About
Dr. Sebastian Rimestad is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Religions, University of Leipzig. His work focuses on Orthodox Christianity, religious history of Eastern and Northern Europe, religious conversion, religion and politics in modern societies, and religious minorities in Europe.
- Current affiliation: University of Leipzig
- Education: Habilitation (2019), PhD (2011), MA in Religious Studies (2007) and Politics & IR (2004)
Research interests include confessional identity formation in 18th-century Poland-Lithuania, religious conversion as political statement, and Russian Orthodox concepts of secularity. His work analyzes how religious identities have been shaped by external authorities and critiques of religious modernity.
His scientific awards include the DFG Heisenberg Fellowship and Liselotte Kirchner Scholarship. He has taught courses on religious conversion and published extensively on Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe, Baltic states, and global contexts.
