Department of Religious Studies

CURRENTLY

Contact - Administration

From July 1st, 2021, the so called "Vertretungsregelung" / supporting substitution network of the facult comes into effect.
The administrational office is vacant due to sick leave.

Please direct your request to one of the following service e-mail addresses:

lehre.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding your studies
buero.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding office management and publications
personal.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding human resources and budget
vam.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding event management

For access to the Quellenbibliothek, plase make an appointment via buero.ktf@univie.ac.at

Neuigkeiten & Veranstaltungen

News & Religious Studies in the Media

From January 1, 2022, Nickolas P. Roubekas is the new Editor-in-Chief of NUMEN: International Review for the History of Religions, the official journal of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), whose sub-organizations include the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR).

We are happy to announce the publication of Religion in Austria, Volume 6. The book can be ordered here or at every (online) bookstore. For larger orders (including a thirty per cent discount), please contact Patricia Mayer.

The Journal of Religion and Transformation (indexed with Scopus and WoS) published a new Call for Papers for the special issue "Exploring Asian Religions in Europe," edited by Ugo Dessì, Lionel Obadia (Lyon), and Lukas Pokorny.

Congratulations to Professor Lukas Pokorny and PD Dr. Ugo Dessì for the acceptance of their FWF project "Glocal Buddhas: Exploring the Interplay of East Asian Buddhism and Globalization in Austria and Italy" with a budget of €373.044,00. The project will commence in June 2022 and run for three years.

You can follow now the Department on Twitter and join more than 700 followers who regularly get updates about our courses, publications, exams, and other events!

New Publications

Julian Strube: "Theosophy, Race, and the Study of Esotericism." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 89 (4): 1180–1189.

Human-Friedrich Unterrainer: et al. "Attachment Styles, Personality Organization and Substance Use as Predictors of Emotion Regulation Strategies 'Suppression' and 'Reappraisal' in Young Adults." In: Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 786045.

Contact

Department of Religious Studies
University of Vienna
Schenkenstraße 8-10/5th floor
1010 Vienna
T: +43-1-4277-31601

CURRENTLY

Contact - Administration

From July 1st, 2021, the so called "Vertretungsregelung" / supporting substitution network of the facult comes into effect.
The administrational office is vacant due to sick leave.

Please direct your request to one of the following service e-mail addresses:

lehre.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding your studies
buero.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding office management and publications
personal.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding human resources and budget
vam.ktf@univie.ac.at for questions regarding event management