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Sep 17, 2025
Interdisciplinary workshop "Use and understanding of the Lord's Prayer in the Middle Ages [Verwendung und Verständnis des Vaterunsers im Mittelalter], Tübingen, September 25–26, 2025

The Lord's Prayer is of timeless and interdenominational relevance: in Christian tradition, it is the prayer attributed to Jesus Christ himself and is already given in its specific wording in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. As a result, since the earliest Christian testimonies, it has attained …
St. Marien Helfta © TU Dresden
Aug 25, 2025
Festive event on 14th of October 2025 to mark the start of the project: St. Mary's at Helfta. A monastery in the networks of its time (13th to 16th century)
Titelblatt Flyer Zisterziensertagung Stift Heiligenkreuz September 2025 © Stift Heiligenkreuz
Aug 25, 2025
Conference "The Cistercians – Norms in Conflict", Stift Heiligenkreuz, September 25–26, 2025
Bildnis des Hl. Antonius © München Graphische Sammlungen, ca. 1450, Inv.-Nr. 118241 D
Jun 02, 2025
Antonite Image Database (AID) online
May 21, 2025
Workshop "Religious Orders as Communities in Themselves", Dresden, June 16–17, 2025

A workshop as part of the German-Croatian DAAD project "Religious Orders and Societies Entangled. The Examples of the Croatian Historical Lands and the Holy Roman Empire"

Auf de Bild ist ein Mann im dunkelblauen Hemd zu sehen, welcher ein Mikrofon in der Hand hält. er scheint sich auf einer Bühne zu befinden. © @INSSIsrael
Apr 29, 2025
Uriya Shavit: "Sociology of Religion" (Tuesday, May 06, 2025, 8 a.m.)
Das Bild zeigt einen Papierflieger vor einer Steinmauer. Darauf steht "New FOVOG newsletter" © FOVOG
Mar 20, 2025
FOVOG Newsletter 01/2025 published
Mar 18, 2025
Research Colloquium New Research on the Comparative History of Religious Orders (summer semester 2025)

In the summer semester 2025, FOVOG will once again hold a colloquium as part of its course offerings. There will be lectures by external guests on various topics from the broad field of vita religiosa. Participation via Zoom is also possible.
Auf dem Foto sind die fünf Projektmiglieder zu sehen: Marie Wogawa, Laura-Marie Lang, Rebecca Hoppe, Alina Schaarschmidt, Philipp Marko © Dominik Pogrzeba
Mar 11, 2025
New FOSTER project: Regeln und Realitäten [Rules and realities]