HEIDE GOETTNER-ABENDROTH
Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth is a mother and a grandmother. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy of science at the University of Munich where she lectured for ten years (1973-1983). She has published on philosophy of science, and extensively on matriarchal society and culture, and through her lifelong research on matriarchal societies has become the founder of Modern Matriarchal Studies. Her magnum opus: Matriarchal Societies: Studies on Indigenous Cultures across the Globe (Lang 2013, New York) defines scientifically this new field of knowledge and provides a world tour of examples of contemporary matriarchal cultures.
She has been visiting professor at the University of Montreal in Canada, and the University of Innsbruck in Austria. She lectured extensively at home and abroad. In 1986, she founded the The International Academy for Modern Matriarchal Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in Germany, and since then has been its director. In 2003, 2005 and 2011 she guided three World Congresses on Matriarchal Studies in Europe and the U.S.A. She was twice a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2005 by a Swiss initiative, in 2008 by a finish initiative.
International Academy HAGIA for Matriarchal Studies
The International ACADEMY HAGIA for Matriarchal Studies was founded in 1986 by Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth, and since then she has been its director. She collaborates since 20 years with co-director Cécile Keller.
The Academy HAGIA is the one and only institute in the world which is explicitly dedicated to the discipline of Modern Matriarchal Studies as a new social science. It includes scholarly research and high level education as well as spiritual events.
COURSES TAUGHT
Matriarchal Societies Book Club