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Mag. Theol. Manuel Kuhn

Curriculum Vitae

GENERAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

since October 2021PhD in Catholic Theology at the University of Salzburg; Dissertation project: ‘The Letters of the East Syrian Catholicos-Patriarch Timotheos I of Baghdad – A Theological Analysis and Historical Contextualisation’ (Supervisors: Prof. Dr Dietmar W. Winkler; PD Dr Aho Shemunkasho)
since 2021Master’s degree in Religious Studies at the University of Salzburg
September 2021Completion of a Master’s degree in Catholic Theology (Mag. theol.) at the University of Salzburg (with distinction); Thesis: “Abdisho Bar Brika’s East Syriac Theology of the Sacraments in the Marganitha (‘Book of the Pearl’)” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr Dietmar W. Winkler)
February 2018 to July 2018Semester abroad at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (Romania); Certificate of Completion in Ecumenical Theology
2015 to 2021Diploma programme in Catholic Theology at the University of Salzburg
2014 to 2015Teacher training in Catholic Religious Education and History, Salzburg
Summer semester 2014Studied German Language and Literature and History at the University of Augsburg
June 2013A-levels at the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium, Beckum (Germany)

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

since March 2023Scholarship holder of the Austrian Student Services Organisation ‘Pro Scientia’
since 01/2023Member of the working committee of Pro Oriente (Salzburg section)
since 10/2021Member of ZECO – Centre for Research into the Christian East at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Salzburg
October 2021 to October 2024Fellow of the doctoral college of the Programme of Excellence ‘Cultures – Religions – Identities: Areas of Tension and Interactions’ at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Salzburg
since 2021Member of the European Graduate School Salzburg–Erfurt–Leuven (‘Theology in Religious, Cultural and Political Processes of Transformation’)
2017Recipient of the training scholarship for students from the Diocese of Basel
2016 to 2018Research assistant (student assistant) in the Department of Biblical Studies and Church History, University of Salzburg

FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

since 09/2024Head of Clinical Ethics at St Josef’s Hospital, Braunau
2019 to 2021Chair of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Salzburg
Since November 2018Training and service as an army chaplain in the Swiss Army
2016 to 2020Member of the team at the Training Centre for Theology Students of the Archdiocese of Salzburg
2013 to 2018Basic military service, as well as training and service as a medical officer in the Swiss Army

List of publications

Kuhn, Manuel, ‘Stupas and Buddhist Centres: An Assessment of the Public Perception and Visible Presence of Buddhism in Europe’, in: Krammer, Kurt/Rötting, Martin (eds.), Buddhism in Europe. Facets between Fashion, Minority and Mindfulness in Interreligious Contexts, LIT-Verlag, Münster 2022, 301–314.

Winkler, Dietmar/Bechealany, Souraya/Bouwen, Frans/Jakob, Joachim/Kuhn, Manuel/Wimmer, Astrid, ‘Synthesis Paper by Catholic Listeners’, in: Institute for Ecumenical Studies of the Angelicum/Pro Oriente (eds.), ‘Listening to the East. Synodality in Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Church Traditions, Collana Ut Unum Sint 4, Vatican City 2023, 635–640.

Kuhn, Manuel, ‘Western Stupas and Buddhist Centres. A Survey of the Public Perception and Visible Positioning of Buddhism in Europe’, in: Krammer, Kurt/O’Grady, John/Rötting, Martin (eds.), Euro-Buddhism and the Role of Christianity, EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien 2024, 167–186.

In press:

Kuhn, Manuel, ‘The Role and Knowledge of Catholicos Timothy I in the East Syriac Mission to Central Asia and China. A Re-Interpretation of the Sources and Narratives, in: Tang, Li/Winkler, Dietmar (eds.), Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, Vienna: LIT, [22 pages].

Article submitted and accepted, but publication date not yet known:

Kuhn, Manuel, Missionaries, Monks and Church Historians and the Challenge of Languages. Multilingualism, its Necessity and Challenge in the East Syriac ‘Church of the East’ along the Silk Road in Central Asia and for (Eastern) Church Historical Research Today, in: Gmainer-Pranzl, Franz (ed.), Multilingualism as a Principle of Scholarly Work, Salzburg Interdisciplinary Discourses, Peter Lang Verlag, [13 pages].

MA (Theology) Manuel Kuhn

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