Sebastian Rimestad

Sebastian Rimestad is a Research Fellow in Religious Studies (Cultural History of Orthodox Christianity) at the University of Erfurt, where he conducts research and teaches undergraduate courses. He previously served as a Visiting Research Fellow (2018) at the Käte Hamburger College, focusing on inter-religious dynamics in the Baltic region.

Education:

• PhD, Religious Studies, University of Erfurt, 2012
• MA, Religious Studies, University of Erfurt, 2007
• MA, Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, 2004

Research Focus: His work explores the intersection of religion and modernity, Orthodox Christianity in Western Europe, comparative religious politics, and religious history in East-Central Europe. Current projects analyze early modern religious contact zones between Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant communities in Baltic borderlands.

Academic Development: He has completed a Habilitation on Orthodox Christian identity in Western Europe, presently under review.