William James Guest Professorship

Prof. Dr. Alejandro Baer, Stephen C. Feinstein Chair, Head of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, organised a week-long series on the theme "Jewish Memory and Memory of the Jews: Cultures, Identities, Politics" from 30 May to 3 June 2022.

The flyer and programme can be found here.

A public lecture entitled "Holocaust und Erinnerungskultur(en) im internationalen Kontext" took place on 1 June 2022 at Iwalewahaus, as part of the "Bayreuther Stadtgespräche" series.

Selected photographs of the lecture can be found here and local press coverage can be found here.

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schulze, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Bern, organised a week-long series of events from 7 to 11 January 2020 on the theme "Islam und Moderne".

The flyer and programme can be found here.

From November 6 to November 10, 2017 Prof. Dr. Birgit Meyer (Utrecht University) gave a series of lectures and colloquia on the topic “Religious Matters in Plural Configurations”.

The programme can be found here.

Prof. Dr. em. Hubert Seiwert, Professor of General and Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Leipzig, organised a week-long series of events from 9 to 13 May 2016 on the theme "Theorie und Empirie in der Religionswissenschaft".

The flyer and programme can be found here.

© Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin

Professors Sarah and Guy G. Stroumsa were guests of the Study of Religion from 7 to 12 January 2015 and organised a series of events on the theme "Interconnections between Judaism, Christianity and Islam from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages".

As part of the "Bayreuther Stadtgespräche", a public lecture was held on 7 January 2015 entitled "Varieties of Religious Interconnections: Jews, Christians and Muslims from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages".

Selected photographs from the lecture can be found here.

Prof. Dr. Jörg Stolz, Professor of Sociology of Religion at the University of Lausanne and President International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), offered a course from 7 to 11 January 2013 on the theme "Religiöse Phänomene verstehen und erklären: Der Beitrag der analytischen Soziologie".

Event report available here.

Prof. Dr. Eileen Barker, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Religion at the London School of Economics, led a series of events from 23 to 27 January 2011 on the theme "Stepping out of the Ivory Tower: A Sociological Exploration of Minority Religions". 

Event report available here.

Prof. Dr. José Casanova, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and Head of the research programme "Globalization, Religion and the Secular" at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, organised a week-long series of events from 23 to 27 May 2011 under the title "Private and Public Religions".

Press report available here.

Prof. Dr. em. Michael Pye (University of Marburg / Otani University, Kyoto) led a seminar on the theme "Aspekte der Religionen Ost- und Südostasiens: Grundlage, Vielfalt, Dynamik" from 10 to 14 January 2011.

University of Texas at Austin 

University of Leipzig

University of Konstanz

The Open University

Professor of History of Religion at Uludag University & Counsellor for Religious Affairs for Turkey in the Netherlands

University of Edinburgh 

University of Bern