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Lab Media and Religion

The Media and Religion Lab is concerned with the interrelation between media and religions and their transformation. Thereby the perspective is a dual one: On the one hand side current as well as religious discourses and their authorities are shaped by media. On the other hand side religious practices are always also media practices and religious identities are always media identities likewise. So, actors respectively groups present, discuss and organise their religious perceptions through diverse media (books, pictures, videos, virtual worlds etc.). In this sense religion is a mediatized phenomenon that is necessary to be analyzed in respect of issues of media communication that accompany them.

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Gamevironments journal: Latest issue out now!
The latest issue of the gamevironments Journal, focusing on gaming, was published on December 18, 2025. Among the published articles are exciting pieces such as "The Byzantine Army in Video Games: Common Misconceptions Shaping Popular Perceptions" and "Hollow yet Hopeful? Sky Islands, Hubris, and Gravity in Video Games." Check it out here. 

23. December 2025

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    "Routledge Critical Studies in Video Games and Culture"

    Herausgeber der Buchreihe sind Gregory Grieve, Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Lissa Holloway-Attaway sowie Xenia Zeiler und sie erscheint im Routledge Verlag. This series explores the intricate interplay between video gaming and the critical examination of cultural phenomena. Focusing on video games, gaming, and gaming cultures, it disseminates scholarly monographs and edited volumes that explore the contextual intricacies (…)

    8. December 2025

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    CARD project: Networking meeting at the University of Würzburg
    ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler will participate in a network meeting of the CARD project at the University of Würzburg from December 8th to 10th. How is religious agency changing in the age of digitalization and artificial intelligence? Researchers at the Universities of Bremen and Würzburg are addressing this question in the new DFG research network CARD. The interdisciplinary project is scheduled to run for three years.

    8. December 2025

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    The Network of German-Speaking Religious and Cultural Researchers in Times of Deep Mediatization (GeNet-ISMRC)
    The Network of German-Speaking Religious and Cultural Researchers in Times of Deep Mediatization (GeNet-ISMRC) is hosting an online lecture by Prof. Dr. Pauline Cheong (Arizona State University) on the topic of "Faithful Automation and dynamisms of innovation in leadership, communication and ethics" on December 2nd from 6-8 pm (online). Registrations can be sent to ZeMKI member Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler.

    27. November 2025

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    Lissa Holloway-Attaway as ZeMKI Fellow in Bremen
    In October 2025, the Center for Media, Communication, and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen will welcome Prof. Dr. Lissa Holloway-Attaway from the University of Skövde in Sweden as a visiting scholar.

    12. November 2025