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Dear friends and colleagues,

The Quiet August of our KFG is over now and we are pleased to welcome you back with two interesting presentations next week: Leibniz Professor Malachi Hacohen will hold a seminar on Tuesday and our Associate Member Ülker Sözen will present her current research in our colloquium on Wednesday.

We would also like to draw your attention to a call for applications for fellowships on Religion and Urbanity as well as to the German Historians’ Day at Leipzig University.

Take care and have a great week!

Foteine & Lucy

Next week’s Colloquium: Ülker Sözen on "Youth, Religion, and Secularism in the Digital Landscape: Polarization and Transformation in Contemporary Turkey" | 13 September

Next Wednesday, our Associate Member Ülker Sözen will give a presentation on her research project "Youth, Religion, and Secularism in the Digital Landscape: Polarization and Transformation in Contemporary Turkey".

The colloquium will take place in a hybrid format (on-site and online). If you would like to join in person, please register for the colloquium via e-mail. In the Member Area you will find the relevant readings as well as information on the zoom connection data.

13 September | 9.15–11.45 am (CET)
Strohsack, Room 4.55 and online via zoom

CfA: Fellowships on “Religion and Urbanity” | University of Erfurt

The Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe) “Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations“ at the University of Erfurt currently invites applications for Research Fellowships (3-6 months) for the period of 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.

The research group “Religion and Urbanity” investigates the co-constitution and co-evolution of urban and religious life, actors, institutions and imaginaries in its historical depth for cities in Europe, the Mediterranean and South Asia, from the first millennium BCE onwards. Fellowships are awarded to scholars working in the Humanities, especially in the fields of History, History of Religion or in the fields of Sociology and Urban Studies with a focus on historical and religious developments in the pre-modern era especially.

Application Deadline: 1 October 2023

54th German Historians’ Day in Leipzig | 19–22 September

With around 3,500 participants from Germany and abroad, the German Historians’ Day, which is held since 1893, is considered one of the largest congresses in the humanities in Europe. The aim of the meetings is to present the results of historical research to the public, to discuss current concerns of historians and to exchange professional and social ideas.

To attend the 54th Historians’ Day, binding registration via a digital ticket shop is required. Analog registration at the congress venue is not possible. Register here

19–22 September
Leipzig University

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