Univ.-Prof. MMag. DDr. Franz Winter

Franz Winter is a university professor for Religious Studies at the University of Graz and a private lecturer for Religious Studies (2010) at the Institute for Religious Studies at the University of Vienna. He completed studies in Classical Philology (Mag. phil. 1994; Dr. phil. 1999) and Theology/Religious Studies (Mag. theol. 1998; Dr. theol. 2005 sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae). His research stays led him to Graz, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Kyōto, Tōkyō and via Fulbright to Boston. He currently teaches at the Institute for Religious Studies at the University of Graz. His current research interests include the history of contact between Europe and Asia from antiquity to the present, new religious movements in the East and West, esoteric studies, religion and media, and Islam and modernity. Further information can be found here.