1. In Denmark, Willerslev is a popular media personality, engaging in TV and radio shows, public panel debates, and interviews relating to his academic interests and his opinions on society and education at large.
10 Facts About Rane Willerslev
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Rane Willerslev has written and co-authored several books, including academic, fictional and biographic works.
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Rane Willerslev studied at the University of Manchester where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Visual Anthropology in 1996.
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From 2004 to 2006, Rane Willerslev was associate professor at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology in the Department for Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester.
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Rane Willerslev then returned to Aarhus where he led the arctic research area at the Institute for Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics.
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On 1 July 2017, Rane Willerslev, took position as CEO of the National Museum Of Denmark.
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Rane Willerslev was appointed to the position by the Danish Minister Of Culture at the time, Mette Bock, chiefly due to his previous merits as CEO of the Cultural History Museum Of Norway.
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Since 2009, Rane Willerslev has been the editor of Acta Borealia: Nordic Journal of Circumpolar Societies.
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Rane Willerslev is the editor of the book, Taming Time, Timing Death, published in 2012 and Transcultural Montage, published in 2013.
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In 2010, Rane Willerslev gave the Malinowski Memorial Lecture at London School of Economics.