Maria Falina studied History and Slavic studies at Moscow State University, from which she graduated in 2004. The same year she joined the History Department of CEU, from which she obtained the MA degree in 2005 and her thesis was awarded Hanak Prize for the best thesis in History of the year. She enrolled in the Doctoral program of the History department in 2005. Her interdisciplinary research on the history and trajectory of the Serbian Orthdoox Church belongs to the fields of South East European studies, intellectual history, religious and nationalism studeis. Since 2008 she is involved as a member of the core team in the Negotiating Modernity Project funded by the European Research Council (http://negotiating.cas.bg).
The course will compare new theoretical approaches and a number of case studies pertaining to Islam and Christianity. In this context, and in order to broaden the traditional Western Christian focus, a comparison will be drawn to similar issues pertaining to the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
