The new research centre at the
Max-Weber-Centre, University of Erfurt, will address the dynamics of ritual
practices in Judaism. The research project is funded by the Federal Ministry of
education and research with over a million euros and will run for five years. The
project is run by religion and cultural theorists, theologian and musicologists,
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Kranemann, Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke, and Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow,
all of the University of Erfurt, and Professor Dr. Jascha Nemtsov from the
Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar.
"The project enables new trajectories
for the study of religious practices and a more intensive international
networking for theology and religious studies. The approval of the project is a
push to expand the religion-related research in Erfurt even further, explains
Prof. Kranemann who is the spokesman of the University’s focus research cluster
on religion. Collaboration with institutions for the study of Judaism in
Germany and abroad will be expanded in the course of the centre’s work. The
project is located at the Max-Weber-Centre in collaboration with the
Theological Faculty and the Centre of research at Gotha, University of Erfurt.
Participating scientists and scholars
from home and abroad will examine rituals in religious or culturally
pluralistic contexts. Also, practice, history, and the interpretation of such
rituals will be explored. Liturgies, other rituals such as reading and learning
religious texts or dealing with calendars will be available in the Centre. In
addition to texts, in particular rituals, music, space and images will be
looked at. An innovative edge is given through continuous comparison with other
religious traditions present in the groups and institutions. Erfurt scholars expect
to discover more than just new insights for their own areas of research, and to
broaden the existing interdisciplinarity of the Max-Weber-Centre. Thematic focusses
are late antiquity, the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as the period from the
nineteenth century to the present, where Jewish rituals, sociology and
economics will be studied. A goal of the project is to scholarly reflection upon
ritual and religious practice of Judaism, a topic that is often marginalized in
the study of religions.
Internationally renowned scientists
and scholars will be ask to cooperate as Fellows, interacting with existing and
new doctoral students in Erfurt. The participating scholars will publish their
research results and also make it available for the broader public. Networking
with the various Jewish institutions and facilities in Erfurt is also planned.
More information / contact:
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Kranemann
+ 49 361 737-2566
Benedikt.kranemann(at)uni-Erfurt.de
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