In September 2016, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education (BMB) established a Special Research Area ‚Interreligiosity’ at the Private University College for Teacher Education Vienna/Krems (KPH). The Research Area is supposed to provide an empirical, context-sensitive basis for enhancing interreligious competence in teacher education.

 

 

Once again Prof. Dr. Karsten Lehmann will conduct his Research Lab.

The Research Lab is a forum for the collegial discussion of empirical data. For more information, click here.

The preliminary online-meeting will…

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Prof. Dr. Karsten Lehmann and Prof.in Dr.in Astrid Mattes discuss on Ö1-Radio the question: How political is religion?

In recent days, the discussions surrounding the so-called “Kinderkopftuchverbot” as well as the potential ban on political Islam have once again…

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During the summer term, Magistra Laura Hoffman worked as visiting scholar at the KPH Vienna / Lower Austria.

Ms Hoffman is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Lucerne (Switzerland) with a thesis on ‘the worldviews and visions of the future held by…

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Prof. Dr. Karsten Lehmann will participate in a panel honoring the 20th anniversary of the Center for Religious Studies at Central European University…

The Center for Religious Studies (CRS) at CEU sees itself as a hub for the historical and comparative study of religion and religions.

To mark the…

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Prof. Dr. Mira Sonntag will be visiting the KPH in April and May 2026. She was officially welcomed today by Vice Rector Mag. Dr. Thomas Plotz and Ms.…

Prof. Dr. Mira Sonntag is a professor of Asian Christianity in the Department of Christian Studies at Rikkyo University (Tokyo, Japan).

She is…

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The SIR team invites you to visit the travelling exhibition on 'Religious Diversity in Viennese schools during the interwar Period' as part of the…

The exhibition is based on a research project carried out at the Special Research Area ‘Interreligiosity’ (SIR) at the KPH Vienna / Lower Austria. As…

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Prof. Dr. Karsten Lehmann gave a paper to the fifth Convention of Protestant Pastors in Bavarian school education.

The Convention of Bavarian Pastors in School Education takes place every two years. This year, it addressed the question: Religious education: an…

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The SIR - Special Research Focus on 'Interreligiosity' is once again organizing a Research Lab.

The Research Lab is a forum for collegial discussion of current research projects and the collaborative analysis of empirical data. In its current…

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This semester, the SIR – Special Research Area ‘Interreligiosity’ is organising – in collaboration with the 'Expert Group on the Diversity of…

The Discourse-Series is designed for the joint reading and discussion of academic texts.

The organisers ask those interested to joint the series:

  • to…
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Over the past two days, Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn was a guest at the Special Research Area “Interreligiosity” at the invitation of HS Prof. Dr. Karsten…

Professor Simone Sinn holds the Chair of Religious Studies at the Department of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology (the University of…

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