Delhi History Congress
On November 1, 2024, Philipp Pilhofer will take up the Chair of Church History (History of the Reformation and Protestantism) at the University of Vienna
"From sources to AI: ChatGPT & Co. in practical use for religious and historical research"
Invitation to the Workshop with Dr. Mareike König on Wednesday, 06.November 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 13:30 p.m.
"Christian Internationalism in war and post-war times, c. 1890–1930"
International Conference, Conveners: Prof. Dr. Judith Becker (Berlin) and PD Dr. Felicity Jensz (Münster).
19–21 September 2024
"Marrying like a 'Christian'"
Guest lecture by Dr. Nidhin Donald, Swiss Government Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow (ESKAS), University of Lucerne.
04 July 2024, 12:00–14:00
"Mass Conversion and Baptism in the History of Christianity"
International Workshop von Prof. Dr. Uta Heil (Wien) und Prof. Dr. Judith Becker (Berlin).
12–13 April 2024
"Glaubensgenossen, Ketzer, Fremdkörper: Volkskirchliche Diskurse über Freikirchen, Sekten und andere Minderheitsreligionen in der Bundesrepublik, 1945-1985"
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Stewart Anderson, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, Department of History.
07 December 2023, 10:00–12:00
Andrea Hofmann is Professor of Church History at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Basel since 2024.
"Reading Sources: Oral, Literary and Visual Narratives"
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Sucheta Mahajan, em. Professorin at Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharla Nehru University, New Delhi / Indien.
20 November 2023, 14:00–16:00
"Inventing Hinduism: Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg's Genealogy of Hindu Gods and Goddesses"
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. R. Mahalakshmi, Professor for Ancient Indian History at Centre for Historical Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi / India.
16 November 2023, 10:00–12:00
"Divine Feminine in South Indian Christianity"
Workshop for doctoral students by Prof. Dr. R. Mahalakshmi, Professor for Ancient Indian History at Centre for Historical Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi / India.
14 Novemeber 2023, 14:00–17:00
"Polygamy Defended: The Christian engagement with Islam in African-led churches in southwest Nigeria, 1880s-1920s"
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Insa Nolte, Professor of Social Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Birmingham, Department of African Studies and Anthropology.
14 June 2023, 18:00
"World Christianity: Concept and Conception"
Graduate workshop
24 May 2023, 14:00–17:00
"Have Faith, Will Travel: The Migrant Factor in the Historical Study of Global Christianity"
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Jehu J. Hanciles, D.W. and Ruth Brooks Professor of World Christianity;
Director of the World Christianity Program, Candler School of Theology, Emory University Atlanta
Hosted by Graduiertenzentrum Theologie and Prof. Dr. Judith Becker
24 May 2023, 18:00
"Massenereignisse in der Christentumsgeschichte. Neue Perspektiven auf die Historiographie"
WGTh-Projektgruppe under the direction of Prof. Dr. Judith Becker, Berlin/Prof. Dr. Uta Heil, Wien
Workshop:
Massentaufen und Massenbekehrungen in der Christentumsgeschichte
14–15 April 2023
travel information
Cultural encounters and the origins of violence
Workshop with Prof. Dr. Judith Becker and Prof. Dr. Julia Torrie, St. Thomas University, Canada. In Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study (FRIAS), Freiburg, Germany / hybrid.
27–28 March 2023
Public panel discussion as part of the workshop:
Peaceful cohabitation and conflict: before and during the war in Ukraine
27 March 2023, 18:30–20:00
Kirche und Kolonialismus: Missionarische Arbeit oder Kolonialhelfer
Contribution by Victoria Hellwig with Prof. Dr. Judith Becker in the radio programme "Apropos Sonntag", Antenne Brandenburg.
Broadcast on 26 February 2023
Luther's Wundermänner among the Nazis
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Patrick Hayden-Roy within the framework of the lecture "Christentumsgeschichte III: Reformation", Theologischen Fakultät, HU-Berlin, Burgstr. 26, R 008.
6 December 2022, 10:15
Call for applications for the Gerd Stricker Mobility grant
Sponsored by the Society for the History of Reformed Protestantism
Supports research projects that investigate Church History in Central and Eastern Europe
Closing date for applications is December 1st, 2022
In the academic year 2021/22, Prof. Dr Judith Becker is Fellow/Résidente at the Institut d'études avancées de Nantes, France.
Luther und die Reformation im Musiktheater
Research seminar by Andrea Hofmann, 14th International Congress for Luther Research in Thousand Oaks, California
14–19 August 2022
Hochschullehre im digitalen Zeitalter
Podiumsdiskussion, veranstaltet von der Arbeitsgruppe "Hochschullehre im digitialen Zeitalter" der jungen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz.
30 June 2022
Christus vor dem Hohen Rat. Religion und Recht im Kirchenraum des 17. Jhs.
Conference, hosted by Prof. Dr. Matthias Asche, Universität Potsdam / Prof. Dr. Judith Becker / apl. Prof. Dr. Gudrun Gleba, Carl von Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg. Rathenow (Brandenburg) St. Marien-Andreas Kirche.
1–2 July 2022
Women as Authors of Protestant Devotional Literature in Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturiesLecture by Prof. Dr. Andrea Hofmann at the Panel "Women Making Reformation. Rewriting Genres", Eleventh Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity
4 April 2022
Argula von Grumbach: Reception of a Successful Reformation Writer in the Early Seventeenth Century
Lecture by Dr. Philipp Pilhofer at the Panel "Women Making Reformation. Rewriting Genres", Eleventh Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity
4 April 2022
Kirchengeschichtsschreibung zwischen Theologie und Geschichtswissenschaft. Zur Einbindung historischer Methoden und Paradigmen in die Kirchengeschichtsschreibung
Workshop by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the University of Zurich, Faculty of Theology, "Peer-Mentoring-Group 'Kirchengeschichte'"
8 April 2022
Strolling through Cilicia. New Research on Roman and Late Antique Cilicia
International online workshop series on the latest research in Late Antique Cilicia, co-organized by Dr. Philipp Pilhofer
Macht lutherische Mission aus Menschen lutherische Missionierte?
Impulse at the symposium "Lutherische Identität zwischen kultureller Prägung und reformatorischem Erbe" of the Historical Commission of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (DNK/LWB) (online)
23 February 2022
Les Églises et l'Etat sous l'Empire allemand. Entre soutien mutuel et tensions
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the Conference "Laïcité et pluralisme: regards croisés
entre la France et l’Allemagne", Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (DHIP)
2 February 2022
Ulrich Zwingli und die Geschichte der reformierten Kirche
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the "503th Anniversary of Zwingli's Reformation Memorial Conference", Zwingli Association Korea, Seoul (online)
22 January 2022
Die Baseler Mission: Wahrnehmung des Fremden und des Eigenen
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the interdisciplinary symposium "Globales Christentum: Transformationen, Umbrüche, Interaktionen, Denkformen, Perspektiven", University Fribourg,
Switzerland 12 November 2021
'A very pleasant spot to walk and spend time’ – Thecla’s cave at Seleucia
Lecture by Dr. Philipp Pilhofer at Centre for Research on Ancient Civilizations, Ewa Wipszycka's Late Antique Seminar, University Warszawa
14 October 2021
Scholarship Research: Orientierung im theologischen Streit um 1600
Research stay of Dr. Philipp Pilhofer at the Reformation History Research Library Wittenberg.
Sept–Oct 2021
Mission erfüllt? Deutsche Missionswerke, Akteure und Theologien im Schatten des Nationalsozialismus
Response by Prof. Dr Judith Becker at the Annual Conference of the German Society for Missiology (DGMW)
7 October 2021
Mission histories. On the relationship between conversion and "development" in the history of Christian missions
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Becker at the International Conference: "Religious Communities and Sustainable Development: Points of Departure for a Post-2030 Agenda", hosted by the International Network on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development (IN//RCSD),
9 June 2021
Christentumsgeschichtsschreibung. Europäisches Christentum und globale Perspektiven
contribution by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker for the project: "Zugänge zur europäischen Religionsgeschichte im Gespräch, Irene Dingel zum Geburtstag".
31 May 2021
The Martyrdom of Konon of Bidana: How the Patron of the Isaurians was Made
Onlineseminar by Dr. Philipp Pilhofer hosted by the Britisch Institute at Ankara (watch on YouTube)
11 May 2021
The German Ecumenical Youth Movement between Nationalism and Internationalism
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the International Video Conference: "Nationalism and Internationalism in the Young Ecumenical Movement, 1895–1920s", hosted at HU Berlin (convenors: Prof. Dr. Judith Becker/Prof. Dr. Dana L. Robert, Boston University),
7 October 2020
13. Internationale Emder Tagung zur Geschichte des Reformierten Protestantismus (PDF)
Conference at the Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek Emden.
12–14 March 2021
Response: Panel "Zeitgeschichtliche Unterbrechungen und Kontinuitäten"
Conference of the DGMW: Mission erfüllt? Deutsche Missionswerke, Akteure und Theologien im Schatten des Nationalsozialismus, Berlin,
7–9 October 2021
Das evangelische Kirchenlied im Spannungsfeld von Interkonfessionalität und konfessioneller Profilierung
Lecture by Dr. Andrea Hofmann at the conference: Musik im Umbruch – Zum 400. Todestag von Michael Praetorius, Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel,
18–20 March 2020
Das geistliche Repertoire der Arien – „Übersetzungen“ des Genfer Psalters und der lutherischen Tradition
Lecture by Dr. Andrea Hofmann at the conference: Heinrich Alberts Arien, DHI Rom,
24–26 February 2020
"Ich nahm meine Wohnung in einem Götzen-Tempel". Der Umgang mit indischen Gottheiten in der Baseler Mission des 19. Jahrhunderts
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the Workshop: "Götzendienst". A Workshop from the Theologisches Forum Judentum–Christentum, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster,
20 February 2020
Workshop zur Examensvorbereitung
Dr. Andrea Hofmann and Dr. Kerstin Menzel,
18 February 2020, 10–15 Uhr, Burgcafé
Priestertum aller Gläubigen? Kirchliches Engagement von Frauen im Ersten Weltkrieg
Impulse from Dr. Andrea Hofmann at: Everybody’s Talkin’ Tacheles, Burgcafé,
16 January 2020, 18.30 Uhr
Touring exhibition "Karl Barth"
Foyer of the Theologischen Fakultät,
6–23 December 2019
Allgemeines Priestertum aller Gläubigen? Die Rolle der Frau in der evangelischen Kirche während des Ersten Weltkriegs
Lecture by Dr. Andrea Hofmann at the conference: Gender Studies in der Theologie - Warum und wozu. Arbeitsstelle für Theologische Genderforschung WWU Münster, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät,
28–29 November 2019
Ethnische und religiöse Minderheiten in der DDR und Wendezeit.
Panel discussion with contemporary witnesses and scientists in cooperation with Kulturprojekte Berlin,
5 November 2019
„… das teure Wort Gottes reichlich unter die Menschen kommen lassen“ (PDF)
Study day on the 300th anniversary of the death of Carl Hildebrand Freiherr von Canstein,
2–3 November 2019
Ansätze, Fragen und Paradigmen der neueren Christentumsgeschichtsschreibung (PDF)
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker as part of the series „Spektrum Theologie“ of the Graduiertenzentrum,
22 October 2019
Conversion as Perspective on Historiography: Examples from the Basel Mission in South India in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the Workshop: Turning Points in Global Mission History (1600–2000). Aims, methods and effects, Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rom,
10 September 2019
Ökumene zu Zeiten des Nationalismus (PDF)
Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
13 June 2019
Historiography of Christianity - New Perspectives
Workshop, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
1–2 June 2018
How Emotions become values: despondency and constancy in Basel Missionaries' usage of emotions and values in nineteenth century India
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the Kolloquium of the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development,
9 May 2018
Missionare, Katechisten, Älteste: Selbstverständnisse von europäischen und indischen Amtsträgern und -trägerinnen in der Basler Mission im 19. Jahrhundert
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the conference: Mission als transkulturelles und transnationales Phänomen, Shanghai,
24–26 April 2018
Das gedruckte Lied als politisches und theologisches Propagandainstrument?
Lecture by Dr. Andrea Hofmann at the conference: Wahrheit, Geschwindigkeit, Pluralität. Chancen und Herausforderungen durch den Buchdruck im Zeitalter der Reformation, Akademie der Wissenschaften and IEG, Mainz,
1–3 March 2018
Zürich und die Fremdengemeinden. Eine 'Entangled History' der Reformation
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker, Chair and Lecture at the congress: Die Züricher Reformation und ihre Rolle in den europäischen Reformationsbewegungen, Universität Zürich,
8 February 2019
Christianity in South India: Assimilations, Incorporations and Conflicts, c. 8th-17th Centuries
Lecture by Prof. Dr. R. Mahalakshmi (JNU Delhi), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
5 February 2018
’Entangled History’ and 20th Century Global Christianity: Three Case Studies
Prof. Dr. Judith Becker, Chair & Respondent, American Society for Church History, Chicago,
5 January 2019
How Emotions become values: despondency and constancy in Basel Missionaries' usage of emotions and values in nineteenth century India
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the Colloquium of the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin,
9 May 2018
Missionare und Katechisten: Selbstverständnisse von europäischen und indischen Amtsträgern in der Basler Mission in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the congress: Mission als transkulturelles und transnationales Phänomen, International Studies University Shanghai,
25 April 2018
Jenseits von Deutschland. Reformationsgeschichte als Verflechtungsgeschichte
Key lecture by Prof. Dr. Judith Becker at the Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen,
31 October 2017