Daniel Wojcik, University of Oregon

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Department of English Professor Eugene, Oregon dwojcik@uoregon.edu Office: (541) 346-3946

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Daniel Wojcik is an academic expert in apocalyptic beliefs and millennial visions, contemporary folklore, new religious movements, trauma and artistic expression, subcultures, pilgrimage, and festive events. At the University of Oregon, he is a professor of English and Folklore Studies, and affil...

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Bio/Research

Daniel Wojcik is an academic expert in apocalyptic beliefs and millennial visions, contemporary folklore, new religious movements, trauma and artistic expression, subcultures, pilgrimage, and festive events. At the University of Oregon, he is a professor of English and Folklore Studies, and affiliate faculty in Religious Studies. His books include The End of the World As We Know It: Faith, Fatalism, and Apocalypse in America; Punk and Neo-Tribal Body Art; and Outsider Art: Visionary Worlds and Trauma, and he has published widely on the topics of apocalyptic belief, alternative spirituality, visionary cultures, sacred place-making, subcultures, “outsider art,” and vernacular artistic expression.

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