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OBITUARY

CERES mourns the loss of Dr. Mohsen Zakeri (28.03.1954 - 20.07.2024)

On Saturday, July 20, 2024, our highly esteemed colleague and friend Mohsen Zakeri passed away after a short, serious illness. …

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JOBOFFER

Job advertisement for a student assistant for the BMBF joint project EMPATHIA³

Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of the leading research universities in Germany and a reform-oriented campus university that uniquely combines the …

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JAINA ART UNDER THE MAGNIFIER

Patrick Krüger as expert at workshop on production processes and collection history

Art historical development goes hand in hand with the spread of ideas and motifs, which is reflected at object level …

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BRAND NEW DESIGN

Modern and symbolic: New logo for CERES

Exciting news: The Center for Religious Studies has a new logo! In collaboration with the Hagen-based agency Online Experience, a …

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STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG

Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) gesucht für den Lehrstuhl der Religionen Zentralasiens in Geschichte und Gegenwart

Das Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien (CERES) der Ruhr-Universität Bochum ist eines der größten Zentren für Vergleichende Religionsforschung in Europa. Es …

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Public lectures and teaching rehearsals in the appointment procedure for the W1 professorship for Digital Humanities

As part of the call for applications for a W1 professorship for Digital Humanities in the Study of Religion, we …

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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Belinda Peters as an expert at the Heinrich Böll Foundation's "Dino in the room" dialog forum

Belinda Peters, research associate at CERES, took part in the "Dino in the room" dialogue forum on May 14th and …

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STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG

Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (m/w/d) für SFB 1475 Teilprojekt A02 gesucht

Im Rahmen des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1475 „Metaphern der Religion“ suchen wir für das Teilprojekt A02 „Die Kinese daoistischer Unsterblichkeit. Raum-kinetische Metaphern …

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INTERVIEW

About the obsession with expression - How research on metaphors in mystical poetry can lead you to CERES

Rodrigo Bergareche is the first PhD student to come to Bochum through the short-term fellowship program of the Graduate School …

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RESEARCH

New opportunity for the traditional subject of Old Uyghur studies

Yukiyo Kasai (CERES) is accepted into the DFG's Heisenberg Program