Seminar on Cold War religion with Katharina Kunter (University of Helsinki), Tornike Metreveli and Emil Saggau (both Lund University)

The war in Ukraine rekindles memories of the Cold War and re-actualises some of its inherent conflicts and lines of demarcation. In this seminar, three scholars shed light on the current European situation by offering historical perspectives on the complexities of European religion.

 

Katharina Kunter, The End of Neutrality? Understanding Cold War Religion in Light of the Present War in Ukraine

Tornike Metreveli, The Russian Spiritual Space and Orthodox Geopolitics: Conceptual and Epistemological Preliminaries

Emil Saggau, Maintaining Religion: Religious Ritual and Practice During the Cold War in Albania and Montenegro