NEGOTIATING SOVEREIGNTY: CHALLENGES OF SECULARISM AND NATION BUILDING IN CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE SINCE 1780

Project description

A closer look at church and national identity in Central Eastern Europe

Religion and national identity are very much entwined in many Central Eastern European countries. The ERC-funded SOVEREIGNTY project will explore why the modern state (with its claim to sovereignty) cares so much about secularisation and (re)sacralisation. The initiative will therefore investigate the (pre)history of the conflict-ridden relationship between transnational institutions and the modern state and also the players who stood at the point of intersection of the two. Specifically, it will analyse the shifts in relations between the state and one of the oldest transnational institutions in the world, the Catholic Church.

Fields of science

• humanities › history and archaeology › history › prehistory
• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › religions › christianity
• social sciences › political sciences › government systems

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• ERC-2021-COG - ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS

Call for proposal

ERC-2021-COG

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based

Coordinator

BOLCSESZETTUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT

Net EU contribution

€ 1 990 500,00

Address

Toth Kalman Utca 4
1097 Budapest
Hungary

Region

Közép-Magyarország › Budapest › Budapest

Activity type

Research Organisations

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Other funding

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