Jörg Rüpke (born 27 December 1962 in Herford, West Germany) is a German scholar of comparative religion and classical philology,[1] recipient of the Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize in 2008,[2] and of the Advanced Grant of the European Research Council in 2011.
From 2000 to 2008, he chaired the German Research Foundation Priority Program 1080 Roman Imperial and Provincial Religions, of which many notable religious scholars were part.
[5] Since 2008, he has acted as co-director alongside Hans Joas for the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies' Religious Individualization in Historical Perspectives project as well as fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt.
In January 2012, the German head of state appointed Rüpke to the Council of Science and Humanities to advise the government on questions of academical developments.
[10] Rüpke was dean of the philosophical faculty from 2004 to 2007, followed by the interim presidency of the University of Erfurt from 14 January 2008 to 1 July 2008, when he was succeeded by Kai Brodersen.