Steiner 2025 Vortragsreihe / Steiner 2025 Lecture Series von / by CAS-E Associated Scholar Dr. Diana Lunkwitz

Die Vortragsreihe, organisiert von dem Research on Anthroposophy Network (RAN), ist dem 100. Jahrestag von Rudolf Steiners (1861–1925) Tod gewidmet. In der Reihe wird zuerst die Relevanz und Aktualität der Forschung zur Anthroposophie und Person Steiners vorgestellt und diskutiert. Alle Vorträge bieten dann sowohl Einführungen als auch vertiefende Fragestellungen und Diskussionen zu zentralen und aktuellen […]

Knowing Hands: Chinese Hand-memory Techniques and Handy Knowledge in Situ, Comparison, and Contact

CAS-E is thrilled to announce the international research project “Knowing Hands: Chinese Hand-memory Techniques & Handy Knowledge in Situ, Comparison, and Contact,” commencing in April 2025 for a duration of thirty-six months. “Knowing Hands” is a joint German–French collaboration between Prof. Marta Hanson (CAS-E Associated Scholar, Erlangen-Nürnberg) and Prof. Stéphanie Homola (French National Centre for […]

Minoritization of Muslims: A Social History of China’s Regulatory System over the Hui

CAS-E alumnus Dr. Li Gang (CAS-E Fellow 2024/25) is Principle Investigator of the DFG (German Research Foundation) project “Minoritization of Muslims: A Social History of China’s Regulatory System over the Hui.” Dr. Li Gang won a Research Grant of the duration of three years (2025-2028) to conduct his project at the FAU Forschungszentrum für Islam […]

The Resilience of Magic in Modernity | CAS-E Podcast | Episode 2

The second CAS-E podcast was produced on October 7, 2024. Under the moderation of Dr. Bernd-Christian Otto (bernd-christian.otto@fau.de), Prof. Judith Noble (Arts University Plymouth), Prof. Marco Pasi (Center for the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, Amsterdam) and Andrea Centore (Co-founder of the Research Network for the Study of Esoteric Practices) discussed various topics […]

Research Network for the Study of Esoteric Practices (RENSEP)

The Research Network for the Study of Esoteric Practices is one of CAS-E’s early partners. Among other things, RENSEP has financed Zheng Liu‘s PhD project at CAS-E in 2023/24 and supports the diffusion of CAS-E’s blog and other activities through its Instagram handle. About RENSEP The Research Network for the Study of Esoteric Practices (RENSEP) aims to […]

Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP)

The Institute for Fronties Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) and CAS-E collaborate closely on various projects, among which figures a series of workshops (so far three), held in Erlangen and Freiburg. The Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) founded by the physician and psychologist Hans Bender in 1950 concentrates […]

HEAL – Network for the Ethnography of Healing

HEAL is one of CAS-E’s partners. HEAL and CAS-E, together with other partners, have organized the international workshop “Healing Ecologies and Medical Diversity: Ethnographic Approaches to Wellbeing” in 2024. HEAL Network for the Ethnography of Healing seeks to promote and disseminate current research, initiatives and news in the field of spirituality and biomedicine. While researching […]

Fondazione Giorgio Cini

The Fondazione Giorgio Cini is one of CAS-E’s partners. The Fondazione Giorgio Cini has, together with CAS-E and other partners, organized the conference “The Aesthetics of Esoteric Practices: Materialities, Performances, Senses” in 2024. The Fondazione Giorgio Cini was established on 20 April 1951, on the initiative of Vittorio Cini, in memory of his son Giorgio, […]

History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (HHP)

The History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents is one of CAS-E’s partners. The HHP has, among other things, organized with CAS-E and other partners the conference “The Aesthetics of Esoteric Practices: Materialities, Performances, Senses” in 2024, and helps with the diffusion of the CAS-E Blog through its Instagram handle. Situated within the Faculty of […]