphasis in Scandinavian Languages. Kari received her M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction of Second Languages and Cultures from the University of Minnesota and her B.A. in Scandinavian Studies, History, and Political Science from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. After spending 10 years as a villager at Skogfjorden, the Norwegian language village located in Bemidji, MN, she attended eight study abroad programs, seven of which were in Norway. She specializes in the scholarship of teaching, foreign language instruction, curriculum development, the use of technology with language learning, Sámi studies and Nordic film.
Jason J. Ripley (Associate Professor of Religion, Chair of Religion Department)
Jason earned his PhD in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary. His recent publications and presentations are in the Gospel of John and the Roman Imperial contexts of the New Testament. Other research engages Pauline theology, early Jewish literature and history, and the interpretation of Genesis 22 in early Judaism and beyond. In terms of teaching, he is interested in the interpretation and reception of the Bible in art, literature, film, music and politics. He also has lead St. Olaf semester-abroad programs (Global Semester-2017 and Religion, Politics, and Society in Jerusalem and Athens-2023) and January term trips (Religion and Empire in Greece and Turkey). Outside of the classroom, Jason enjoys making music, woodworking, organic gardening, native plant restoration, chicken ranching, beekeeping, canoeing and camping, preferably alongside his wife, Amy, and two sons, Lars and Anders.
Brian Soderquist (Endowed Kierkegaard Chair in Christian Philosophy)
Brian’s areas of specialization are Philosophy of Religion, Existentialism, and the thought of Søren Kierkegaard. Brian has a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen, a master’s degree from Yale University, and a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University. He is the author of The Isolated Self: Truth and Untruth in Kierkegaard’s On the Concept of Irony as well as numerous articles and book chapters. He was part of the team that translated Kierkegaard’s Journals and Notebooks (11 volumes) and has served as co-editor of Kierkegaard Studies: Yearbook and Kierkegaardiana. Brian enjoys metalsmithing, biking through the Danish countryside, and hiking in the deserts of Southern Utah.
Anna Söderquist (HKL Director and Associate Professor of Philosophy) – Ex Officio
Anna Söderquist is both a professor of philosophy and the curator of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College. She specializes in Kierkegaard, Continental Philosophy, and the History of Philosophy. Her interests meet at the intersection of philosophy, religion, literature, and art. She is author of Kierkegaard on Dialogical Education: Vulnerable Freedom, has published articles in Res Philosophica and The Philosophical Forum, and contributed chapters to numerous edited volumes on Kierkegaard.
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