Käte Hamburger Kolleg

Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe

KHK—Project Site

The Käte Hamburger Center Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe, headed by Prof. Dr. Volkhard Krech and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany, has started working in April 2008. Within the center, 49 researchers from 13 academic disciplines are working on 28 individual projects. In addition, up to ten fellowships are granted to scholars from all over the world each year.

Researchers from Bochum's university disciplines like East Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Protestant and Catholic Theology, Classical Philology and History, in close cooperation with Religious Studies, investigate the dynamics of formation and spread of religions, the interaction between different religious traditions as well as their densification within the complex structures of the so-called “world religions” in Asia and Europe. A special focus lies on the relational constellations in the emergence of the religious field. Based on this premise, cultural and religious traditions can be described as a combination of ongoing processes of orientation and exchange.

Methodologically, the Käte Hamburger Center combines material and systematic research on religion both in a synchronic and in a diachronic perspective. Accordingly, the work is structured, on the one hand, in historical research fields dedicated to formation, expansion and globalization of religious tradition as well as to the development of specific terminology. On the other hand, we will examine recurring analogous religious phenomena like “secrecy” or “purity” (with their differing modes of integration, ascription, and exclusion) that act as attractors of religious community formations. Both approaches mutually complement each other in the comparative examination of religious semantics and of the formation of religious concepts and ideas.

One of the scientific objectives of the Consortiums based on this relational approach is the formulation of a systematic typology of religious contacts, and the formulation of a comprehensive theory of religious transfer which includes both the interrelations between religious impetuses and the dynamics of intrareligious dissents.

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Affiliated Persons

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Prof. Dr. Aziz Al-Azmeh

Fellow

aziza@ceu.hu
NA

Prof. Dr. Nadia Al-Bagdadi

Fellow

AA

Dr. Abhishek Singh Amar

Fellow

aamar@hamilton.edu
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Prof. Dr. Sahar Amer

Fellow

saharamer@gmail.com
CA

Dr. Christoph Anderl

Fellow

christoph.anderl@rub.de
CA

Prof. Dr. Dr. Christoph Auffarth

Fellow

CB

Prof. Dr. Christopher I. Beckwith

Fellow

christopher.beckwith@rub.de
AB

Prof. Dr. Andreas Bendlin

Fellow

andreas.bendlin@rub.de
NB

Dr. Nora Berend

Fellow

nb213@cam.ac.uk
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Prof. Dr. Stephen Carl Berkwitz

Fellow

stephenberkwitz@missouristate.edu
JB

Prof. em. Dr. Jan Nicolaas Bremmer

Fellow

j.n.bremmer@rug.nl
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Franziska Burstyn

Event Management

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 4.11
+49 234 32-21981
ceres-coordination-office@rub.de
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Dr. Cathy Cantwell

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catherine.cantwell@rub.de
IC

Prof. Dr. Izak Cornelius

Fellow

sakkie@sun.ac.za
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Prof. Dr. Alexandra Cuffel

Colleague

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 1.07
+49 234 32-22336
alexandra.cuffel@rub.de
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PD Dr. István Czachesz

Fellow

istvan.czachesz@gmail.com
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Dr. Svevo D'Onofrio

Fellow

svevo.donofrio@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Max Deeg

Fellow

deegm1@cardiff.ac.uk
BD

Prof. Dr. Bettina Dennerlein

Fellow

bettina.dennerlein@aoi.uzh.ch
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Dr. Licia Di Giacinto

Research Associate

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 2.14
+49 234 32-21992
licia.digiacinto@rub.de
MD

Dr. Meghan DiLuzio

Fellow

meghan_diluzio@baylor.edu
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Dr. Lucia Dolce

Fellow

ld16@soas.ac.uk
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Dr. Ruth Ebach

Fellow

ruth.ebach@uni-tuebingen.de
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Assoc. Prof. Ana María Echevarría Arsuaga

Fellow

aechevarria@geo.uned.es
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Prof. Dr. Marion Eggert

RUB Member

Universitätsstr. 150
44801  Bochum
Office GB 1/46
+49 234 32-25572
marion.eggert@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Johan Elverskog

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johan@smu.edu
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Prof. Dr. Stephen Eskildsen

Fellow

steve.eskildsen@gmail.com
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Dr. Grégoire Espesset

Fellow

gresp@yahoo.com
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Balaj Fazal B.A.

Research Assistant

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 2.13
+49 234 32-21984
balaj.fazal@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Paul Fenton

Fellow

paul.fenton@paris-sorbonne.fr
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Dr. Marianna Ferrara

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marianna.ferrara@uniroma1.it
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Dr. Luiz Fernando Ferreira da Rosa Ribeiro

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nalandanusantara@gmail.com
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Dr. Paolo Filigheddu

Fellow

paolo.filigheddu@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Erika Forte

Fellow

Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University
 
erika.forte@zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Prof. Dr. Oliver Freiberger

Fellow

of@austin.utexas.edu
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Prof. Dr. Christian Frevel

RUB Member

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44801  Bochum
Office GA 7/149
+49 234 32-22611
christian.frevel@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Youde Fu

Fellow

ydfu@sdu.edu.cn
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Galinsky

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galinsky@mail.utexas.edu
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Dr. Ophira Gamliel

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Prof. Dr. Reinhold Glei

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44801  Bochum
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Dr. Jennifer Griggs

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting

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thomas.grossboelting@uni-muenster.de
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Dr. Mareile Haase

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mareile.haase@utoronto.ca
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Dr. Georgios Halkias

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georgios.halkias@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Hartmann

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Dr. Jan-Peter Hartung

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Hauschild

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thomas.hauschild@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Heinz Georg Held

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hg.held@unipv.it
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Dr. Alexander Henn

Fellow

alexander.henn@asu.edu
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Dr. Geoffrey Herman

Fellow

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Prof. Dr. Lucian Hölscher

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44789  Bochum
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lucian.hoelscher@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia

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rxh46@psu.edu
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Dr. Eduard Iricinschi

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Prof. Dr. Jun'ichi Isomae

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icb74921@nifty.com
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Dr. Sukman Jang

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sukman.jang@rub.de
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Dr. Damien Janos

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djanos@uni-goettingen.de
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Dr. Jason Ānanda Josephson

Fellow

jason.a.josephson@williams.edu
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Jung

Fellow

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Dr. Thomas Jurczyk

Research Associate

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44789  Bochum
Office 2.11
+49 234 32-21684
thomas.jurczyk-q88@rub.de
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kaburk@gmail.com
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Dr. Maijastina Kahlos

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maijastina.kahlos@helsinki.fi
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Prof. Dr. Otto Kallscheuer

Fellow

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PD Dr. Yukiyo Kasai

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Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 4.08
+49 234 32-21683
yukiyo.kasai@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Terry F. Kleeman

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terry.kleeman@colorado.edu
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Prof. Dr. Adam Knobler

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44789  Bochum
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+49 234 32-22336
adam.knobler@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Eva Kocziszky

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kocziszky.eva@iif.hu
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Dr. Olga Kozubska

Fellow

olga.kozubska@rub.de
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Dr. Götz König

Fellow

goetz.koenig@rub.de
HK

Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Krämer

Research Associate

hans.martin.kraemer@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Volkhard Krech

RUB Member

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 3.12
+49 234 32-22395
volkhard.krech@rub.de
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Alina Krentz B.A.

Research Assistant

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
+492343222056
alina.krentz@rub.de
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Dr. Patrick Felix Krüger

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Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 3.14
+49 234 32-21958
patrick.krueger@rub.de
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Dr. Ya-Pei Kuo

Fellow

ya-pei.kuo@rub.de
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Apl. Prof. Dr. Vasco La Salvia

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vasco.lasalvia@unich.it
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Dr. Bérénice Lagarce-Othman

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berenicelagarce@yahoo.fr
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Prof. Dr. Susanne Lanwerd

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susanne.lanwerd@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Ming-huei Lee

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lmhuei@hotmail.tw
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Prof. Dr. Massimo Leone

Fellow

massimo.leone@unito.it
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Prof. Dr. Rebecca Lesses

Fellow

rlesses@ithaca.edu
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Prof. Dr. Gesche Linde

Fellow

gesche.linde@rub.de
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Dr. Beate Löffler

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TU Dortmund, August-Schmidt-Str. 6
44227  Dortmund
Office Campus Süd GB I, Raum 208
+49 231 755-7930
beate.loeffler@tu-dortmund.de
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Prof. Dr. Christopher MacEvitt

Fellow

christopher.macevitt@rub.de
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Dr. Claire R. Maes

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claire.maes@austin.utexas.edu
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Dr. Al Makin

Fellow

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Prof. Dr. Vasilios Makrides

Fellow

vasilios.makrides@uni-erfurt.de
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Prof. Dr. Angelika Malinar

Fellow

angelika.malinar@aoi.uzh.ch
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Dr. Margherita Mantovani

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margherita.mantovani@uniroma1.it
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Prof. Dr. Robert Mayer

Fellow

robert.mayer@rub.de
AM

Dr. Andrew McDowell

Fellow

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Prof. Dr. Carmen Meinert

Colleague

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 1.05
+49 234 32-28783
carmen.meinert@rub.de
AM

Prof. Dr. Arie L. Molendijk

Fellow

arie.molendijk@rub.de
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Hossein Najari

Fellow

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 2.15
hossein.najari@rub.de
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Dr. Elena Narinskaya

Fellow

elenarinskaya@yahoo.co.uk
JN

Dr. Jason Neelis

Fellow

jneelis@wlu.ca
CN

Assoc. Prof. Christophe Nihan

Fellow

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 2.08
christophe.nihan@unil.ch
SO

Prof. Dr. Sung-Deuk Oak

Fellow

oaksung@gmail.com
KO

PD Dr. Khanna Omarkhali (Usoyan)

Fellow

kusoyan@uni-goettingen.de
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PD Dr. Bernd-Christian Otto

Fellow

bernd.otto@uni-erfurt.de
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Dr. Maryam Palizban

Fellow

ritual.nara@gmail.com
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Prof. Dr. Martin Papenheim

Fellow

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 4.14
martin.papenheim@rub.de
GP

Prof. Dr. Guoxiang Peng

Fellow

IP

Prof. Dr. Istvan Perczel

Fellow

perczeli@ceu.hu
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PD Dr. Rosel Pientka-Hinz

Fellow

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 3.14
+49 234 32-21969
rosel.pientka-hinz@rub.de
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Dr. Ksenia Pimenova

Fellow

ksenia.pimenova@gmail.com
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Ulf Plessentin

PR Manager

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 3.08
ulf.plessentin@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Zaroui Pogossian

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zaroui.pogossian@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Jessie Pons

Colleague

Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
Office 1.04
+49 234 32-22955
jessie.pons@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Rapp

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shr002@shsu.edu
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Dr. Imke Rath

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rath@gei.de
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Dr. Philipp Reichling

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philipp.reichling@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Reichmuth

RUB Member

Universitätsstr. 150
44801  Bochum
Office GB 2/38
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stefan.reichmuth@rub.de
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Prof. Dr. Adele Reinhartz

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adele.reinhartz@uOttawa.ca
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Prof. Dr. Amy Remensnyder

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amy_remensnyder@Brown.edu
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Prof. Dr. Kianoosh Rezania

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Universitätsstr. 90a
44789  Bochum
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kianoosh.rezania@rub.de
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Dr. Sebastian Rimestad

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sebastian.rimestad@uni-erfurt.de
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Prof. Dr. Heiner Roetz

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44789  Bochum
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heiner.roetz@rub.de
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Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Roux

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pieru79@gmail.com
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Prof. Dr. Ian Rutherford

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Dr. Ivan Sablin

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ivan.sablin@gmail.com
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Prof. Dr. Paolo Santangelo

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paolo.santangelo@uniroma1.it
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PD Dr. Magnus Schlette

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Dr. Jesko Schmoller

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Dr. Anna-Konstanze Schröder

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Dr. Anna Sehnalova

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Prof. Dr. Chun Shan

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Prof. Dr. Weirong Shen

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shenweirong@yahoo.com
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Dr. Ying Ruo Show

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Assist. Prof. Caleb Simmons

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Dr. Iain Sinclair

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i_sinclair@outlook.com
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Prof. Dr. Kirill Solonin

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Renmin University of China, Beijing
 
kirill_solonin@mail.ru
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Dr. Eszter Spät

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spateszter@yahoo.com
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Prof. Dr. Tulasi Srinivas

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Tulasi_Srinivas@emerson.edu
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Dr. Susanne Stadlbauer

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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin

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Dr. Marion Steinicke

Research Associate

marion.steinicke@rub.de
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PD Dr. Knut Martin Stünkel

Research Associate

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44789  Bochum
Office 2.05
+49 234 32-21993
knut.stuenkel@gmx.net
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Prof. em. Dr. Aslam Syed

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Dr. Henrik Hjort Sørensen

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44789  Bochum
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hensor@hotmail.com
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Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Şen

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senmusti@metu.edu.tr
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Dr. Giovanni Tarantino

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Assist. Prof. Juan Manuel Tebes

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PD Dr. Levent Tezcan

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Prof. Dr. Peter van Rooden

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p.t.vanrooden@uva.nl
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Dr. des. Cornelius Vollmer

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Barry Dov Walfish PhD

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Prof. Dr. James Watts

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Dr. Ines Weinrich

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Prof. Dr. Dorothea Weltecke

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Dr. Joan Westenholz

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jgoodwest@gmail.com
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Prof. Dr. Peter Wick

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44801  Bochum
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Dr. Sylvia Winkelmann

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Dr. Walter Edward Young

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Dr. Mohsen Zakeri

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44789  Bochum
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Prof. Dr. Markus Zehnder

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Prof. Dr. Monika Zin

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m.zin@t-online.de
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Prof. Dr. Ines G. Zupanov

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