Press Releases

April - June 2023

April

• [18.04.2023] “Literature today is dealing with religion much more and in more diverse ways than suspected” Reading series with contemporary authors starts on Tuesday: Felicitas Hoppe, Zafer Şenocak and Patrick Roth read in Münster as part of the Cluster of Excellence’s annual theme “Religious Dynamics” – Research on the dynamics of religion in literature

May

• [04.05.2023] Corona protests: Spiritual motives or existential woes? Scholars shed light on different Corona protests in Germany and France – Panel discussion “Pandemic, Freedom, State” in Paris on 10 May – Participation also via Zoom – Organized by German Historical Institute, Goethe Institute and Cluster of Excellence
•   [08.05.2023] “Islamic theology is only just beginning to see gender research” Researchers will be discussing the further development of the nascent discipline at a conference on gender issues in Islamic theology from 11-13 May
• [09.05.2023] “Al-Andalus is still a battle cry today” Islamic scholar Maribel Fierro is new Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professor at the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” – Public evening lecture on 16 May on how Europe’s Islamic history is still instrumentalised in conflicts today – Event as part of the annual theme “Religious Dynamics” 

June

• [06.06.2023] “Belief in secular life has itself become a kind of religion” New York legal scholar Joseph H.H. Weiler on Europe’s Christian heritage – “Understanding of Jewish, Christian and Islamic life has been largely lost”
• [15.06.2023 ]“How stable is peace?” Panel to discuss the Peace of Westphalia 375 years ago: How was it possible to achieve a lasting peace? What lessons can we learn from it today? – Discussion evening organized by the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Legal Unity and Pluralism” and the Cluster of Excellence in Münster on 22 June – Further events planned in the anniversary year