030006 SE Between Catholicism and Orthodoxy (2025W)
The legal status of the Eastern Churches in history and the present. Historical developments - politics - legal status. Also for diploma and doctoral students
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 10.09.2025 00:01 to Tu 30.09.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Tu 14.10.2025 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 15.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG (Kickoff Class)
- N Wednesday 10.12. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum SEM63 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
- Friday 23.01. 09:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
- Friday 23.01. 14:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
- Saturday 24.01. 09:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Compulsory attendance, participation, 20-minute presentation preceded by the submission of a two to four-page handout. A written paper must also be completed by those students who complete this seminar as a diploma or dissertation candidate.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
See above. Students who clearly do not meet the attendance requirement or are not fully present in the first course unit without an excuse will be deregistered by us. If there are minor absences, we may arrange for an additional oral colloquium.
Examination topics
This primarily depends on the topic of the presentation.
Reading list
You will be able to get started with the literature with a seminar document, the updated versions of which will be made available to you on the MOODLE platform after the preliminary discussion.
However, independent literature research is an essential part of the seminar and is included in the final grade.
However, independent literature research is an essential part of the seminar and is included in the final grade.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: We 15.10.2025 10:45
Students will be familiarized with the following key topics in particular:
- The Crusades of the Middle Ages and the emergence of Eastern Catholic Churches;
- Early modern union agreements (Brest-Litovsk 1596; Uzhorod 1646, among others);
- The legal status of Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches in the territory of the Danube Monarchy;
- Key differences between the Codex Iuris Canonici 1983 and the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium 1990;
- The Concordat of 1933/34 and the legal status of Eastern Catholic Churches in Austria;
- Current conflict situations in Ukraine: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Orthodox Church(es).