News and Press Releases 2022

20-12-2022

Historian Ludwig in the podcast: about divination in the history of Europe and Asia

19-12-2022

Dissertation by theologian Uta Elisabeth Hohmann honored

19-12-2022

Philologist Fridtjof Bigalke's doctoral thesis among the 15 best WWU dissertations

29-11-2022

MPs and researchers debate empirical findings on identity conflicts

23-11-2022

“Times of crisis ignite emotions in and around religion”

17-11-2022

Michael Seewald’s study published in five languages

15-11-2022

International Conference "Emotion and Religion in Times of Crisis"

07-11-2022

Eve-Marie Becker: “Verses on dome originally stood not for power, but for resistance”

12-10-2022

First Sustainability Day at the University of Münster

12-10-2022

Eike von Repkow Prize for historian Gerd Althoff

07-10-2022

“Education for Freedom” lecture series

04-10-2022

Film of theologian Prof. Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel

"Religious Dynamics" - The third thematic year at the Cluster of Excellence will start shortly

18-08-2022

Archaeologist Lichtenberger: chicken bones and snail shells help to date more precisely

16-08-2022

Literary scholar Prof. Dr. Martina Wagner-Engelhaaf: “Mixing religion and literature can be a threat to life”

15-08-2022

Discussion of initial findings on the transmission of religious traditions in families

11-08-2022

Sociologist of religion Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack on the alliance of church and state in Russia

08-07-2022

Lecture by communication scientist Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt on new ideologies and patchwork religions on the net

29-06-2022

Theologian Seewald new speaker at Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”

29-06-2022

Expert in the ethics of migration Dr. Matthias Hoesch on immigration and demographic change in a guest article in the University of Münster newspaper

28-06-2022

Church historian Prof. Dr Hubert Wolf on his research on letters from persecuted Jews to Pope Pius XII.

20-06-2022

Cluster of Excellence at the annual conference of the European Academy of Religion

13-06-2022

Study on sexual abuse of minors in the diocese of Münster

03-06-2022

The transmission of religion across generations“ – Interim Conference of the Cluster of Excellence

31-05-2022

Islamic theologian Dina El Omari: In the Quran, men and women are equal

20-05-2022

Legal historian Nils Jansen publishes second part of the Leonardus Lessius edition

20-05-2022

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence and the University of Münster discuss issues at the Catholic Day

18-05-2022

Sociologist of religion Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack: Dramatic secularization in the USA and in previous religious strongholds in Europe

27-04-2022

Arabist Sarah Stroumsa new Blumenberg Visiting Professor at the Cluster

20-04-2022

The Cluster of Excellence awards five fellowships for academics fleeing Ukraine, Belarus or Russia

12-04-2022

Evening colloquium Dogma: "Norm, Practice, Coincidence?" with historian of dogma Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald

06-04-2022

Introduction to the Digital Humanities - Cluster of Excellence and Center for Digital Humanities lecture series

01-04-2022

Public lecture series “Russia’s War on Ukraine”

29-03-2022

Islamic theologian Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide talks in the University of Münster podcast on Islam in Germany

24-03-2022

Discussion series “Tradition(s): interdisciplinary and transepochal” at the Cluster of Excellence

18-03-2022

Islamic theologian Prof.Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide at symposium hosted by Federal President

14-03-2022

Sociologist Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack: Alliance of church and state in Russia fosters acceptance of Putin’s war

10-03-2022

“Church membership will have halved by 2060” – sociologist Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack in the University of Münster dossier “Demographic Change”

09-03-2022

Psychologist Prof. Dr. Mitja Back: “The pandemic is having a psychological effect particularly on those on society’s fringes”

01-03-2022

Religious Dynamics Shape Society: Conference of the Cluster and the Research Group “Being Catholic”

03-05-2022

Acquisition of project led by church historian Prof. Dr. Hubert Wolf on Jewish letters of petition to Pope Pius XII.

24-02-2022

Political scientist Doris Fuchs: Environmentalists driven by idealism 50 years after “Limits to Growth”

17-02-2022

Medievalist Dr. Andrea Ghidoni from the University of Macerata is working at the Cluster of Excellence on “Poetics of lament”

04-02-2022

English translation of legal historian Prof. Dr. Nils Jansen's foundational work on tort law

11-01-2022

Social ethicist Prof. Dr. Arnulf von Scheliha sees religious communities showing greater sensitivity for animal welfare

31-01-2022

New newsletter published: information on annual themes, research findings, awards

25-01-2022

Right-wing Christians exploit theology for their social order

18-01-2022

Classical scholar Prof. Dr. Engelbert Winter in the WWU-Podcast about his excavations in south-eastern Turkey

17-01-2022

New research projects expand the Cluster of Excellence’s spectrum of themes

11-01-2022

Webtalk with the Islamic theologian Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide and the sociologist Prof. Dr. Hans Joas

25-05-2022

24-03-2022