Reformation and Refugees

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Reformation and Refugees: Alternative Histories

Schloss Conversations

14 November 2017

A conversation with Nicholas Terpstra (University of Toronto) and Peter van der Veer (MPI Göttingen)hosted by Pamela Klassen (University of Toronto) and Monique Scheer (Ludwig-Uhland-Institut, University of Tübingen)

Both the 500-year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees have sparked intense reflection upon religion and public memory in Germany this year. This first in a series of ‘Schloss Conversations’ will take up these issues from historical and anthropological perspectives.

With the support of the Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation, Dr. Pamela Klassen of the University of Toronto and Prof. Dr. Monique Scheer, Director of the Ludwig-Uhland-Institut of Historical and Cultural Anthropology, University of Tübingen, are directing a research project on Religion and Public Memory in Multicultural Societies. The project runs from 2015 to […]

How Should We Understand Indigenous Spirituality (in English)? A reflection on the philosophy of listening Indigenous spirituality matters to Indigenous peoples. In this discussion, I am broadly interested in how Indigenous spirituality is used in contemporary Indigenous politics. More specifically, I ask the question: How should we understand Indigenous spirituality in English? My discussion involves […]