We are happy to announce that the interdisciplinary Research Centre

"Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society"

(in short: RaT) has been extended until March 2026. Scientists from 7 faculties and 14 disciplines are united under the umbrella of this Research Centre - including Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Islamic
theology, Jewish studies, Islam and Religious studies, social- and cultural studies, studies
of law, philosophy, and the department of education.

RaT researches the reciprocal relations between religion, religiousness and
transformation processes within the contemporary global context.

Since 2018, the Research Centre RaT has continued the work of the correspondent research platform
which was founded as a unit of the University of Vienna in the year 2010 (2010-2018).

News

Events

In this column you can find an overview of currently scheduled events:

Poetic Lectureship:

Poetics Lectureship: Lecture by Sophie Reyer: "Religion im Zeitalter der Biomacht. Ein Kreuzweg"

When: June 1, 2023, 19:00

Where: Hörsaal 3, Main Building of the University of Vienna

Conference:

the letter bā‘. Reflecting the ideas of Ibn ‘Arabi and wahdat alwujūd

When: June 3, 2023, 11 am - 6 pm

Where: seminar room Arabica, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Universität Wien

Workshop:

Commentaries on Psalms Workshop des Arbeitskreises Rezeption des Alten Testaments (AKRAT)

Zeit: 5. Juni 2023, 09:30-16:00

Ort: Schenkenstraße 8-10, 1010 Wien; 09:30-13:00: Seminarraum 5 (KTF); 13:00-16:00: Hörsaal 1 (ETF)

Lecture:

VDTR Public Lecture with Joe Moshenska (University of Oxford): “Iconoclasm as Child’s Play: Dolls and Idols in the Reformation”

When: June 09, 18:15

Where: Dekanatssaal of the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Main Building, University of Vienna

Symposium:

International Symposium "Religious Education at Schools in Europe and International KnowledgeTransfer: Looking Back and Looking Ahead"

When: 15.–16. June, 2023

Where: University of Vienna

Conference:

„Neutral State? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Autonomy of Religion, Art and Science” Conference of the RaT-Cluster "Transformations of Law between Religion and Society"

When: 19–20 June, 2023

Where: 19 June: University of Vienna, Main Building, Dekanatssaal of the Faculty of Catholic Theology, 20 June: University of Vienna, Juridicum, top floor.

Summer School:

COREnet PhD Summer School

When: 12 July, 2 pm – 16 July, 12 pm

Where: University of Vienna

Conference:

12th International Symposium on Commercialisation of Religions in the Globalising World

When: 15.-17. September 2023

Where: Nikosia, Zypern

Call for papers: Abstracts can be handed in until June 22

Publications

Here you can find an overview of the latest scientific publications of the research centre. This includes our journal JRAT, the Supplementa belonging to the journal and the RaT book series:

New Issue: RAT-Reihe Band 25 (2023) edited by Christian Danz & Jakob Helmut Deibl

Transformation of Religion

New Issue: RAT-Reihe Band 22 (2023) edited by Gunter Prüller-Jagenteufel, Ruben C. Mendoza & Gertraud Ladner

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