Henry Pernet

Biography

Henry Pernet earned a Ph.D. in the history of religions at the University of Chicago. Pernet previously served as a state expert overseeing examinations at the University of Lausanne and as an expert for the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research, and sat on the committees of the Swiss Society for the Study of Folklore and the Swiss Society for the Science of Religions. Pernet was also a member of the board of Editions Labor et Fides in Geneva and of the group charged with translating Carl Gustav Jung's works into French. Pernet wrote Ritual Masks (2006).