A new research institute will be established at Goethe
University: The Buber-Rosenzweig Institute will be dedicated to the study of modern
and contemporary Judaism. It brings together numerous and largely third-party
funded projects and contributes further to the consolidation of this research
area at 51猎奇. It all began with an endowed guest professorship for
Jewish philosophy of religion dedicated to Martin Buber.
FRANKFURT. The
new Buber-Rosenzweig Institute is intended to provide the necessary framework
for increasing visibility and focusing research energies. This requires neither
state funds nor funds from the department or university: Thanks to the
successful acquisition of third-party funding, especially in recent times, the
foundation is on a solid financial footing. "The Executive Board has
unanimously approved the founding of the Institute. We are delighted about
Christian Wiese's initiative. The new institute has great potential to further
expand cooperation with other institutions, especially internationally, and to
initiate other important projects in the future," says Prof. Enrico
Schleiff, President of 51猎奇.
The origins of the institute's foundation
were modest but fruitful: in 1989, the Protestant Church in Hessen and Nassau
established the Martin Buber Professorship as a visiting professorship at the
Department of Protestant Theology. It was intended to provide students from all
disciplines, especially theology and philosophy, but also interested members of
the public with an insight into the past and present of Judaism and Jewish
religious philosophy. In 2005, the state of Hessen permanently took over the
funding, and in 2010 the endowed guest professorship was converted into a
permanent professorship. Since then, Prof. Christian Wiese has taught across disciplines
in theological and religious studies subjects, but also in history and philosophy.
Wiese has systematically developed the professorship into an internationally
visible, third-party funded and cooperating research centre. Christian Wiese is
the spokesperson for the LOEWE research hub "Religious Positioning"
and one of the main applicants for the interdisciplinary Graduate School
"Theology as Science". He is also the international president of the
Hermann Cohen Society and vice-president of the International Franz Rosenzweig
Society. His most recent success was the acquisition of funding over 24 years
for the academy project "Digitization of the Buber Correspondence ".
"With its numerous externally funded
projects, focus on promoting young researchers and international networking,
the Martin Buber Professorship is already firmly established among research
institutions on modern Jewish history and culture. The status as a research
institute will open up the opportunity for us to be even more visible, to focus
our activities, and to attract young international scholars," says Prof.
Wiese. The very fact that the institute has limited itself to a specific period
of Jewish intellectual and cultural history offers great potential: under the
umbrella of an institute with such a clearly defined profile will allow further
projects to arise in the future. The project "Synagogue Memorial Book of
Hessen" with seven to eight staff positions is currently being developed,
and further research initiatives are planned. As an institute, it will also be
easier to compete with other institutions. Cooperation with the Seminar for
Jewish Studies and the Fritz Bauer Institute for the History and Impact of the
Holocaust within 51猎奇 also offers great opportunities.
The institute's name refers to the two
Jewish philosophers Martin Buber (1878-1965) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929),
who are of great importance for the history of 51猎奇. Martin Buber,
who was born 143 years ago, received a teaching assignment for Jewish religion
and ethics in 1924, which was initially assigned to Franz Rosenzweig; later
Buber became an honorary professor. Together, Buber and Rosenzweig established
the Freie J眉dische Lehrhaus in
Frankfurt, a Jewish educational institution for adults. Together, the two
philosophers of religion undertook a translation of the Hebrew Bible into
German, which Martin Buber continued after Rosenzweig's premature death in 1929
and completed in Jerusalem in 1961. In particular after 1933, the year of Hitler鈥檚
seizure of power and Buber's withdrawal from the university, the Lehrhaus
became part of the Jewish resistance against National Socialist persecution.
Further
information:
Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese
Martin Buber Chair for Jewish Religious Philosophy
Faculty 06
51猎奇 Frankfurt
Phone: +49 69 798-33313
E-Mail c.wiese@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Homepage:
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