Author Archives: Markus Voss

Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht In cooperation with Prof. Dr. Benoît Bourgine (Louvain-la-Neuve), Mariana Chacón (Lima), Prof. Dr. Mohammed Dajani (Al Quds), Prof. Dr. Francois Dermange (Genf), Prof. Dr. Dennis Doyle (Dayton/Ohio), Matthias Gockel (Jena), Prof. Dr. Makoto Mizutani (Kyoto), Prof. Dr. Arie … Continue reading →

As part of a public presentation of the research profiles of the Faculty of Theology of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Prof. Martin Leiner gave a lecture on his field of research: the practice of reconciliation in systematic-theological perspective.

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has confirmed the funding of the first level of the Trilateral Project, including a preparatory meeting in Israel for organising further steps.

The Volkswagen foundation fully finances our 2nd Summer School “Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation” (18th – 28th July 2011)! More information on this website.

„Peace studies and world domestic policy in the 21st century“ was the name of the symposium in honour of Johan Galtungs 80th birthday taking place from 2nd to 5th of December 2010 in the Evangelische Akademie Villigst. The founder of … Continue reading →

The Hearts of Flesh The “Turn” to Peace and Conciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Since September 2010 we work on a new project: An interdisciplinary study of intergroup reconciliation dynamics with a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The project wants … Continue reading →

Our team attended a meeting on “Religion-Konflikt-Frieden” (Religion-Conflict-Peace), an annual conference of the interdisziplinary research group on “Religion and Conflict”, which took place at the » Protestant Academy of Berlin. We had an informative time with many stimulating lectures and discussions … Continue reading →

The Summer School „Societies in Transition. Latin America between Conflict and Reconciliation“ in Jena was a great success and received high marks. The programme focussed on the historical changes in Latin American societies, as seen from different perspectives. The main … Continue reading →

In the first days of September Dr. Thomas Schlegel and Susan Flaemig travelled to South Africa to meet our partner at the University of Cape Town, Prof. Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela. She is psychologist and expert in issues related to trauma, … Continue reading →

Professor Martin Leiner was invited to discuss our EURORARE-project with specialists in this field. At the »“Forschungsstätte der evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft” (FEST) in Heidelberg he met also with researchers from the »„German Institute of Global and Area Studies” (GIGA Hamburg). With … Continue reading →