Dear List-members, we have extended the deadline for application for this year's Summer School "How Virtual is reality?" (http://how-virtual-is-reality.eu/) held in Bremen (Germany) from July 10 to July 19. We will accept applications until June 7th from anyone interested in doing academic reseach in Internet phenomena / Virtual Worlds. The course is mainly addressed to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. As a cooperative effort of the University of Bremen, the University of Oldenburg and Jacobs-University (Bremen) the summer course will broach the issue of the relevance of new environments such as "Second Life" and "World of Warcraft" for contemporary culture and social life with a special focus on rituals and religions. Instructed by more than 10 international teachers, the participants in the Summer School will explore the interdisciplinary study of practical methods and theoretical approaches for the scientific handling of ritual and media. The media will not only objects of methodological, theoretical and practical research but will also serve as platform for academic discussion and teaching. Summer School participants will be able to design and perform research projects on religion both on and within virtual worlds. Please forward this information to everyone who might be interested in the course. A banner and a poster are available on the "Media" section of the website. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Simone Heidbrink, organizers -- Simone Heidbrink M.A. SFB 619 Ritualdynamik - Teilprojekt C2 Institut für Religionswissenschaft Universität Heidelberg Akademiestr. 4-8 D - 69117 Heidelberg Tel.: ++49-(0)6221-547482 Fax.: ++49-(0)6221-547624 E-Mail: simone.heidbrink@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de http://www.rituals-online.de