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Summary from the KFG's retreat

On 14 and 15 November, we met at Schloss Machern for the KFG's second retreat. The idea was, to formulate preliminary results of the research that has been done so far and to identify desiderata as well as to develop further theoretical aspects we shall focus on in the future. You can find a summary of the discussions from our retreat in our member area. Please feel free to share your thoughts on the discussion, there is a comment section directly below the article.  

Reminder: Multiple Secularities Calendar

All dates of the KFG are shown in the Multiple Secularities Calendar. which is the first page in the member area. This calendar is based on google calendar. For subscription of the calendar, please use this link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/multiple-secularities%40uni-leipzig.de/public/basic.ics If you are using Thunderbird for your emails and calendar you will have to use an add-on (Provider for Google Calendar). After having installed the add-on please follow the instructions provided here. If you want to add relevant dates to the calendar, please contact Johannes Duschka. If you need any support subscribing to the KFG's calendar on your personal devices please contact the administrative staff of the KFG.

Workshop: Transnational Religious Spaces

The SFB 1199 and the Centre for the Study of Religion will host a workshop on Transnational Religious Spaces: Religious Organizations and their Interaction in Africa, East Asia and Beyond from 12 to 14 December 2018 (Strohsackpassage, room 5.55). The workshop consists of two parts, in order to combine regional expertise on African and East Asian religious organizations on the one hand, with transregional and theoretical approaches on the other hand.

Winter Break

From 22 December 2018 to 1 January 2019, the KFG will be on winter break. The staff will not be present, emails will be answered from 2 January on.

Research Day

On 7 December, the Institute for Anthropology will host its first biannual "Anthropology Research Day". Junior Researchers from Leipzig will present their latest projects. The event will start at 1 pm at Schillerstraße 6 Room S202.