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Synagogue, Church, and Mosque - New Research Project on Sacred Architecture started

During the last two decades, Germany changed when it comes to religion: Besides an ongoing secularisation, tendecies towards pluralisation and …

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JewsEast Summer School starts with Summer Heat

Summer heat found its way to the Ruhr area and gives a proper climatic background for the JewsEast Summer School …

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CERES-Team organisiert 1. Digital Humanities Day an der RUB

Welche computergestützten Verfahren eignen sich für Forschungsarbeiten in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften? Wie läßt sich die Datennachnutzung in der qualitativen …

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The Sogdians and the Buddhism - Japanese Researcher presents his Findings

Japanese researcher Yutaka Yoshida is one of the few international experts of Sogdian and currently visiting the Center for Religious …

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New Publication: Buddhist Networks in East Asia

Just days ago, the latest volume of the "Dynamics in the History of Religions" (Brill) was published under the title …

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Job Offer: Research Associate in West Asian History of Religions

The Center for Religious Studies (CERES) welcomes applications for the position of a research associate (TV-L 13, 39,83 weekly working …

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Job Offer: Research Associate "Jewish-Christian relations in the Persianate world" (JewsEast)

The encounters and interactions between Jews and Christians in the Middle East, Ethiopia, India and the Caucasus, which have hitherto …

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Job Offer: One Position of a Researcher in Project on Islamic Theology in Germany

The Center for Religious Studies (CERES) invites applications for one position (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/in) within the new research project "Islamische Theologie …

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Next Stop Japan: Graduate Student receives Research Grant

How have the religious communities of Fukushima coped with the nuclear catastrophe of 2011? This central question will be examined …

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Silk Roads in a Westphalian Barn: Start-Up Conference of BuddhistRoad

Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s International Convention Center is situated in a rustic Old-Westphalian barnyard. It is at this location, where the international …