Workshop on ‘Prefigurative Politics’ as a Lens for Researching Religious Practices

On Friday 25 February 2022, Professor dr Peter-Ben Smit (VU/UU), Professor dr Mariecke van den Berg (VU/RU) and dr Mathijs van de Sande (RU) organise an exploratory workshop on...

Religion, Secularization, Heritage: An interview with Marian Burchardt

Professor dr Marian Burchardt’s book Regulating Difference: Religious Diversity and Nationhood in the Secular West  (Rutgers University Press, 2020) just received the Best Book Award from the International Society...

Workshop on ‘Prefigurative Politics’ as a Lens for Researching Religious Practices

The exploratory workshop on the concept of prefigurative politics that was scheduled for Friday 26 November has been postponed towards spring 2022 (see below). Instead – or rather anticipating...

New Funding Opportunities

To encourage cooperation between researchers from different institutions, NOSTER offers two types of funding in 2022. As in previous years, there is funding available for organising conferences or symposiums...

Enrol for Kick-Off, Seminars, and more!

A new academic year has arrived! This means that you can register for the Kick-off, Seminars, and more. Registered users have received a Moodle account and can enrol in the courses...

NOSTER Starts Using Online Learning Environment Moodle

NOSTER has launched its brand new online learning environment recently! We found that our website and registration systems are in need of an update. In addition, the pandemic has...

“New Webinar Christianity Worldwide”

“Christianity Worldwide” is a new research webinar for (external) PhD candidates taught by Professor dr. Dorottya Nagy (PThU) and Professor dr. Martha Frederiks (UU). The course – eight monthly...

In memoriam Vincent Brümmer (Stellenbosch 30 December 1932 – Bilthoven, 30 March 2021)

In the Holy Week of 2021, the first academic director of NOSTER, Professor Vincent BrĂźmmer, died at the age of 88. When spending Christmas 2017 in Gambia, where his...