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Dear friends and colleagues,

This week we are pleased to announce the latest of our Working Papers. We also have news about the reopening of the University Library, a call for papers and a call for applications. Enjoy and take care!

If you have any content that you think suits the purpose of the weekly, please feel free to send it to us at multiple-secularities@uni-leipzig.de.

Gradual resumption of library services

Since yesterday, 21 April, the Leipzig University Library has started to gradually reopen its library services in accordance with the applicable hygiene and distance regulations.

As a first step, contactless lending of open access and magazine collections has been made possible since yesterday at the Bibliotheca Albertina, Campus Library as well as the libraries for Medicine/Natural Sciences, Educational and Sports Science and Veterinary Medicine.

CfP: Special Issue of Implicit Religion

Steffen Führding and Carmen Becker (both from Leibniz Universität Hannover) are inviting contributions for a Special Issue of Implicit Religion on „The discourse of religion in contemporary social formations“.

Deadline: 30 April

CfA: PhD Positions "Power of interpretation. Religion and belief systems in conflicts of power of interpretation"

The interdisciplinary DFG Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) 1887 "Power of Interpretation. Religion and Belief Systems in Conflicts of Power of Interpretation (Deutungsmacht - Religion und belief systems in Deutungsmachtkonflikten)" at University of Rostock is looking for 4 for Ph.D. candidates (TV L 13, 65 %), starting 01 July 2020 untill 31 March 2023.

Deadline: 20 May