On the ears: Radio interview with CERES researcher on the Buddhist Vesakh festival

On 16 May, Buddhists around the world celebrate the Vesakh festival. The festival originates from the Theravāda tradition and celebrates …

BuddhistRoad project and Dzogchen project: New publication in JIABS 44

The BuddhistRoad Team in cooperation with Dylan Esler, researcher of the BMBF funded project “An Enquiry into the Development of …

Stellenausschreibung: Hilfskraft in Forschungsprojekt

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

Chinese Dunhuang Studies in the 21st Century: BuddhistRoad Guest Lecture Series by Neil Schmid

Chinese research of the Dunhuang caves and the materials found especially in Dunhuang Cave 17, the so-called Library Cave has …

Football as it's always been: Going to the VfL Stadium with Christian Frevel

In the seventh episode of the video series “The KHK on Film,” we accompany the Old Testament scholar Christian Frevel …

Buddhist practice in Turfan: BuddhistRoad team member Yukiyo Kasai receives venia legendi in the discipline of Central Asian Religions

Yukiyo Kasai, researcher in the ERC-funded BuddhistRoad project successfully delivered her inaugural lecture at the Midday Forum of the …

CERES mit Workshop zum Thema Antisemitismus beim RUB Teachers' Day vertreten

Am 30. April 2022 findet der RUB Teachers' Day statt. Auch das CERES ist mit dem Workshop Antisemitismus – (K)ein …

New DFG project at CERES focuses on cultural transfer through translation in late antiquity

The project “How Sasanian Science and Literature passed on to the Muslims” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) explores …

The sky above Korea: Going to the Planetarium with Marion Eggert

In the sixth episode of the video series “The KHK on Film,” we follow Koreanist Marion Eggert to the stars …

Carmen Meinert presents lecture at the International Symposium of the Kyoto National Museum

Carmen Meinert, Professor of Central Asian Religions and PI of the ERC project BuddhistRoad will present the research and …