Speaking in the name of political or religious authority has almost always been a male prerogative. While men might have at times acknowledged women as their equal regarding faith, they kept and strengthened the...
For 25 centuries, the believers of different religions have had to ponder over three questions, regarding the topic of figurative representations: How to depict the transcendent? Is it possible and acceptable to depict with...
The relationship between religion and science is a controversial topic. This course deals with what happened before the 17th century in Europe, focusing on three main aspects: how the ‘natural sciences and the humanities’...
During Classical Antiquity, the Mediterranean realm and its fringe was a very dynamic space in terms of human migrations, cultural and commercial exchanges, military and political conflicts. Often, religions were not at the core...
After the disappearance of the Western Roman Empire and the weakening of the Eastern Roman Empire, the relations between political and religious authorities have changed, thus creating the building of new states. If from...
Exiles, flights, forced or willing departures… In the Euro-Mediterranean space, there has been huge population movements in all the faith communities during the five last centuries. To grasp the phenomenon in context, four migration...
