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s visiting fellows as well as lectures given by selected invited guests. Abstracts of lectures from the past summer semester can be found in this newsletter. The research topics of the IKGF are included in university teaching via a number of special educational events: in a seminar on Mi- racle and Magic (Hauptseminar, Prof. Herbers and Dr. Deimann), in a tutorial Mantic Sources (Dr. Deimann) as well as in a seminar on Fengshui &

Co: An introduction to the mantic techniques in China (Hauptseminar, Dr. Guggenmos). Finally, the involvement of the consortium with the university de- partments is reflected in the increasing number of research part- ners of the consortium, who greatly enrich our research through their expertise. At this moment, the work of the research group on sacrality and sacralization in pre-modern times Intercultural perspectives in Europe and Asia is particularly noteworthy. The project was finally approved by the German Research Foundation in October

2010 and will, through its research strands, the sub- jects involved (medieval history, medieval Latin, Old High German, Christian archaeology/history of art, Indology, Chinese studies, and comparative religious studies), and through particular indivi- duals, be closely related to the work of our consortium. Although apocalypticism constitutes an additional thematic em- phasis for our medievalist section, which in 2009/2010 was repre- sented above all by PD Dr. Hannes M?hring'

s studies on the expec- tations of the end of time, and which will be further advanced in

2011 by Prof. Richard Landes, no apocalyptic scenarios can be conju- red up for the consortium. After about one year, the overall positive review with many beneficial events goes well with the optimistic preview of fresh questions and activities of the year ahead. Sug- gestions on the part of our readers ........