Karl Ubl (PhD in Medieval History 1999, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg) was a POLY Short-Term Fellow in the Winter Term 2024/25. In October 2024, he and Monika Wohlrab-Sahr took part in a panel discussion on “Secularization,” exploring the concept’s continuing relevance for the study of religion. The discussion was part of POLY's “Frankfurter Religionsgespräche,” a series of interdisciplinary discussions devoted to fundamental questions and current topics in the study of religion.