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Fr. Patrick Gesch

Fr. Patrick Gesch

Head of Department

Department of PNG Studies and International Relations

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

عنوان البريد الإلكتروني هذا محمي من روبوتات السبام. يجب عليك تفعيل الجافاسكربت لرؤيته.

Tel: (675) 4222937 Ext: 884
Fax: (675) 422 1870

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Location: PGIR Building/ Rm 122

Research interest:

New Religious Movements; sanguma in Sepik and Madang; town settlements in PNG; traditional village religion, especially initations.

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Summary

Patrick Gesch is a Divine Word Missionary priest, currently Head of Department for PNG Studies and International Relations. He comes from Townsville in Australia, has worked in USA, Germany and Cook Islands, and has been in PNG as missionary since 1973. He started in Divine Word University in 1983.

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Traditional Village Religion
Peace and Conflict studies
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Interpreting Cultures
Film Studies for Development
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Current Designation

Head of PNG Studies and International Relations, Senior Lecturer

Full time

Taught in a Catholic theological seminary 1971-1973 in Australia. Was parish priest in Negrie parish in Wewak diocese for seven years. Three years in Doctoral studies with University of Sydney, Religious Studies Department. Taught in DWU Madang 1983 until 2018 with some absences:-- editorial work in Anthropos Journal, Germany; parish supply in Manihiki, Cook Islands; teaching in Melbourne Theological College.

Part Time

Publications

(2018) “Thinking along the same lines. Varieties of Initiation and Varieties of Fieldwork in Sepik and Madang”, in: Facets of Fieldwork. Essays in Honour of Jürg Wassmann. Heidelberg Winter: Universitäts Verlag. Pp.41-55
“Sanguma as Religious: witchcraft in Madang Province PNG as a threshold of dangerous powers”. Contemporary PNG Studies, May 2018
Pending: “Migrations and Visitations. Sacred Sites in ESP, PNG” – ANU Religious Studies.

Fr. Patrick Gesch

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