"Religion and Politics" - Cluster of Excellence at the WWU Münster
The Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures” was founded in 2007 at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Some 200 academics from more than 20 disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences and from 14 countries do research on the relationship of religion and politics across epochs and cultures. It is nationally the largest research association of its kind and of the 43 clusters of excellence in Germany, it is the only one to deal with religions. full story
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Persecution for God’s Sake
[2013-04-03] The new public lecture series of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” and the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMF) will deal with the persecution of heretics. more …
Up to five PhD positions available in the Graduate School
[2013-04-02] An exciting opportunity exists for potential PhD students to fill up to five positions by October 1, 2013 in the Graduate School within the interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence for “Religion and Politics”. more …
Two Leibniz Awards for Münster
[2012-12-10] Double success in the Humanities and the Natural Sciences: not just one, but two of the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Awards are going to Münster University (WWU) for 2013. more …
Criminalizing male circumcision?
[2012-10-15] Bijan Fateh-Moghadam, a legal expert in the cross-section of criminal law, medicine and religion, comments on the Cologne Case on male circumcision and its likely political consequences in a Case Note for the German Law Journal. more …
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