Franz Winter
University professor
Franz Winter is University Professor of Religious Studies (since 2019) and Head and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Graz (since 2022). He studied Classics (Mag. phil. 1994; Dr. phil. 1999) and Religious Studies and Theology (Mag. theol. 1998; Dr. theol. 2005 sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae) in Graz, Salzburg and Vienna. Study and research visits have taken him to Rome (postgraduate studies at the Istituto Patristico Augustinianum), Kyoto, Tokyo and via Fulbright to Boston University. In 2010, he completed his habilitation in religious studies at the University of Vienna.
Research topics
History of contact between Europe and Asia from antiquity to the present, history of religion in South, East and West Asia, new religious movements in East and West, esoteric research, religion and media.