"Religion and Politics" – Cluster of Excellence at the UNiversity of Münster
The Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” has been investigating since 2007 the complex relationship between religion and politics across eras and cultures. In the funding phase from 2019 to 2025, the 140 researchers from 20 disciplines in the humanities and social sciences analyze in transepochal studies ranging from antiquity to the present day the factors that make religion the motor of political and social change. The research network is the largest of its kind in Germany; and, of the Clusters of Excellence, one of the oldest and the only one to deal with the issue of religion. full story
- Combining proven practices and digital innovation with Digital Humanities and thus advancing research in the humanities - researchers will discuss how this can be achieved at the DH Day at the University of Münster.
- Opening of the new research center "Islam and Politics. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Dynamics of Islam", headed by Mouhanad Khorchide.. The Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" is a cooperation partner.
- Lecture series to mark the anniversary: "75 years of the Basic Law - The constitutional state on trial". With speakers from the Cluster of Excellence who teach and research constitutional law
- Nominated for the "Sheikh Zayed Book Award" in the category "Arabic Culture in Other Languages": The book "Warum es kein islamisches Mittelalter gab" (2018) by Arabist Thomas Bauer from the Cluster of Excellence
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Recent Publications
- Becker, Eve-Marie 2024. Ursprünge der christlichen Geschichtsschreibung. Von Markus bis zum lukanischen Doppelwerk, Paderborn; Leiden; Boston: Brill; Schöningh.
- Bockholt, Philip 2024. ‘Shah Ṭahmāsp and the Taẕkira: A Sixteenth-Century Ruler’s Justification of his Policies.’, in: Maribel Fierro; Sonja Brentjes; Tilman Seidensticker (Eds.), Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World: Knowledge, Authority and Legitimacy, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 631–655.
- Bubert, Marcel (Hrsg.) 2024. Aneignungen der Geschichte. Narrative Evidenzstrategien und politische Legitimation im europäischen Mittelalter, Köln: Böhlau.
- Funke, Peter 2024. ‘Aligning the Dots. Local Self-Assertion in a Politically Expanding World’, in: Sheila Ager; Hans Beck (Eds.), Localism in the Hellenistic World, Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press, 201–215.
- Jansen, Nils 2024. ‚Aufbruch in die Moderne? Der Humanismus und die Jurisprudenz des 16. Jahrhunderts‘ Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Germanistische Abteilung 141, Nr. 1, 189–246.
- Kogman-Appel, Katrin; Baumgarten, Elisheva; Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim; Hollender, Elisabeth (Eds.) 2024. Perception and Awareness: Artefacts and Imageries in Medieval Jewish Cultures, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers.
- Schmidt-Leukel, Perry 2024. ‘In What Sense Can Inter-Faith Dialogue Contribute to Inter-Faith Peace?’ Ching Feng. A journal on Christianity and Chinese religion and culture 22, 1–19.
- Williamson, W. Paul; Demmrich, Sarah 2024. An International Review of Empirical Research on the Psychology of Fundamentalism, Leiden: Brill.