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Prof. Dr. Regina Elsner
Faculty of Catholic Theology
Ecumenical Institute
Room 111
Robert-Koch-Straße 29
Münster
T: +49 251 83-31991 | Sekr.: +49 251 83-31995
regina.elsner@uni-muenster.de
Consultation hours: by prior arrangement via e-mail
  • Courses Taught

    WiSe 2011/12 | ... | SoSe 2023 | WiSe 2023/24 | SoSe 2024 | WiSe 2024/25 | SoSe 2025

    SoSe 2025

    Prof. Dr. Regina Elsner hat im Sommersemester ein Freisemester.

    Hauptseminar: The Cultures of Remembrance in Chernivci and in Münster from a historical, art historical and ecclesiastical perspective

    Hauptseminar mit Exkursion: Historical Narratives and Current Challenges: Culture, Religion and Society of Armenia

    Oberseminar: Aktuelle Themen orthodoxer Theologie und Ökumenik

    WiSe 2024/25

    Vorlesung: Schöpfungsverantwortung und Klimagerechtigkeit als ökumenische Herausforderung (Schöpfung und Ökologie)

    Vorlesung: Das Konzil von Nicäa: Geschichte, theologische Bedeutung und die ökumenischen Perspektiven des Jubiläums 2025

    Modulkurs (Systematische Theologie): Interkonfessionelle, interreligiöse und interkulturelle Studien I - Kirchen in Osteuropa: Konfessionen, Gesellschaft, Politik

    Modulkurs (Systematische Theologie): Synodalität und Primat: Ökumenische Fragen der Ekklesiologie

    Hauptseminar (Systematische Theologie): Familie, Ehe und Sexualität in der Orthodoxie

    Oberseminar: Aktuelle Themen orthodoxer Theologie und Ökumenik

    SoSe 2024

    Basismodul-Vorlesung: Kirchengeschichte

    Modulkurs (Systematische Theologie): Einführung in die Orthodoxe Theologie

    Hauptseminar (Systematische Theologie): Gottesbild - Menschenbild: Orthodoxe Ikonen zwischen Spiritualität und politischer Theologie

    Hauptseminar (Systematische und Historische Theologie): "Schwerter zu Pflugscharen"? Krieg und Frieden im katholisch-orthodoxen Dialog

    Hauptseminar (Systematische Theologie): Fluchtpunkte osteuropäischer Kirchen in Krieg und Diktatur: Glaube im Exil (mit Exkursion)

    Oberseminar: Aktuelle Themen der Orthodoxen Theologie

    WiSe 2023/24

    Vorlesung: Die Orthodoxen Kirchen in der Ökumene - Geschichte, Themen, Konflikte

    Modulkurs: Orthodoxe Kirchen in Deutschland

    Hauptseminar (Systematische Theologie): Menschenrechte als theologische und praktische Herausforderung Orthodoxer Kirchen

    Oberseminar: Aktuelle Themen orthodoxer Theologie

    Seminar: Die religiöse Dimension des Krieges in der Ukraine

    SoSe 2023

    Basismodul-Vorlesung: Kirchengeschichte

    Vorlesung: Krieg und Frieden in der Russischen Orthodoxie

    Hauptseminar (Systematische Theologie): Die Menschenrechte als Thema des ökumenischen Dialog zwischen katholischer und orthodoxer Kirche


    WiSe 2011/12

    Proseminar (mit Maria Wernsmann): Kirchen in Ost und West zwischen Tradition und Moderne

  • Curriculum vitae

    since 01/2024 Professor of Eastern Church Studies and Ecumenics
    since 04/2023 Substitute for the Professorship of Eastern Church Studies and Ecumenics
    12/2022 Appointment as Professor of Eastern Church Studies and Ecumenics at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster
    09/2017–03/2023 Research assistant at the Center for Eastern European and International Studies ZOiS, Berlin
    02/2017 Doctorate in theology (University of Münster), dissertation on the topic "Herausforderung Moderne. The Russian Orthodox Church in the field of tension between unity and diversity: Historical milestones and theological options."

    12/2016–04/2017

    Research assistant at the Ecumenical Institute (Dept. II) of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster in the project "Orthodoxy as a power resource of Russian domestic and foreign policy" (start-up funding ZOiS)
    03/2015–10/2015 Parental leave
    03/2014–10/2014 Research assistant in the parliamentary office of Katrin Göring-Eckardt MdB (executive office of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group), Berlin
    01/2014–02/2014 Research assistant in the project network "Competence Network Institutions and Institutional Change in Post-Socialism (KomPost)" at the LMU Munich
    03/2010–12/2013 Research assistant in the project network "Kompetenznetz Institutionen und institutioneller Wandel im Postsozialismus (KomPost)" (funded by BMBF) at the Ecumenical Institute (Dept. II) of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster
    10/2006–02/2010 Project coordinator for Caritas Russia in St. Petersburg (as a specialist in the development service of AGEH)
    10/2005 Diploma in Catholic Theology (University of Münster), thesis: ""On the vocation of the Church in society". The positioning of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russian society after the end of the Soviet Union."
    1999–2005 Studied Catholic theology at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Münster
    1979 born in Forst (Lausitz)

     

    Further Activities:

    01/2012-07/2013 Spokesperson of the Mittelbau at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, member of the faculty council
    2010-2014 Project consultant for Caritas St. Petersburg on behalf of Caritas Osnabrück
    09/2005-09/2006 Voluntary service for Caritas in St. Petersburg/Russia ("Voluntary Service Abroad" of the Diocese of Osnabrück)
    2004 Management (finances) of the Federal Student Council for Catholic Theology (AGT)
    2002-2005 Delegate of the student representation of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the WWU Münster in the Federal Student Council for Catholic Theology (AGT)
    2002-2005    Student representative of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the WWU Münster
    1999-2001 Student representative at the Institute for Catholic Theology at the FU Berlin

     

     

  • Research Focus

    •     Orthodoxy in Eastern Europe
    •     Orthodox social ethics, in particular peace ethics and gender discourse
    •     Churches and civil society in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
    •     Ecumenical relations and ecumenical reconciliation processes
  • Projects

    Morality Instead of Peace. The Social and Ethical Discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church Between Theological Sovereignty and Political Adaptation

    Belarus at the Crossroads? Public Attitudes after the 2020 Election

    Orthodox Peace Ethics and Militarisation in the Post-Soviet Space

    Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe: The Consequences of the Reconfiguration of Political, Economic, and Social Spaces since the End of the Cold War (KonKoop)

  • Publications

  • Memberships

    • Member of the Bischöfliche Kommission Justitia et Pax
    • Member of the AG Christliche Sozialethik, the working group of social ethicists in German-speaking countries
    • Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre for Ecumenical Studies at Ilia State University Tbilisi
    • Editorial board member of the journal "Ost-West Europäische Perspektiven"
    • Advisor to the Ökumenekommission of the Deutschen Bischofskonferenz
    • Member of the Arbeitsgruppe Kirchen des Ostens of the Deutschen Bischofskonferenz
    • Member of the Pro Oriente Steering Committee for the Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue
    • Forum internationaler Studierender e.V., Münster (2011–2013 board member)
    • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde e.V. (DGO), co-spokesperson of the Religion Section since 2018, co-director of the DGO Münster Branch since 2024
    • AGENDA Forum katholischer Theologinnen e.V.
    • European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR) e.V.
    • Gesellschaft für das Studium des Christlichen Ostens (GSCO) e.V.
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