20.10.2022

Stanislau Paulau is Junior Professor of Global History of Christianity at MLU Halle-Wittenberg

Stanislau Paulau, affiliated staff member of the IEG, has been appointed junior professor for Global Christian History with a focus on Orthodoxy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. His research focuses on the historical interconnections of Christianity with other religions as well as the study of global Orthodoxy. "MLU has a long tradition of scholarly engagement with the churches of the Christian East and is one of the most distinguished universities nationwide in this field of research," said Stanislau Paulau.

Stanislau Paulau was a research fellow at the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz from 2019 to 2022. His dissertation "Das andere Christentum. Zur transkonfessionellen Verflechtungsgeschichte von äthiopischer Orthodoxie und europäischem Protestantismus" (VIEG, Vol. 262, 2021), which deals with the relationship between Ethiopian Orthodox Christians and European Protestants, has received several outstanding awards.