A cup with the President – Episode 43: Prof. Dr. Giovanni Maltese
(Image: FAU/Stefan Hippel)
A visit to Prof. Dr. Giovanni Maltese, Professorship for Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology
Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better.
Our series introduces you to the researchers and gives an impression of the President’s meeting with them.
In episode 43, the President visits Prof. Dr. Giovanni Maltese. He is a professor of religious studies and intercultural theology.
Religion, politics and society – these topics are central to Giovanni Maltese’s research. He focuses particularly on global Christianity and global Islam. (Image: FAU/Stefan Hippel)1/41/4
Analyzing politics, society and religion is one way to approach highly relevant and controversial debates on topics such as nationalism, hostility towards minorities and human rights. (Image: FAU/Stefan Hippel)2/42/4
Prof. Maltese studied in Heidelberg, Mainz and Dumaguete in the Philippines, and was an assistant professor at the University of Hamburg before coming to FAU. (Image: FAU/Stefan Hippel) 3/43/4
He always wanted to study mathematics. (Image: FAU/Stefan Hippel)4/44/4
