Religion and Modern European Cultures
While a large part of scholarly literature of the 20th century argued, in various ways, that modernity in Europe was a triumph of the secular, religion plays an increasing role in the 21st century studies on European culture, identity and politics. We wanted to take advantage of the broad range of competence within the partners of CEMES and UCPH (historical, philosophical, aesthetic, cultural studies, regional studies, law, science and theology).
Academic work on the role of religion in modern European societies has often either had a political node itself or been used in political arguments and this is a theme of study in its own right. But it is also of vital importance to contextualize how religion (often along with ethnicity) has been tool for concord and cohesion as well as destruction, and how religion remains a vital element in collective memory and cultural production.
Purpose of the research group
The aim of the group is to make use of this rich expertise and to create a platform that stimulates and brings together the diverse research in religion and modern European cultures. The group will investigate agents and arenas for the discussions and negotiations about the role of religion in politics, intellectual heritage, identify formation and cultural life.
The objective of the group is to form a broad, yet focused, platform to:
- Connect students, scholars and international researchers in order to cultivate critical and creative research on religion and religious actors (local as well as global) in addition to the negotiation of religious components of heritage and culture in modern Europe.
- Create a visible/noticeable framework (workshops, seminars, conferences, PhD courses panel discussions, author meets critics and other public events) for researchers working with topics related to religion in order to create synergy and to make UCPH an attractive base for projects and research.
- Facilitate collaboration and further applications for funding for research in the area.
Author Meets Critic debate
Christian Human Rights
Presentation by Prof. Samuel Moyn
Time: December 8th 2017, 14:00 (followed by reception)
Place: To be determined
For questions regarding activities or membership of the research group, contact the group's coordinators.
Tine Ravnsted-Larsen Reeh
Professor, TEO Afdeling for kirkehistorie
University of Copenhagen
trr@teol.ku.dk
Catharina Raudvere
Professor, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
University of Copenhagen
raudvere@hum.ku.dk
Research group members
Members from the University of Copenhagen
Claudia Welz, Professor, mso, dr.habil., Center for the Study of Jewish Thought in Modern Culture
Dino Knudsen, PhD, Saxo Institute
Mads Damgaard, PhD, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Name | Title | Phone | |
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Raudvere, Catharina | Professor | +4551303037 | |
Fiedler, Erik Sporon | Postdoc | +4523957345 | |
Vogt, Helle | Professor | +4535323165 | |
Garff, Joakim | Head of Centre, Associate Professor | +4535330146 | |
Pelt, Mogens | Associate Professor | +4551299521 | |
Havsteen, Sven Rune | Associate Professor | +4535323634 | |
Damsholt, Tine | Professor | +4551298920 | |
Reeh, Tine Ravnsted-Larsen | Head of Section | +4535322394 | |
Lind, Tore Tvarnø | Associate Professor |
External members
The group is open for members affiliated to other institutions.
Contact
For further information regarding the research group, contact:
Group coordinators
Tine Ravnsted-Larsen Reeh
Associate Professor
Section of Church History
Catharina Raudvere
Professor
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Center Coordinator
Emil Eiby Seidenfaden
Center coordinator
SAXO-Institute
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