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Important Dates

September is a busy month at the KFG with a lot of extraordinary dates, therefore we will have no Eranos or Colloquium until 11 October.

Quick overview:

20     September: Move to 4th floor
20-23 September: Retreat
26-28 September: "Emergent Spheres of the Secular in Colonial Asia"

All dates can be found in our shared calendar which is available via mail.uni-leipzig.de for all employees, fellows and associates of the KFG who own a uni-leipzig mail account. Please contact Johannes Duschka if you need support connecting to the calendar.

Deadline: Emergent Spheres of the Secular

Please do not forget to register with Johannes Duschka until 15 September if you plan to attend Martin Ramstedt's workshop on "Emergent Spheres of Secular in Colonial Asia". This applies for all parts of the Workshop including the reception on Wednesday.

History and theorizing the secular

Six short reflections on the role of history in understanding both religious and secular political formations have been published on The Immanent Frame recently. The contributors are Sarah Shortall, Teresa Bejan, Joshua Ralston, Timothy Peace, Alistair Hunter and Robert D. Priest.

CfP: Beyond Secularization. Religion in Culture, Society and Politics in Central Europe during the 19th and 20th Centuries.

The peer-reviewed Střed | Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries calls for papers for an issue on the theme: "Beyond Secularization. Religion in Culture, Society and Politics in Central Europe during the 19th and 20th Centuries." The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2017.