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Karim Schelkens is the dean of the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology at Tilburg University. He holds the endowed Van den Tweel Chair in contemporary Catholicism and has been recognized for his contributions to the field of Religious History. After obtaining his PhD in 2007, his academic work was awarded the C. de Clercq Award by the Royal Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts. He served as a postdoctoral research fellow with FWO-Flanders and completed postdoctoral studies at Université Laval in Canada. In 2015, he was appointed associate professor at Tilburg University. Schelkens has held prominent roles, including Secretary General of the European Society for Catholic Theology from 2012 to 2018, and is a member of the NWO-Commission for Humanities and Social Sciences. He has authored and edited twenty academic books and contributed extensively to contemporary history and religion, with a focus on Late Modern Europe, colonial history, and ecumenism. He is actively involved in international projects regarding the History of Christian Unity and the legacy of Vatican II, and he teaches courses that provide foundational knowledge in the history of Christianity in Europe and contemporary issues in religious dialogue.
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