Programme

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Timetable of the Summer School

Monday, 22.09.2025

15:00     Opening (Sebastian Rimestad, Christoph Günther, Anna Neumaier, Giulia Evolvi)

16:00     Lecture 1, Astrid Mattes

               Young Believers Online - mapping on- and offline identifications of urban religious 

               youth

  •    Dinner

20:00     Film screening

Tuesday, 23.09.2025

09:00     Participant Presentations I

  •    Lunch

13:30     Workshop I, Sebastian Rimestad

               What does it mean to “belong” to a religion?

15:45     Workshop II, Giulia Evolvi

               Veils, Crosses, and Selfies: Religion and Gender Online

18:00  Lecture 2, Anna Neumaier                                          

               A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Methodological Approaches to Digital Religion

  •    Dinner

Wednesday, 24.09.2025

09:00     Participant Presentations II

  •    Lunch

13:30     Workshop III, Alessandra Vitullo/Nesrine Mansour

               Tradition vs. Innovation. Rethinking religion in the Age of AI

15:45     Workshop IV, Christoph Günther

               Audiovisuality on social media platforms and how to engage with it 

18:00     Lecture 3, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

               Radical Recruitment: Cybernetic Cartographies of Religious Conversion

  •    Dinner

Thursday, 25.09.2025

Excursion 

Friday, 26.09.2025

09:00     Participant Presentations III

  •    Lunch

13:15     Conclusion / Outlook