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Call for Papers: Convivencia and Religious Language: Dialogue of Religions on the Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula of the Middle Ages is quite often described as an ideal place of religious encounters. Terms like …

Video | Attila Jakab: "Shadows and Lights: The Involvement of the Hungarian Catholic Clergymen in Anti-Semitism and Holocaust"

Jakab, Attila. "Shadows and Lights: The Involvement of the Hungarian Catholic Clergymen in Anti-Semitism and Holocaust in the Horthy Era …

Call for Papers: 'Religio licita'? The Romans and the Jews, 1st century BCE - 3rd century CE

Usually Judaism is regarded as 'religio licita' of the Roman Empire. Nonetheless it is always regarded with suspicion as can …

Video | István Perczel & Vasco La Salvia: "Trans-Arabian Sea Trade"

The special session presented by István Perczel (Budapest) and Vasco La Silva (Chieta) at the Religion in Motion conference is …

Video | Vinay Lal (Los Angeles): "The Silence Room. Gandhi‘s Religion and the Politics of Hinduism"

This years research field conference was opened with a keynote by Prof. Dr. Vinay Lal (Los Angeles). His talk on …

Interview with Ines Županov

Ines Županov has been a visiting research fellow with the KHK since April 2012. She is going back to …

Upcoming Conference: Religion in Motion

We cordially invite all interested scholars and students to attend the international conference "Religion in Motion: Boundary Work in the …

Upcoming Workshop: 12th and 13th Century Attempts to Translate Muslim and Jewish Texts into Latin

All interested scholars and students are cordially invited to next week's workshop titled "12th and 13th Century Attempts to Translate …

New KHK logo!

The Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe" has designed a new logo, which …

We are mourning the death of Joan Westenholz!

We were just informed of the sad fact that Joan Westenholz passed away yesteday. She had been a visiting research …