This year, the Centre for Comparative Technology and Cultural Studies (ZeKK) at Paderborn University is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To mark the occasion, an evening event will be held on Wednesday, 4 December at 6.30 pm in Lecture Hall L1 and the L-Foyer, to which all interested parties are cordially invited. Please register by Monday, 25 November at zekk@upb.de.
After introductory greetings from Prof Dr Birgitt Riegraf, President of Paderborn University, and ZeKK Chairman Prof Dr Zishan Ghaffer, a multi-religious panel discussion on the topic of "Peace in Religion" will follow. Prof. Dr Elisa Klapheck, Seminar for Jewish Studies at Paderborn University, Deputy Prof. Dr Johannes Grössl, Institute for Catholic Theology at Paderborn University, and Dr Muhammad Sameer Murtaza, Islamic scholar at the Global Ethic Foundation, will take part in the discussion. The event will be moderated by Prof Dr Johannes Süßmann from the Institute of History at Paderborn University.
About the ZeKK
The ZeKK is an interdisciplinary research institution at Paderborn University. The basic idea is the cooperation of different theologies and cultural studies in a research network, which enrich each other in discourse as equal partners through their different perspectives, experiences and methods. In addition to this central task, the ZeKK is committed to the academic examination of the anchored theologies with social tendencies towards anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and general secularist hostility towards religion.
The network maintains links with theological centres worldwide through research cooperation, the organisation of conferences, summer schools, study trips, public lecture series and interdisciplinary seminars. Another important goal is the transfer of science to society. This is made possible, among other things, by the "Forum for Comparative Theology", which was set up jointly with the University of Bonn and is sponsored by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The online platform is used to announce public events in the city, offer digital discussion formats and provide educational materials for day-care centres, schools and parishes.
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