News from BaFID

News from the research centre – event announcements, reports, publications, etc.

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15SEP 2025
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Volume 4 of the Erlangen Yearbook for Interreligious Discourses is now available
Fresh off the press: The 4th volume of the Erlangen Yearbook (Interreligiöse Kompetenz und Wertevermittlung in der Bildungsarbeit) is now available in stores and online. To coincide with the publication, Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer, Director of the Bavarian Research Centre for Interreligious Discourse (BaFID), answered Ergon Verlag’s questions in an interview. More information on the […]
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04SEP 2025
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Expert opinion confirms: Workshop “Mein Gott, Dein Gott, kein Gott” convinces
The Bavarian Research Centre for Interreligious Discourse (BaFID), now an established academic institution promoting the teaching of values and integration, has evaluated the workshop “Mein Gott, Dein Gott, kein Gott”, designed by Markus Hirsch, at three Nuremberg schools. The result is clear: the concept aims to strengthen democratic competence and promote respectful interaction in a […]
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10JUL 2025
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BaFID at the Nuremberg Digital Festival 2025: Why tech cannot do without culture
From 30 June to 9 July 2025, the Nürnberg Digital Festival (NUEDIGITAL) once again transformed the metropolitan region into a hub for digital issues of the future. Under the motto ‘TECH to the PEOPLE,’ more than 18,000 participants from the worlds of business, science, education, and culture gathered to discuss artificial intelligence, sustainability, digital ethics, […]
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20JUN 2025
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Toys and faith: What do religions have to do with our toys?
“Playing means discovering, trying things out, and changing perspectives—but what does that have to do with religion? More than you think!” This was the motto of the BaFID’s children’s university in Nuremberg, an educational program organised by the Department of Culture and Leisure (KUF) for all curious children between the ages of eight and twelve […]
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05JUN 2025
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Exchange in Erlangen
On Tuesday, 27 May 2025, the Director of the Catholic Institute for Religious Education and Teacher Training in Munich, Michaela Severin, and the Director of the Protestant Religious Education Centre in Heilsbronn, Dr. Jürgen Belz, visited BaFID. The aim of the exchange was to discuss how the scientific knowledge gained at BaFID could promote the […]
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27MAR 2025
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Fürth celebrates diversity!
BaFID is delighted to be able to support the newly launched festival ‘Fürth celebrates diversity!’ with lectures in order to contribute to strengthening social cohesion in the Nuremberg metropolitan region. What kind of world do we want to live in? – This central question of the festival and achieving the associated goals of raising awareness […]
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13JAN 2025
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Handover of the Interfaith Calendar 2025: A symbol of dialogue and cooperation
At the end of 2024, the BaFID Interfaith Calendar was presented to representatives of the participating religious communities, members of the Board of Trustees, and numerous other personalities. The calendar, which combines the most important festivals and holidays of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, was created by BaFID to promote understanding and tolerance between the three […]
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05NOV 2024
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Interreligious Calendar for the Year 2025
BaFID is publishing a print version of the Interreligious Calendar for the second time. For the year 2025, the focus is on the communities in the region. Twelve communities and places of religious life in the European metropolitan region of Nuremberg are shown in pictures in this successful piece of jewellery for every wall. Each […]
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01JUL 2024
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Bavarian Minister of the Interior Herrmann visits BaFID
The Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Joachim Herrmann, visited the Bavarian Research Centre for Interreligious Discourse (BaFID) at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg last Friday, 28 June 2024. The research centre, founded in October 2020, is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, Sport and Integration. Since June, the centre has been working with […]
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21JUN 2023
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Interreligious Calendar of the BaFID
BaFID’s digital Interreligious Calendar for 2023 can be accessed here. The individual calendar pages depict the central holidays in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their interreligious references. A print version was also published for 2023, entitled “Faces of the Region—Interreligious through 2023”. Information on the Interreligious Calendar and other BaFID teaching materials can also be found […]BaFID’s digital Interreligious Calendar for 2023 can be accessed here. The individual calendar pages depict the central holidays in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their interreligious references. A print version was also published for 2023, entitled “Faces of the Region—Interreligious through 2023”. Information on the Interreligious Calendar and other BaFID teaching materials can also be found […]
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