The interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster, Germany, is offering up to three Postdoctoral Researcher Positions.
The interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” at the University of Münster, Germany, is offering up to two PhD Positions.
The interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” at the University of Münster, Germany, is offering up to two PhD Positions.
The new publication, co-edited by philosopher Dr. Matthias Hoesch of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”, contains translations of essential texts by the philosopher Derek Parfit (1942-2017).
The new publication, co-edited by philosopher Dr. Matthias Hoesch of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”, contains translations of essential texts by the philosopher Derek Parfit (1942-2017).
The habitation thesis of literary scholar Dr. Christian Sieg from WWU’s Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” addresses the function of religion in the staging of political authorship. The monograph “Die ‘engagierte Literatur’ und die Religion. Politische Autorschaft im literarischen Feld zwischen 1945 und 1990” (‘Committed literature’ and religion. Political authorship in the field of literature between 1945 and 1990), as it is titled, was recently published by De Gruyter.
An international workshop organised by the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” in New Delhi will address gender-specific violence in India and Central Europe.
According to literary scholar Dr. Christian Sieg, the 21st century is no longer familiar with positive social utopias. The scholar announces the Cluster’s coming public lecture series on “Visions of the Future between Apocalypse and Utopia”.
History of frontier regions presents clashes and overlaps of socio-cultural and religious formations. Often, it results in mutual influences, but sometimes it may also lead to harsh confrontations.
History of frontier regions presents clashes and overlaps of socio-cultural and religious formations. Often, it results in mutual influences, but sometimes it may also lead to harsh confrontations.
An exciting opportunity exists for potential PhD students to fill up to five positions by October 1, 2014 in the Graduate School within the interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster.
In its effort to define its own final legitimisations, politics is to a large extent bound to use religiously prefigured political languages. This is the line of argument furthered by the historians who convene a workshop within the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” in mid-February 2010.
Applicants are invited for a student assistant position with the project of Christian Müller at the Cluster of Excellence „Religion and Politics“. Preference will be given to applicants who are fluent in English and study a social or historical science.
Christian Müller speaks as a guest at the conference "Transnational Networks of Experts and Organizations", held at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Christian Müller speaks as a guest at the conference "Transnational Networks of Experts and Organizations", held at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Christian Müller speaks as a guest at the conference "Transnational Networks of Experts and Organizations", held at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Understanding the political requires taking spiritual and religious influences into account. Likewise, religious beliefs can have strong political significance. By perceiving race, gender, and sexuality as politically powerful categories, and by employing them as analytical tools, this international conference seeks to explore the interdependencies of the spiritual and the secular – of the spirit and the flesh.
