For timings and further details, please see the full Programme.

ARRIVALS

Session I: Introduction (Rheinisches Landesmuseum)
The Meaning of Sacred Spaces in European Societies

• Prof. Dr Albert Gerhards, University of Bonn/ZERG
• Dr Paul Flather, Secretary-General, The Europaeum
• Dr Gabriele Uelsberg, Museum Director (Rheinisches Landesmuseum)

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Dinner at the Museum (tbc)
with Prof. Dr Wolfgang Hess, Prorector of the University of Bonn

Session II (Rheinisches Landesmuseum)
Searching for Traces: Hidden Topography of a Modern City

• Dr Sabine Schrenk, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Excursion to Bonner Münster (Bonn Minster)
From the Early Christian to Middle Ages: Martyrs’ Graves – Church Buildings – Worship

• Professor Albert Gerhards
• Julia Kerstiens M.A., Bonn
• Including a guided tour of St. Helena Chapel and Münstercarrée

Session III (Kreuzkirche)
The Second City-Centre: Historical Interplay of Society and the Sacred

• Professor Arno Bölts-Thunecke, Kreuzkirche, Bonn

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Session IV (University Main Building, HS VI)
Melting Pot or Clash of Cultures? Living Together in a Multi-Religious Society

• Professor Andreina Milan, (Bologna/Cesena)

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Students’ presentations (tba)

Reception in the Old City Hall of Bonn Excursion Visit
A Sacred Space Defined Anew: The Art of Inter-Religious Dialogue

• St. Helena, exhibition of works by Susanne Krell

One-day excursion to Cologne Session V (Kolumba Museum)
City and Religion: The Sacred Becomes Political

• Chair: Dr Bekim Agai
• Paul Böhm, the architect of the Cologne Mosqu
• Hasan Karaca, DITIB

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Visit to Antoniter-Church, guided tour by Dr Bertold Höcker

Session VI (Cologne Cathedral)
The Classical Idea of a Cathedral: A Sacred Space for All

Cologne Cathedral & Dombauhütte: guided tours

• Dr Ulrike Brinkmann, Dombauhütte

Excursion to Kölner Dom
Cologne Cathedral & Dombauhütte: guided tours (Dächerführung)

Session VII (EAR)
Sacred Space in Protestant Perspective: Is there any? (tbc)

• Professor M. Meyer-Blanck, Bonn

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Students’ Debate (EAR)
There is no place for the sacred in 21st Century Europe
Chair: University of Bonn Debating Club Representative

Session VIII (EAR)
The Signs of the Sacred in the Cityscape: Multi-Religious Perspectives

• New Mosques in Europe. Design, Identity, and Minority Status
  Dr Sabine Kraft, Marburg
• "Jewish" Architecture in Germany since 1945
  Dr Ulrich Knufinke, Braunschweig

General Discussion

Excursion to Aachen

Session IX (Grabeskirche)
with Prof. Dipl-Ing. Ulrich Hahn, Aachen

Session X: Aachen Synagogue
Jewish Presence in German Society: Yesterday and Today

Speaker (tbc)

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Session XI: Aachener Dom (Aachen Cathedral)
Identity in Transformation

Speaker (tbc)

Discussants: Two student participants

General Discussion

Session XII (University Main Building, HS VI)
How to continue from here: the Future of the Sacred in Europe

• Chair: Prof. Wolfram Kinzig, Bonn
• Dr Arto Kuorikoski, Helsinki
• Prof. Dr Werner Gephart, Bonn
• Dr Krzysztof Kowalski, Krakow

Students’ Debate with speakers for and against (EAR)
Chair: University of Bonn Debating Club Representative

Session XIII: Conclusions

• Prof. Dr Albert Gerhards, University of Bonn/ZERG
• Prof. Dr Wolfram Kinzig, EVROPAEVM/ZERG
• Two Student Contributors