{"id":1771,"date":"2021-10-27T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T06:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/?page_id=1771"},"modified":"2021-10-27T12:33:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:33:05","slug":"scholars-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/research-areas\/scholars-in-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholars in Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-bg-image:url('https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bild-hauptstrasse240.jpg');--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow:2px 2px 10px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.35);;--awb-border-color:#ffffff;--awb-border-top:20px;--awb-border-right:20px;--awb-border-bottom:20px;--awb-border-left:20px;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationtype=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationduration=\"1.0\" data-animationoffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column fusion-empty-column-bg-image fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bild-hauptstrasse240.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fusion-empty-dims-img-placeholder\" aria-label=\"bild-hauptstrasse240\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%271200%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%201200%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%271200%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationtype=\"fadeInRight\" data-animationduration=\"0.3\" data-animationoffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-block\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>For 3\u201312 months, the visiting scholars have access to the academic infrastructure in Heidelberg, including the excellent library of the Faculty of Theology.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2006, researchers from Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine and the USA have benefited from Heidelberg\u2019s academic opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/forschungszentrum\"><i class=\"fa-angle-right fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Bewerbungen<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth hundred-percent-height hundred-percent-height-center-content non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-sizes-top:1px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:1px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:30px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean awb-speech-bubble-show fusion-testimonials-1\" style=\"--awb-textcolor:#21335f;--awb-backgroundcolor:#ffffff;--awb-testimonial-border-style:solid;--awb-testimonial-border-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;--testimonial-border-width-top:0px;--testimonial-border-width-right:0px;--testimonial-border-width-bottom:0px;--testimonial-border-width-left:0px;\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"13000\"><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial avatar-above avatar-image\"><div class=\"testimonial-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"testimonial-image\" src=\"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/smit.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" style=\"--awb-border-radius:50%;\"><\/div><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><div class=\"awb-quote\"><div class=\"awb-quote-content\">\n<p>\u201cAs a stimulating intellectual and enjoyable cultural experience, the FIIT in Heidelberg is strongly recommended \u2013 as a place to read, think, imagine, write, but also to network, meet, converse, and celebrate friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dirk Smit<\/strong>, <span>Princeton Theological Seminary<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"review avatar-above avatar-image\"><div class=\"testimonial-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"testimonial-image\" src=\"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/schweiker-1-nwo1tgbcau9jd44ans5znppn4asxrf5z7afvx1brbs-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" style=\"--awb-border-radius:50%;\"><\/div><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><div class=\"awb-quote\"><div class=\"awb-quote-content\">\n<p>\u201cThe range of programs as well as state-of-the-art facilities enables cutting edge interdisciplinary religious and theological scholarship among scholars from around the world. For me, the FIIT is the model for the direction that scholarship must take in our global age.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. William Schweiker<\/strong>, <span>The University of Chicago<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"testimonial-pagination\" id=\"fusion-testimonials-1\"><a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Testimonial Pagination\" class=\"activeSlide\"><\/a><a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Testimonial Pagination\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.2;\">Participating Scholars (since 2006)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 awb-text-cols fusion-text-columns-2\" style=\"--awb-columns:2;--awb-column-spacing:2em;--awb-column-min-width:300px;\"><ul>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Denise Ackermann&nbsp;(South Africa, Stellenbosch)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. G. Aloysius&nbsp;(India, New&nbsp;Delhi)<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Ashley&nbsp;(USA, Notre&nbsp;Dame)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. K. Th. August&nbsp;(South Africa, Stellenbosch)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. P\u00e9ter Balla&nbsp;(Hungary, Budapest; several stays)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Sergii Bortnyk&nbsp;(Ukraine)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Coenie Burger&nbsp;(South Africa, Stellenbosch)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Hans Bringeland&nbsp;(Norway, Bergen)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Douglas Campbell&nbsp;(USA, Duke)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Chul Chun&nbsp;(South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Pieter Craffert&nbsp;(South Africa, Pretoria)<\/li>\n<li>PD. Dr. Istvan Czachesz&nbsp;(Finland, Helsinki)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Sand\u00f3r Fazakas&nbsp;(Hungary, Debrecen)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Yolanda Garcia&nbsp;(Spain, Valencia)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. James Haire&nbsp;(Australia, Canberra)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Clive Hamilton&nbsp;(Australia, Canberra)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Harald Hegstad&nbsp;(Norway, Oslo)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. D. Soon Won Hong&nbsp;(South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. David G. Horrel&nbsp;(Great Britain, Exeter)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Yung-Ju Hung&nbsp;(Taiwan)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Robert Jewett&nbsp;(USA, Evanston; several stays)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Yang Jungji&nbsp;(China, Beijing)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Damien Kempf (Great Britain, Liverpool)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Hae Kwon Kim (South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Kwang Kun Kim (South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Rebekka Klein (Germany, Bochum)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Misook Kwak (South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Stephen Lakkis (Taiwan)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Petr\u00f3 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 (Hungary, Debrecen)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Aila Lauha (Finland, Helsinki)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Sangeun Lee (South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Jason Lepoj\u00e4rvi (Finland, Helsinki)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Bert Jan Lietaert-Peerbolte (Netherlands, Amsterdam)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Oded Liptschits (Israel, Tel&nbsp;Aviv)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Pilgrim Lo (Hong&nbsp;Kong)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Thomas McGlothlin (USA,&nbsp;Duke)<\/li>\n<li>Maria M\u00f6ller (Denmark, Aarhus)<\/li>\n<li>Bishop Dr. Stephen Munga (Tanzania, Lushoto)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Gary E. Myers (USA, Springfield)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Wai-Hang Ng (Hong&nbsp;Kong)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Piet Naud\u00e9 (South Africa, Stellenbosch)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Kyung Sik Pae (South Korea, Wanju)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Ville P\u00e4iv\u00e4nsalo (Finland, Helsinki)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Choong Koo Park (South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Wilson Paroschi (Brasil, Cachoeira)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Hector Patmore (Netherlands, Amersfoort)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Ville P\u00e4iv\u00e4nsalo (Finland, Helsinki)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Sheng-Yu Peng (Taiwan, Taipei)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Niklaus Peter (Switzerland, Zurich)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Petr Pokorny (Czech Republic, Prague)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Frank Polak (Israel, Tel&nbsp;Aviv)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Douglas Pratt (New Zealand, Waikato)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Jeremy Punt (South Africa, Stellenbosch)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. John Samuel Raj (India, Bangalore)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Arne Rasmusen (Sweden, G\u00f6teborg)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Hanne-Maaria Rentola (Finland, Sulkava)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman(Israel, Jerusalem)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Risto Saarinen (Finland, Helsinki)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Agus Santoso (Indonesia, Cipanas)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. William Schweiker (USA, Chicago; several stays)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Jaacov Shavit (Israel, Tel&nbsp;Aviv)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Shu-Ying Shih (Taiwan, Taipei)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Joon-Ho Shin (South Korea, Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Dirk Smit (USA, Princeton; several stays)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Guy Stroumsa (Israel, Jerusalem)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Paul Thomas (India, Pondy)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. David Vanderhooft (USA, Lexington)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Nico Vorster (South Africa, Potchefstroom)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Willie van der Merwe (Netherlands, Amsterdam)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. J. Wentzel van Huyssteen (USA, Princeton)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Henco van der Westhuizen (South Africa, Stellenbosch; several stays)<\/li>\n<li>Judge Dr. Nigel Willis (South Africa, Johannesburg)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Eric Wong (Hong&nbsp;Kong)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Zhan Xian (China, Guangzhou)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Weiwei Zhang (China, Beijing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":310,"parent":1775,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1771","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1774,"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1771\/revisions\/1774"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiit-heidelberg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}