We are pleased to announce that the upcoming Summer Osijek Doctoral Colloquium (ODC) is scheduled to be held between 29 June and 24 July 2026, in a hybrid format. Please save the dates in your calendar if you plan to attend the Summer ODC 2026. Locations: Almaty...
Osijek Doctoral Colloquium 2026 Winter served a total of 21 student attendees and took place between 2-13 February 2026. During the Winter Program, there were 9 students in Osijek (Croatia), 9 students in Almaty (Kazakhstan), and 3 student participants online. „Presentations, discussions, critical questions, and peer...
For registration, access here the link: APPLICATION FORM OPEN DEADLINE The registration is open until 15 December, 2025. TIME The ODC Winter 2026 program is scheduled between 2-13 February 2026, in a hybrid format. To maximize the experience and benefits, we recommend that all participants commit to the full...
We are pleased to announce that the upcoming Winter Osijek Doctoral Colloquium (ODC) is scheduled to be held between 2 and 13 February 2026, in a hybrid format. Please save the dates in your calendar if you plan to attend the Winter ODC 2026. Locations: Osijek, at...
Osijek Doctoral Colloquium 2025 Summer served a total of 21 student attendees and took place between 30 June and 25 July 2025. During the Summer Program, there were 9 students in Osijek (Croatia), 8 students in Almaty (Kazakhstan), and 4 student participants online. „The greatest benefit...
Osijek Doctoral Colloquium 2025 Winter served a total of 17 student attendees. During the Winter Program, there were 7 students in Osijek (Croatia), 7 students in Almaty (Kazakhstan), and 3 student participants online. „The greatest benefit of the program consists in access to an immense library,...
In 2024 Osijek Doctoral Colloquium served a total of 17 student attendees from 9 countries. The students and 9 mentors together represented 12 countries. During the Summer Program, there were 7 students in Osijek (Croatia), 7 students in Almaty (Kazakhstan), and 3 student participants online. “I...
We count it as a joy and a privilege to have run the Osijek Doctoral Colloquium for an eighth year. The sacrificial generosity of many has made the development of yet another cohort of contextual missional thinkers in Central and Eastern Europe a reality. New...
The Winter ODC Program took place in February 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Osijek, Croatia and online. During the Winter Program, a total of 24 students and 11 mentors participated at one of the locations. There were 11 students in Osijek, 11 students in Almaty, and 2 student...
We count it as a joy and a privilege to have run the Osijek Doctoral Colloquium for a seventh year. The sacrificial generosity of many has made the development of yet another cohort of contextual missional thinkers in Central and Eastern Europe a reality. New...
The Osijek Doctoral Colloquium has been running for seven years now. It was established by the Osijek Center for Mission Studies (OSIMS) and the Central European Association for Mission Studies (CEEAMS) in partnership with other key institutions in the region. Together as a Consortium we aim to provide advanced theological education to doctoral...
The year 2021 found us yet again needing to adapt our programme due to the uncertainties created by the global pandemic. This meant creating multiple contingency plans, extending registration deadlines until the last possible moment, and taking a hybrid meeting approach, with the final physical locations...
In preparing for the fifth edition of the Osijek Doctoral Colloquium in the summer of 2020 we experienced significant challenges due to the global COVID–19 pandemic. The question was, in such a time as this, how to provide an open space with mentoring assistance and peer interaction for...
A two-week program was set in January 2020 to provide Christian researchers with a learning community across denominational and national boundaries: with a quality library as well as on-line resources, regular mentoring and continuous peer-to-peer support, and additional opportunities for academic growth through other CEEEAMS programs, like he CEEAMS Annual Conference,...
In 2019, a total of 29 ODC participants where 21 PhD students and eight mentors from 10 countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Central Asia, the UK and USA, and seven Christian denominations joined for a `journey` that enriches the mind as well as the spirit, bringing those who...
Osijek Doctoral Colloquium 2018 was hosted from June 30 to August 4, and gathered 21 students from 12 countries gathered for 1 to 5 weeks to advance their PhD studies with academic support of 7 mentors and spiritual support of 6 house parents. This unique summer...
The Evangelical Bible Institute (EBI) in cooperation with the Osijek Institute for Missional Studies (OSIMS) is organizing a roundtable conference: “Building God’s Kingdom Together – ‘so that the world may believe’ John 17:21” / Conversations on Church and Missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It will be held...
The Evangelical Theological Seminary Osijek in April of 2018 hosted a two-days consultation titled "Conversations on theological education, church and mission in the Balkan contexts: trends, challenges and perspectives", co-organized by a number of theological schools and churches. The Consultation was held from April 10 to...
This year`s Osijek Doctoral Colloquium (ODC) was all about studying in the light of conversations on various aspects of mission in our lives. Gathered for five weeks, our students and mentors had time to study, share, motivate, discuss, elaborate, research and investigate the ways PhD...
The Balkan Conference on the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation is commemorating the Reformation and will be bringing together scholars and students from over 15 nations. The speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia is hosting the conference in the new facilities...
Faculty of Philosophy and the Department for Cultural Studies at J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek together with the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek and the Croatian Institute for History organise an interdisciplinary symposium on the Reformation in Europe to be held in Osijek on...
ODC was held from June 30th to July 31st 2016 in Osijek, Croatia. As Project leaders Dr. Peter F. Penner (Germany)and Dr. Anne-Marie Kool (Netherlands/Hungary) were responsible for the Doctoral Colloquium programme overall co-ordination and mentoring, moreover Dr. Olga Zaprometova (Russia) and Dr. Martine Audeoud...
