AWARD-WINNING RESEARCH

Former CERES member Bar Kribus receives prestigious Dan David Prize 2025

CERES congratulates: Archaeologist and former CERES employee Bar Kribus is one of the winners of the prestigious Dan David Prize …

RELIGION UND MEDIEN

Faszination für den Vatikan trotz Kirchenkrise: Tim Karis im Deutschlandfunk-Interview

Am 22. April 2025 war Tim Karis als Experte für Religion im Rundfunk in der Sendung mediasres des Deutschlandfunks zu …

WISSENSCHAFT KOMMUNIZIERT

Maren Freudenberg auf Podium beim Research Communication Day 2025

Am 07. April 2025 fand an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum der Research Communication Day der RUB Research School statt. Die Veranstaltung …

VISITING

Mission and Christian borderlands – Oleksandr Fylypchuk as a guest researcher at CERES

The historian and Byzantinist Oleksandr Fylypchuk is currently a guest researcher at CERES. His current research project is dedicated to …

OFFICIALLY APPOINTED

Jessie Pons is Professor of South Asian Religious History at CERES

In February, Jessie Pons was officially appointed Professor of South Asian Religious History at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Her appointment represents a …

MATERIAL TRACES

Alexandra Cuffel's book examines Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages and early modern period

Alexandra Cuffel, together with Bar Kribus, archaeologist at Tel Aviv University and expert on Ethiopia and the Betä Ǝsraʾel, …

VHS LECTURE SERIES

Cultural encounters along the Silk Roads: Insights into the spread of Buddhism

As part of the lecture series “Religions from Aha to Zen”, which CERES is organizing in cooperation with the Volkshochschule …

PODCAST

Jessie Pons: Über Buddhas Knie, antike Telefonbücher und Virtual Reality

Die neuste Folge des Interview-Podcasts DIE ÜBERTRAGUNG ist online: Jessie Pons im Gespräch mit Tim Karis.

VISITING

Andrei Desnitsky researches social metaphors in the Bible and their intercultural transmission

Since December 2024, Andrei Desnitsky has been a guest researcher at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. …

MATH EXAMPLES

Maren Freudenberg brings an economic perspective on religions to workshop on Sufi sites with keynote speech

What role do Sufi shrines and lodges play in today's societies? What religious, political and economic functions do these places …