Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack

Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack

Scharnhorststr. 121, room 513
48151 Münster

T: +49 251 83 25301
F: +49 251 83-29930

Consultation Hours

by appointment

Research Foci
  • Religious Change in Western and Eastern Europe and in the U.S.
  • Political Culture in Eastern and East-Central Europe
  • East Germany (GDR)
  • Systemtheorie
  • Differenzierungstheorie
Further Affiliations at the University of Münster
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Academic Education

Habilitation (Bielefeld University, Faculty of Sociology) with a thesis entitled: "Kirche in der Organisationsgesellschaft: Zum Wandel der gesellschaftlichen Lage der evangelischen Kirchen und der politisch alternativen Gruppen in der DDR".
Ph.D. in Theology (summa cum laude) at Leipzig University with a thesis entitled: "Die Religionstheorie Niklas Luhmanns und ihre systemtheoretischen Voraussetzungen."
Diploma in Theology at Leipzig University with a thesis entitled: Die Gotteskonzeption in der Philosophie Spinozas."
Academic Studies of Theology at Leipzig University

Positions

Member of the Executive Board of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" at the University of Münster
Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Münster
Vice-Speaker of the Executive Board of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster
Member of the Executive Board at the Centre for Religion and Modernity, University of Münster
Chair in Sociology of Religion at the University of Münster
Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" at the University of Münster
Vice-Speaker of the Executive Board of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" at the University of Münster
Fellow at Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Goettingen
Director of the Institute for Transformation Studies at the European University Frankfurt (Oder)
Professor of Comparative Sociology of Culture at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Max Weber Chair at New York University
Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin
Professor of Sociology of Religion and Church at Leipzig University
One semester visiting fellow at the Department of Sociology, Princeton University, USA
Substitute Professorship at Philipps University Marburg, Faculty of Theology, Seminar of Social Ethics
One semester at the University of Zürich

Honors

Karl-Polányi-Preis – Ungarische Gesellschaft für Soziologie (Magyar Szociológiai Társaság MSZT)
Aufnahme als Fellow am Lichtenberg-Kolleg – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at the New York University – New York University
Visiting Fellow am Department of Sociology, Princeton University (USA) – Princeton University (USA)
Fellow am Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin – Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin

External Functions

Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures”
International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR)
Sektion Religionssoziologie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (Vorstand)
German Sociological Association (DGS) (Member)
Teaching
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