International WorkshopA Family of Empires of Salvation Religions - The First 300 YearsFlyer and program

12 December 2024

Photo: © Sinani

The program and abstracts for the hybrid workshop "A Family of Empires of Salvation Religions - The First 300 Years" are now online. Kindly take a look at it and if you are interested in attending, please register by sending an e-mail to romanislam@uni-hamburg.de by December 6, 2024.

The workshop is organized by Stefan Heidemann, Kurt Franz, Katharina Mewes (RomanIslam Center), Peter Bang (University of Copenhagen) and Stefan Rinke (Free University Berlin). We are delighted to announce the participation of several esteemed speakers, such as Jane Burbank (New York University) and Prof. Dr. Garth Fowden (University of Cambridge), amongst others, to our event.

The transformative power of salvation religions in empires like the Roman, Islamic, and Spanish is often underestimated; these empires significantly reshaped the identities of their colonial subjects through the imposition of a dominant religion and language. Exploring the early years of these empires reveals commonalities and differences in their imperial strategies and impacts. This comparative analysis highlights the of religion and language in shaping societies and contributes to understanding modern geopolitical dynamics.

[ Abstract Booklet and Program]

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