On November 25, 2024, equality at the IfS will also set an example against violence against women. The international day of action aims to raise awareness of the issue. Under the title “Gewalt kommt mir nicht auf den Campus”, the state conference of equal opportunities officers at universities and university hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia is taking part with a series of lectures.

On 30 October 2024 at 12 noon c.t. in room SCH 121.520 of the IfS there will be an information event on the introduction to the examination management system QISPOS. The event organised by the Student Office is aimed at all students of sociology and social sciences who are new to working with QISPOS.

After a short introduction, participants will have the opportunity to register directly on site. Students in higher semesters are also welcome to seek advice on questions or problems relating to QISPOS.

Please bring a mobile device such as a laptop or tablet so that you can register conveniently.

We look forward to your participation!

On October 24 and 25, 2024, the Institute of Sociology, represented by Prof. Dr. Levent Teczan, invites you to the conference “Political Imaginations of the Immigration Society”. The event will take place in the Alexander-von-Humboldt Haus (AVH-Saal), Hüfferstraße 61, 48149 Münster.

The conference will begin at 1.45 pm with an introduction by Dr. Özkan Ezli. Afterwards, participants can expect a wide range of lectures and discussions on topics related to the discursive reference point of the »immigration society« in relation to politics, law, public reporting and the artistic processing of social conditions. One of the highlights will be the panel discussion on “The Global South in the North” on Thursday evening.

The full program and further information can be found here.

We look forward to a stimulating and insightful conference!
All interested parties are welcome to attend.

In the winter semester 2024/2025, the lecture series »Encountering forms of discrimination at the university« will take place at the University of Münster. The lecture series is organised by the Centre for Islamic Theology (ZIT) in cooperation with Departments 6, 8 and 9, with the IfS represented by Prof. Dr. Ernst.

The lectures will take place on Tuesdays from 18:00 to 20:00 in lecture hall H3 (Schlossplatz 46) and via livestream. Experts from all over Germany will address key topics such as racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.

Dr. phil. habil. Uta Karstein will be deputizing for the Chair of Sociology of Religion in the winter semester 2024/2025. As a research assistant at Leipzig University, she heads the Department of Cultural Management and Sociology of the Cultural Field. She deals with art, religious and architectural sociological topics and in this context is interested in forms of organization, lines of conflict and actor constellations in the cultural field. Dr. Karstein qualified in 2023 with the thesis “Religion in the 19th century: Aesthetics - Publicity - Autonomy”.

As part of the substitution, Dr. Karstein will be responsible for the lecture »Grundlagen und Grundbegriffe der Soziologie«, the seminar »Religion als Kultur: Akteure, Objekte, Kontexte«, the seminar »Sozialformen des Religiösen« and a colloquium (date to be announced).

The IfS is looking forward to the cooperation and important impulses for research and teaching.

Dr. Gergely Rosta will be filling the professorship for Methods and Social Structure Analysis in the winter semester 2024/2025. Dr. Rosta brings his expertise in the fields of sociology of religion, the relationship between religion and political attitudes as well as quantitative research methods. His research also focuses on the sociology of youth. Among other things, Dr. Rosta worked in the Cluster of Excellence »Religion and Politics«.

Dr. Rosta will substitute for the lecture Research Methods I, the lecture Statistics I and the seminar Religious Change in Central and Eastern Europe.

The IfS is looking forward to the collaboration and valuable impulses in research and teaching.

The results of the elections for the Senate and the Faculty Councils are available. They are valid for the term of office from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 (or until September 30, 2024 for students).

• Official website of the University of Münster for the elections in the summer semester 2024
• Results of the elections to the boards of the FB06 institutes

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