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Dear friends and colleagues, after a two weeks break due to a public holiday last week we are back with our Wednesday Weekly. This time we would like to invite you to an online seminar event, announce a weekly lecture series and present to you the report on our Differentiation Workshop in October. Moreover, we want to inform you about two new publications and draw your attention to another online presentation. Finally we would like to recommend a high-quality organ concert to you. Enjoy and have a great week! |
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Virtual coffee breakWe would like to remind you again of our weekly virtual Joint Coffee Break. Every Tuesday at 3 p.m. we meet virtually via Zoom for a cup of coffee and an exchange of ideas. You can find the link in our calender in the KFG member area. We look forward to seeing you there! |
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Workshop Report: “Differentiation Theory and the Sociology of Religion and Secularity” by Johannes DuschkaOn 8 and 9 October 2020, the KFG "Multiple Secularities" hosted a hybrid workshop on "Differentiation Theory and the Sociology of Religion and Secularity", organised by our directors Christoph Kleine and Monika Wohlrab-Sahr together with Daniel Witte from the University of Bonn. The workshop was intended to discuss the merits and limits of differentiation theory for analysis in the realm of the sociology of religion and secularity. Both scholars from different theoretical positions and with reference to different world regions contributed to the two-day event. Each day comprised five paper presentation sessions and a concluding discussion. Our junior research fellow Johannes Duschka has now prepared a comprehensive report on each of the workshop inputs which you will find on our website.
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Turkish Studies Seminar Online EventOur Associate Member Markus Dreßler points to an online presentation organized by the Institute for the Study of Religions at Leipzig University: Remzi Çağatay Çakırlar, PhD candidate from the University Leiden will give a talk on "The Missing Link: the Radical Party and the Genesis of Official Ideology in Modern Turkey" followed by a Q&A session. Based on empirical findings, his presentation explains the role of the Radical Party and the Radical ideologues and politicians in the relationship between France and the Young Turks movement during the Committee of Union and Progress era before 1918 and the Republican People’s Party era, from 1923 until the end of the 1930s when Kemalism established itself as the official ideology of the Turkish Republic. 26 November 2020 | 5.30 – 7 p.m. (CET)
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Weekly lecture series "Religion and Urbanity Across Time and Space"In a world where over half of the population lives in cities and religion is far from disappearing or being relegated to the private, the question as to how religion and urbanity have interlocked historically is a critical issue that still needs further exploration. This lecture series, which comprises ten sessions altogether and is organised by the Max Weber Centre Erfurt, presents such connections by zooming in on specific examples of Mediterranean, North-European, North-American, and Asian cities from the rise of urbanism to the present time. As part of the lecture series, on 15 December 2020 our Associate Member Marian Burchardt will give a presentation on “The Berliner Utopia: House of One”. Every Tuesday (17 Nov 20 - 2 Feb 21) | 6 – 7.30 p.m. (CET)
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Online Event: Youth Initiation Ceremony in the GDR and the attitude of the churchesThe youth initiation ceremonies organised in the former GDR are a ritual that is still an integral part of the collective memory of the new Eastern states of Germany today. While for some it is part of their Eastern identity, for others the consecration of youth remains a symbol of exclusion and arbitrariness. Christians in the GDR often found themselves in the conflict of closing the door to social interaction with others in case of a decision. The churches postulated the steadfastness of families at the consecration of young people - and revised their methods and sanctions several times in response. In this online talk (in German) the topic will be addressed by Albrecht Döhnert, a Protestant theologian, working as editor at the publishing house Walter de Gruyter in Berlin and Thomas Arnold, a Catholic theologian, and since 2016 head of the Catholic Academy of the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen. The event is organized by the Cathedral Forum Dresden and takes place in cooperation with the Catholic Student Community of Dresden. 30 November 2020 | 7.30 p.m. (CET)
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Advent organ concert: Jazz duo David Timm and Reiko BrockeltBased on well-known works of classical music, the jazz duo Timm/Brockelt achieves improvisations on the highest level. With grandiose virtuosity and outstanding technique the two musicians create a harmonious synthesis. Their concert will focus on improvisation. Reiko Brockelt and David Timm will not only play with the lively, warming sound of the Paulinums-organs, which with their tonal peculiarities sometimes confront modern listening habits with completely unconventional old worlds of sound; also the wishes of the audience are gladly taken up and spontaneously processed musically. Already now you may submit your song and theme requests to the musicians via e-mail.
28 November 2020 | 6 – 7.30 p.m. (CET)
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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. |
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Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "Multiple Secularities - Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities" Nikolaistraße 8-10, 04109 Leipzig Mail: multiple-secularities@uni-leipzig.de |