Prof. Dr. Frederik Elwert
Außerplanmäßiger ProfessorFrederik Elwert studied Religious Studies and Sociology at the Universities of Bremen and Leipzig. In 2014, he received his doctorate in religious studies with a thesis on religion and the integration of ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union. Subsequently, he coordinated several projects in the field of Digital Humanities. He is currently leading the project Digitisation of Gandharian Artefacts (DiGA) as well as several subprojects of the SFB 1475 “Metaphors of Religion”. He is a professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor) at CERES since 2022.
Office Hours
on request
Areas of Research
Digital Humanities, Sociology of Religion, Religion and Migration, Network Research
Principal Investigator of CRC 1475 „Metaphors of Religion“
Professor of Center for Religious Studies and CERES Teaching
Coordinator of CERES Digital Humanities Initiative
Project Leader of Subproject B01 , Subproject C04 and Subproject INF
Member of Research Department of CERES RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
PhD Graduate of CERES Early Career Researchers' Program
Cooperation Partner of NFDI4Memory
Substitute of Study Advisory Board
Former Projects and Affiliations
Project Leader of DiGA
Project Management of Digitization of Gandharan Artefacts , Linked Data Methodologies in Gandhāran Buddhist Art and Texts , Modelling Topics and Structures of Religious Online Communication and Semantic and Social Network Analysis as a Means to Study Religious Contact (SeNeReKo)
Research Associate of Migration und Religion. Eine historisch-komparative Untersuchung ausgewählter Migrantengruppen
Associated Researcher of Digital Edition of al-Samarqandī’s ʿAyn al-Naẓar
Administrative Staff of Center for Religious Studies
Member of Scientific Network on the Relationship Between Religious Minorities and Majorities