Dr Karen Ralls
Dr Karen Ralls, Oxford-based author, medieval historian, and world religions scholar, is widely recognized for her groundbreaking work. A lively and inspiring conference speaker, international lecturer, acclaimed specialist researcher, and media / film consultant, She obtained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh, and was asked to remain on as Postdoctoral Fellow and lecturer for six years, before continuing at Oxford in 2001.
Dr Ralls is also a member of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), the British Association of the Study of Religion (BASR), a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Scot.).
Originally from the USA, Dr Ralls has been based in the U.K. for seventeen years conducting in-depth medieval history research; she lectures and teaches worldwide for academic and general audiences and serves as a professional historical media consultant, appearing on numerous TV documentaries for History Channel, Discovery and National Geographic.
Her books include:
• The Knights Templar Encyclopaedia (Career Press, NJ, USA 2007),
•The Templars and the Grail (Quest Books, Chicago, 2003),•The Quest for the Celtic Key (Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2002, w/I. Robertson),
•Indigenous Religious Musics (Ashgate, 2001),
•Music and the Celtic Otherworld (Edinburgh University Press / St. Martin's Press NY, 2000.