About
Jo Hedesan is currently studying for a PhD in Western Esotericism at the University of Exeter, UK (1st year). She has concluded the MA in Western Esotericism at University of Exeter with a Distinction. She is a member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) and the American Association for the Study of Esotericism (ASE).
Her credentials include:
Conference Papers:
“Esoteric Traditions in the Town of Sibiu, Transylvania (Romania)”, presented at the Annual Western Esotericism ESSWE Conference, Strasbourg, France (2009).
“Hermes and Expectations of World Renewal in the Renaissance”, presented at the Annual Western Esotericism Conference,
“Neoplatonist Influences in the Heresy of the Free Spirit”, presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Missoula, Montana, USA (2000).
Publications:
“Neoplatonist Influences in the Heresy of the Free Spirit”, NCUR Proceedings, 2000.
“Asceticism in Eastern Orthodox Christianity”, ISHA Journal “Carnival”, 2000. This one is still available online at http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/ppihlaja/isha/carnival/carnival.pdf
Jo’s other interests include Project Management and consulting. She has been working for seven years in the field of international development, being employed by organizations / consulting companies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Roughton International UK and TPF Consulting Belgium. She has acted as Proposal Manager / Proposal Writer and Project Manager / Coordinator for several complex projects financed by the European Union, World Bank, EIB and EBRD. She has recently completed a MSc in Engineering Project Management at University of Leeds, UK, having graduated with Distinction.
Jo has graduated in 2001 from University of Nevada (UNLV) , USA with Summa Cum Laude in Economics and History and a minor in Management Information Systems (MIS).
In her free time, Jo is an avid writer, researcher, reader and piano player.
