Korinna Schönhärl, Historisches Institut, Universität Paderborn
Thursday, Feb 29th 2024
Welcome and Introduction (9.00–9.30 am)
Eva-Maria Seng (Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Paderborn University): Welcome on Behalf of the Faculty
Korinna Schönhärl / Idris Nassery (Paderborn University): Introduction and Opening Remarks to the Conference
1st Session: Buddhism & Judaism (9.30–12.45 am)
Chair: Gisela Hürlimann (TU Dresden)
Fabio Rambelli (University of California Santa Barbara: digital):
The Buddha's Dues: Taxation in Historic Buddhist Societies in East Asia, with Special Focus on Japan
Commentator: Sven Altenburger (Goethe-University Frankfurt a.M.)
Elisa Klapheck (Paderborn University):
Taxes and the Positive Role of Debts in Rabbinic-Talmudic Discourse
Commentator: Ekkhard Reimer (Heidelberg University)
Yoram Margalioth (Tel Aviv University: digital):
Recent Legislative Regulation of Interest-Free Loans in Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Communities: A Case Study of Government Involvement in Communal Finance
Commentator: Lars Döpking (DHI Rom: digital)
2nd Session: Christianity (2.30–6pm)
Chair: Christin Hansen (Paderborn University)
Jörg Althammer (Catholic University Ingolstadt):
Religion and the Welfare State
Commentator: Regina Ortmann (Paderborn University)
Allen Calhoun (Emory University Atlanta):
The Re-enchantment of Taxation: Protestantism, Divine Sovereignty, and 'Responsive' Taxes
Commentator: Gisela Hürlimann (TU Dresden)
Korinna Schönhärl (Paderborn University): Tax Morale and the Church. How Catholic Clergies Adapted Norms of Paying Taxes to Secular Institutions (1940s–1950s)
Commentator: Sebastian Huhnholz (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen)
Friday, March 1st 2024
3rd Session: Islam (9–12.30am)
Chair: Martin Schmitt (Paderborn University)
Idris Nassery (Paderborn University): The Islamic Ethics of Tax Evasion: Interdependence of Law, Theology, and Practice
Commentator: Marc Buggeln (European University Flensburg)
Emanuel Schäublin (ETH Zurich): Zakat Without the State: Giving as a Social Duty in Nablus (Palestine)
Commentator: Abdul Rahman Mustafa (Paderborn University)
Antonis Hadjikyriacou (Panteion University Athens):
Ottoman Fiscal Records, Practice, and the ‘Circle of Justice’
Commentator: Christine Osterloh-Konrad (Tübingen University)
Final Remarks (12.30am–1.15pm)
Idris Nassery/Korinna Schönhärl