Issues and events of the second period of the platform (April 2013 - March 2016)
3.3.2016: Guest lecture "Das Unbehagen an der Tradition im Islam – Bruch und Kontinuität" by Jameleddine Ben Abdeljelil (Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg) in the course of the lecture series "Philosophie in der arabisch-islamischen Welt. Interkulturelles Philosophieren: Theorie und Praxis".
15.-17.2.2016: Conference "Religiöse Vielfalt - Herausforderungen für das Recht" at the Catholic Academy in Berlin, which was co-organized by Ludger Müller.
25.1.2016: Workshop "Islamistische Radikalisierung von Jugendlichen" with Dr. Daniela Pisoiu (OIIP. Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik) at the Department of Political Science.
12.1.2016: Lecture "Aktuelle Herausforderungen im christlich-jüdischen Dialog: Aufgaben, Themen, Perspektiven" by Prof. Hans Hermann Henrix. Organized with the Department of Practical Theology.
9.12.2015: Inaugural lecture "Gottes letzte Chance? Zusammenleben von Jüdinnen, Chrstinnen und Muslimas als interreligiöser Dialog. Praktisch-Theologische Perspektiven" by Regina Polak.
1.-2.12.2015: Symposium "Konfliktfeld Religion(en). Perspektiven religionsbezogener Forschung in Österreich", organized by the Austrian Society for Religious Studies, the Department for Religious Studies and the Department for Southern Asian, Tibetian and Buddhist StudiesThe members of the RaT-platform Guanzini, Lohlker und Reiss participated with lectures.
4.-6.11.2015: International congress of the RaT-platform "Religious Fundamentalism"
More information and photos.
28.10.2015: Panel discussion "Ethik und Religionsunterricht für alle" at Forum Zeit und Glaube , where Hans Schelkshorn (RaT), Andrea Lehner-Hartmann (RaT) and Martin Rothgangel (RaT) presented an interdisciplinary position paper about the Topic.
15.-17.10.2015: International Congress "Pope Francis and the Revolution of Tender Love", organized in cooperation with the Department for Fundamental Theology
Article in L`Osservatore Romano in the issue of 21st October, 2015 on page 5: L`Osservatore Romano
Article in Settimana in the issue of 27th October: Settimana
The lecture of Christoph Theobald and a résumé of the congress in Il regno (9/2015), pp. 581-588
24.-25.9.2015: Workshop and symposium "Religion und Migration: Aktuelle Herausforderung in Wissenschaft und Politik", organized in cooperation with the Department for Practical Theology.
In the course of the symposium a panel discussion took place, with the title "Human Dignity - Migration as a driving force for a more just and peaceful continent?" Photos.
11.9.2015: Panel discussion "Das neue österreichische Islamgesetz 2015 - großer Wurf oder verfassungswidriges Gesetz?", organized by Wolfram Reiss (RaT, Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät Wien), in cooperation with EMS and CEURABICS. Photos.
14.6.2015: Sieglinde Rosenberger (RaT) held a lecture with the title "Flucht nach Europa - Zum politischen Umgang mit Flüchtlingen und ihrer Aufnahme vor Ort", in the course of the Campusfestival on the occasion of the 650-years-anniversary of the Vienna University.
13.6.2015: Symposium "Alevitische Theologie an den europäischen Universitäten", a cooperation of Vienna University and Islamic Alawite Comunity of Austria (ALEVI), where Ednan Aslan and Martin Rothgangel participated.
12.6.2015: Conference "Die Moderne und die Vielfalt christlicher Reformbewegungen. Modernity and the Variety of Reformations", organized by Hans Schelkshorn (RaT), Herman Westerink and Inigo Bocken (Titus Brandsma Institut of Radboud University in Nijmegen).
20.5.2015 Guest lecuture by Robert Segal (Aberdeen): "From Physical World to Human World: The Course of Modern Theorising about Myth", organized in cooperation with the Department of Religious Studies.
5.5.2015: Guest lecture by Dr. Norbert Reck (München): "Theologie und Christsein nach der Shoah: Wie umgehen mit dem christlichen Erbe der Mittäterschaft?". organized in cooperation with the Department of Practical Theology, the coordinating committee for Christian-Jewish Cooperation.
27.4.2015: Guest lecture by Priska Daphi (Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft der TU Berlin): "Willkommen oder beschimpft? Eine vergleichende Studie der Reaktionen auf Unterkünfte für Asylsuchende", moderation: Sieglinde Rosenberger (RaT).
12.-15.4.2015: International Conference „Vatican II: A Historical Event - the Stakes for today. The Gospel in the Face of Cultures" in Paris, where Kurt Appel, Jakob Deibl and Isabella Guanzini participated.
9.-10.4.2015: Symposium Lessings „Ringparabel“ – ein Paradigma für die Verständigung zwischen den Religionen heute? organized by Jan-Heiner Tück and Rudolf Langthaler, with the main speech held by Jan Assmann.
15.-17.3.2015 Conference "Hat der jüdisch-christliche Dialog Zukunft", organized by Irmtraud Fischer, Gerhard Langer and Edith Petschnigg, with presentations by Ednan Aslan, Gerhard Langer and Rüdiger Lohlker, as well as a presentation of the platform by Isabella Bruckner.
17.3.2015: Lecture by Isabella Guanzini at Forum Zeit und Glaube with the title "Agape - postmodern? Badiou, Nancy, Zizek und die säkularen Rezeptionen einer biblischen Kategorie".
11.3.2015: Lecture by Richard Potz and Ednan Aslan at Forum Zeit und Glaube about "Das neue österreichische Islamgesetz im Kontext des österreichischen Religionsrechts".
21.1.2015: Public research discussion with the topic „Philosophisch-religiöse Bildung als Aufgabe der Schule?“, organized by KTF, ETF and the Faculty of Philosophy and Education, with Ednan Aslan, Martin Rothgangel and Hans Schelkshorn.
4.-6.12.2014: Symposium "Unterwegs zu einer neuen Zivilisation geteilter Genügsamkeit. Perspektiven utopischen Denkens 25 Jahre nach dem Tod Ignacio Ellacurìas", organized by Sebastian Pittl (Department of Systematic Theology) in cooperation with "Ethik in religiösen und säkularen Kontexten" and RaT.
28.-29.11.2014: Panel about "Religion - Migration - Integration" at the Department of Political Science. Chairs: Astrid Mattes, Julia Mourao Permoser, Kristina Stoeckl (Research group INEX).
20.-21.11.2014: Conference "Religion in Vienna: Urban Trends in a European Context" of the Research group WIREL in the Albert Schweitzer Haus. Link to the Homepage.
13.-15.11.2014: Meeting of the European Consortium for Church and State about "Religious Jurisdictions and the Pluralisation of Legal Adjudication", organized by Richard Potz. Isabella Guanzini presented the Research platform RaT.
28.10.2014: Guest lecture by Dr. Herman Westerink (former member of RaT): "Die Welt ist keine Kinderstube. Sigmund Freuds Religionskritik und ihre Aktualität", organized in cooperation with the Department Christian Philosophy.
27.10.2014: Guest lecture by Ines Michalowski (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin - WZB, Guest lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences) and Christophe Bertossi (Center for Migration and Citizienship at IFRI. Institut francais des relations internationales):"Religion, Citizenship and the Military: Integrating Islam into European Armed Forces", organized by Julia Mourão Permoser in cooperation with INEX.
17.10.2014: Colloquium about Meister Eckhart / "Subjekt und Wahrheit. Natürliche Vernunfterkenntnis, Offenbarungstheologie und Glaubenspraxis bei Meister Eckhart", organized by Martina Roesner.
3.10.2014: Workshop "Ende des Säkularismus? Phänomenologie und der Begriff der Religion heute", organized by IWM in cooperation with the Department of Philosophy (Michael Staudigl) and RaT.
2.7.2014: Workshop "Migration als Chance für Österreich und Europa" in the course of the "Zukunftsforums der Katholischen Kirche Österreichs", organized by Regina Polak and RaT.
25.-28.6.2014: Conference "Das Testament der Zeit. (Post-) apokalyptische Annäherungen" at the University Regensburg, organized by Erwin Dirscherl and Kurt Appel in cooperation RaT (Lectures held by Jakob Deibl, Isabella Guanzini and Kurt Appel).
6.6.2014: Guest lecture by Francois Foret: "God in European Politics: How many Divisions?", Moderation: Julia Mourão Permoser (RaT) and commented by Karsten Lehmann (KAICIID).
23.5.2014: Guest lecture and workhop: "Was war die Haskala? Und wer gehörte dazu? Zur historischen Verortung der jüdischen Aufklärung" by Christoph Schulte (Potsdam).
20.5.2014: Research discussion with the philosophers Eduardo Mendieta and Marcia Morgan (both USA) about the topic of (post-)secularism.
16.5.2014: Third conference of the members of RaT with the topic "Rethinking Europe with(out) Religion" Photos.
23.-26.4.2014: 30. Internationalen Hegel-Kongress: "Hegels Antwort auf Kant", organized by the International Hegel-Gesellschaft, the Department of Philosophy and RaT. Members of RaT participated with lectures: Appel, Danz, Deibl, Guanzini, Roesner. Link to the Homepage.
18.3.2014: Lecture and reading by Jakob Deibl and Rolf Seyfried: Apokalyptische Motive im Werk von Karl Kraus (in the course of the series "Zeitenwende 1914").
22.1.2014: Lecture by Peter Kirchschläger: "Das Prinzip der Verletzbarkeit als Begründungsweg der Menschenrechte".
16.-17.1.2014: International Workshop "Political Modernity and the Responses by Contemporary Orthodox Theology", organized by IWM, the Department of Social Ethics and the Departent of Political Sciences, supported by RaT.
14.1.2014: Lecture by Dmitry Uzlaner (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration): "The Pussy Riot Case and the Peculiarities of Russian Post-Secularism". Series "INEX-Talks" der Forschungsgruppe "Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion".
10.1.2014: Second conference of the members of RaT about the topic "Rethinking Europe with(out) Religion" Photos.
11.-13.2.2013: Conference of the Department of Jewish Studies: "Wien als Drehscheibe jiddischer Kultur".
12.12.2013: Presentation of the book by Schuller, Josef Peter: "Die verborgene Moschee. Zur Sichtbarkeit muslimischer Gebetsräume in Wien" (Anwedungsorientierte Religionswissenschaft Bd. 4). Reiss, Wolfram / Bechmann, Ulrike (Hg.), Tectum Verlag 2013.
30.11.2013: Workshop lead by Martina Roesner: "Das Ich ist nicht von dieser Welt" - Meister Eckhart und Edmund Husserl.
28.11.2013: Lecture by Levent Tezcan: "Regieren durch Community - Ein neuer Ansatz in der Integrationspolitik?" (Series INEX Talks / Department of Political Studies).
28.11.2013: Conference of the Austrian Society for Church Law "Freikirchen in Österreich" (Juridicum).
15.11.2013: Presentation of the book "Religion in Austria", Volume 1 (Hg. Hans Gerald Hödl, Lukas Pokorny).
23.10.2013: Guest lecture by Ansgar Kreutzer: "Bourdieu und die (politische) Theologie".
27.-28.6.2013: Conference "Das Testament der Zeit. (Post-) apokalyptische Annäherungen".