Invited lectures
"The Human Rights Doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church: its ideological context and political implications", IWM - Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Colloquia on Secularism Series, 29 February 2012 >> link <<
"The 'return of religion' into the social sciences and political philosophy", guest lecture at the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Program of the Patriarchate of Moscow, 10 February 2011 (Russian/English). >> link <<
"Defining the Postsecular", guest lecture at the research seminar of prof. Sergej Khoruzhij at the Department of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 9 February 2011 (Russian/English). >> link <<
"Orthodoxy and Politics" Centre for the Study of Political Change, University of Siena, Jean-Blondel Tuesday Seminar, 18 May 2010.
"Political Modernity, Orthodox Religion, and two Interpretative Frameworks"
Central European University, Religious Studies Programme, 18 February 2010.
"Die Russisch-Orthodoxe intellektuelle Tradition im philosophischen Diskurs der politischen Moderne"
Workshop Orthodoxe Religionsphilosophie im 21. Jahrhundert, Katholische Privatuniversität Linz, 15 May 2008.
"Der Begriff des Subjekts in der Kommunitarismus-Liberalismus-Debatte: neue Übereinstimmungen, alte Gegensätze"
Brown-Bag-Lunch, Sozial- und Politikwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Innsbruck, 11 Dezember 2007.
"'Die Lehren der Revolution' in der russischen Emigrationstheologie und im zeitgenössischen orthodoxen Denken"
Departmental Seminar at Institut für Slawistik, Universität Innsbruck, 22 November 2007.
"Modernität und Kritik. Das zeitgenössische Orthodoxe Denken im Spiegel einer Soziologie der Moderne"
Kolloquium zur Kultur und Geschichte Osteuropas, Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, 22 November 2005.
"Modernität und Kritik. Das zeitgenössische Orthodoxe Denken im Spiegel einer Soziologie der Moderne"
Public lecture at Interdisziplinäres Forum .UND, Philosophische und Katholische Theologische Fakultät, Universität Wien, 15 Nov 2005.
Conference Organization
"Politics, Culture and Religion in the Postsecular World"
Italian-Russian Workshop, 12-13 May 2011 Faenza >> resources <<
"Multiple Modernities and Global Postsecular Society"
Workshop, 5-6 May 2011 Rome >> CSPS <<
"Politische Theologie vs. Politische Philosophie? Die Frage der Gewalt im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Religion"
Fachtagung der ARGE Politik - Religion - Gewalt, University of Innsbruck, 11-13 Juni 2009.
"Governance and Religion"
Second Obergurgl Governance Symposium, University of Innsbruck, 20-22 November 2008. >> resources <<
"Religion, Politik und Markt: Die Rückkehr der Religion als Anfrage an den politisch-philosophischen Diskurs der Moderne"
Fachtagung der ARGE Politik – Religion – Gewalt, University of Innsbruck, 5-7 June 2008. >> resources <<
"The Human Subject and Community in European Philosophy and Theology: Eastern and Western Perspectives"
Workshop European University Institute Florence, 19 May 2006.
Conference Participation (selection)
"Canonical Territory, Traditional Religions and Measures against Proselytism in Post-Soviet Russia", Conference of the Mediterranean Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre/EUI Florence, Converts as Commuters: Conversions in the Mediterranean World, 17-19 March 2011. >> link <<
"Die Menschenrechtsdoktrin der russisch-orthodoxen Kirche aus dem Jahr 2008: der institutionelle und ideologische Kontext", Tagung der Fachgruppe Religion der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde, Christentum und Menschenrechte: Aktuelle Debatten in Ost und West, Erfurt 10-11 Dezember 2010.
"The Human Rights Doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church", International Congress for the Central and Eastern European Studies ICCEES, Stockholm 26-31 July 2010.
"The debate on Human Rights in Russian Orthodoxy: theoretical puzzles and methodological challenges", Workshop Studying Religoin: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges, European University Institute Florence, 7-8 June 2010.
"Post-secular subjectivity in Western philosophical debates and in Orthodox theology", International Russian-Anglo-American Conference "Philosophical Theology and Christian Tradition", organized by the Moscow State University Faculty of Philosophy and the Society of Christian Philosophers with the participation of the Biblical-Theological Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate, 1-3 June 2010.
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"'Who comes after the subject?' Eastern and Western responses", Philosophy and Social Sciences, Prague, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 12-16 May 2010.
"Europe's Entangled Modernities", Conference Orthodox Christianity in Europe - Borders Constructed and Deconstructed, Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, University of Nijmegen, 12-14 March 2009
'Freiheit und Tradition in einem säkularen Zeitalter', ARGE-Fachtagung "Politik, Religion und Markt", University of Innsbruck, 6 June 2008.
'Contemporary Greek Orthodox Discourses on Human Rights: the Standpoint of Christos Yannaras in a Political Philosophical Perspective', Expert Meeting on Human Rights and Orthodox Christianity, University of Nijmegen, 9-11 February 2009.
'Religious Organizations as Political Actors in the Context of Migration: From Institutional Partners to Representatives of Migrants?' (with Sieglinde Rosenberger and Julia Mourão-Permoser), ECPR Joint Session of Workshops, University of Rennes, 11-16 April 2008.
'European Vicinities: Eastern European Orthodoxy and the European Union', ICCEES - International Congress of Central and Eastern European Studies Berlin 2-4 August 2007.
'Confronting Modernity: The Reception of Russian Émigré-Theology in the Soviet Union and in Contemporary Russia', AAASS - American Association for the Advancement of Slavonic Studies Annual Conference, Washington DC 16-21 November 2006.
'European Vicinities. The West and Eastern European Orthodoxy', Monash University/Prato Centre “European Unity and Divisions: Regions, Religions, Civilizations”, 25-27 September 2006.
'Eastern European Orthodox perspectives on Europe and on the European Union', ECPR – European Consortium for Political Research Annual Conference, Istanbul, 21-23 September 2006.
'Historical and sociological aspects of political modernity and the Orthodox intellectual tradition', in the panel Orthodox Social and Political Thought. Its Substance and Salience in Contemporary EuropeICCEES – International Congress of Central and Eastern European Studies, Berlin, 25-31 July 2005. (Panel organiser)
'A Political-Philosophical and Cultural-Contextual Approach to the Threshold of Philosophy and Theology', IAPL - International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Helsinki, 2-7 June 2005.
'Unüberwindliche Grenzen? Eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem orthodoxen Denken in der europäischen Moderne', Wissenschaftliche Arbeitstagung des Promotionskolleg Ost-West/Lucian Blaga-University Sibiu, 24-27 Sep 2004.
'Defizitäres Russland? Die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung Russlands im Vergleich zu Westeuropa im Licht der Kulturmodelle von Lotman und Luhmann', Panel Beschreibungsmodelle von Kulturen als Generatoren und Modifikatoren von Vorurteilen, Konferenz der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde „Vorurteile als politische Barrieren“, Göttingen, 7-8 März 2002. (Panel organiser)
Summerschool
Participant at the summerschool "Religion in public life", organized by IWM - Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna) Cortona 17-30 Juli 2010. >> link <<
Public interventions
"Politik und Religion", Austrian Radio Broadcast Ö1: Radiokolleg, January 2009.
"Post-totalitäres orthodoxes Denken", Philosophisches Café, Innsbruck, 24 January 2008.
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