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Workshop:
Religionising Fieldwork and Fieldworking Religion: Hermeneutics of the engagement between religion and research methodologies in the field
3-4 November 2008
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Convenors:
James Kapalo, SOAS, Dept. Study of Religions
Stefania Travagnin, SOAS, Dept. Study of Religions
Keynote address:
Prof. Paul Gifford, Chair of African Christianity, SOAS, Dept. Study of Religions Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: interpretation, methodology
| March 11, 2008 | to | March 13, 2008 |
Conversion and Time in Global Pentecostalism:
a lifelong ‘live’ experience
VU University Amsterdam
11-13 June 2008
Venue: Gebouw Pinkstergemeente Amsterdam
Arent Janszoon Ernststraat 302 Amsterdam
The conference seeks to explore new directions for the study of conversion looking specifically to Pentecostalism. The need for new directions emerged out of the work of the research program Conversion Careers and Culture Politics in Global Pentecostalism at the VU University in Amsterdam.
Tags: pentecostalism
| March 27, 2008 |
On the 27th and 28th of March 2008 the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) is holding a conference with the title Religion, Public or Private?
Keynote speakers include:
The programme and other details can be found on: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/gg/Ficl/index.html
Call for Papers – New Interpretations of Spirit Possession
The School of Theology and Religious Studies at Bangor University,
Wales, will host a conference about the interpretations of spirit
possession between the 16th and 17th of May.
Spirit Possession is the key practice in many religions worldwide and
the cause of many prejudices against certain religions. The aim of the
conference is to discuss, debate, and evaluate the relevance of new
interpretations of spirit possession and their application to new
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| August 26, 2008 | to | August 29, 2008 |
EASA 2008 conference: Experiencing Diversity and Mutuality
26-30 August, Ljubljana, Slovenia
African Christianities in Europe: the politics of religious recognition
(W029)
Location TBA
Date and Time TBA
Convenors
Simon Coleman (University of Sussex) s.m.coleman@ sussex.ac. uk
Ramon Sarró (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon)
ramon.sarro@ ics.ul.pt
Through an analysis of how some migrant churches seek recognition within and interact with other forms of Christianity, this panel explores the capacity of African Christian diasporas to reconfigure the European religious heritage, influence local identities and establish international connections.
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| July 10, 2008 |
New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa
International Conference
Abuja, Nigeria, July 10-12 2008
Centre for the Study of African Culture and Communication
Catholic Institute of West Africa
Port Harcourt
| February 1, 2008 | to | February 2, 2008 |
The next international conference of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent) will be held at the University of Heidelberg on February 1-2, 2008 under the title “Theory and Method in the Study of Global Pentecostalism”.
Keynote lectures by Allan Anderson, Elizabeth Brusco, Michael Bergunder, Mark Cartledge, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and Birgit Meyer.
Tags: pentecostalism
Invitation for
Party Formations
A seminar on dance events and the making of meaning
Friday 28, September 2007
In view of a research project on dance culture by social scientists from the Meertens Instituut and the VU University, both at Amsterdam, we organize a one-day seminar entitled ‘Party Formations’, in which experts on dance are invited to join the research team in thinking about the contents and practical aspects of this research. In this seminar we will explore what kind of research is needed and which specific research questions have to be posed for the disclosure of the political, moral and religious meanings of dance, and in particular, for the ways in which dance could be shaping identities and world views of ‘dancers’ and ravers. You are kindly invited to attend this seminar.
| January 24, 2008 | to | January 27, 2008 |
Announcement and Call for Papers
Rethinking Religion in India
24-27 January 2008
Delhi, India
Increasingly, it is felt that the current knowledge about the Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory at best or erroneous at worst. In the domain of religious studies, in postcolonial studies and in the field of comparative science of cultures, scholars have begun to argue that the questions and conceptual framework for the study of India and its religions are firmly embedded within the Western cultural history. Therefore, Rethinking Religion in India, a five year international conference cluster, aims at developing an alternative theoretical framework to understand the Indian religions and traditions. The Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap (Ghent University), the Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (Kuvempu
University) and the Karnataka Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities (KASSH) invite you to participate in this joint endeavour.
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| November 17, 2007 |
The British Sociological Association Study of Religion Group
Study Day, 17th November, 2007
Call for papers on the subject of
Religion, Spirituality and Gay Sexuality
The subject of gay sexuality and religion has become one of the most contentious issues for the contemporary Christian Church. It has also developed as a concern for many of the other major world religions, as well as a number of new expressions of religiosity and spirituality. This study day, to be held at the University of the West of England (UK), seeks to explore a number of themes for which papers are invited. It is hoped that a selection of papers, in one form or another, will be published. Read the rest of this entry »
| September 14, 2007 |
Law, Religion, Culture:
An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Lancaster University
Friday 14th September 2007
Call For Papers
This call for papers encourages the submission of diverse abstracts engaging with issues surrounding Law, Religion and Culture and aims to facilitate the following:
• A forum for setting an agenda within the broad field of Law, Religion and Culture.
• An agenda for future scholarship
• Exploring the construction of the concept of religion and the religious subject
• The implications of such constructions and concepts for the law
• Furthering emergent interdisciplinary dialogue
• To stimulate publications
Please send abstracts of 250 words maximum from a wide range of disciplines and a diversity of perspectives to Dr Sarah Beresford s.beresford@ lancaster. ac.uk or Dr Ian Bryan i.bryan@lancaster. ac.uk
Plurality and Representation: Religion in Education, Culture and Society
EASR/DVRW conference
September 23-27, 2007
Bremen
Call for papers (extended deadline: May 15, 2007)
International Viadrina Summer University “Religion and Modernity – The Societal Determination of Religion and its Cultural Potential”
Date: 18 June - 06 July 2007
Venue: European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), GERMANY
Congress Language: English
Deadline of application: 1 April
Some grants available
The third Viadrina Summer University will address the role of religion in modern societies. We will study the impact of modernity on religion and, vice versa, the influence religion exerts on modern life worlds. Pivotal to this approach is the assumption that religion is not only constantly challenged and changed by processes of modernization, such as pluralization, individualization, or functional differentiation. Rather it must also be considered as one of societies driving forces to modernization. The interaction of religion and modernization is expressed in the relationship between religion and democracy, religion and the rule of law, religion and education, religion and art, religion and nationalism, as well as in the role of Islam in modern societies. Read the rest of this entry »
On April 26th and 27th 2007 the University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp (ucsia) in Belgium is holding an international conference on religion and media: “Believin’ the Media - Analysis of Faith and Media: Representation and Communication Strategy”.
The programme - both the keynote speakers and the workshops - looks very interesting.
See more on :www.faithandmedia.be
| September 19, 2007 | to | September 23, 2007 |
From the 19th – 23rd of September 2007 at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Keynote speakers, among others: Peter Berger and Danièle Hervieu-Léger
For more information, see the website of the conference: http://www.ku.dk/satsning/religion/copenhagenconference/
Religion and Politics in the Construction of the European Union, 16 June 2007, London School of Economics
This one-day conference explores the ways in which religions have contributed to the construction of the European Union, from the establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 to today. It has been argued that EU enlargement – to countries in Central and Eastern Europe in 2004, the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and possibly Turkey later – is likely through a dynamic of desecularisation dramatically to transform the EU into a multi-religious space. Religions have not only shaped identities but are also influential factors in political discourse. This conference will analyse the activities of religious actors in the context of supranational European institutions and the ways in which they have responded to the idea of Europe at local and international levels.
Papers are invited to address one of the following themes:
Suggestions for panels and additional themes are also welcome. The conference aims to be an interdisciplinary discussion between established scholars and advanced doctoral students.
Please send your abstracts (500 words maximum) and brief c.v. to Lucian Leustean (l.n.leustean[at]lse.ac.uk) by 23 February 2007.
Papers should be of 15 minutes duration. In order to stimulate discussion, the papers will be circulated in advance to participants no later than 1 June 2007. There is no registration fee for attending the conference.
The conference features several ‘research networks‘ and ‘research streams‘ that may be of interest for religion researchers.
On 27 and 28 February 2007 the Faculty of Theology of Leiden University organizes the Conference ‘Academic Freedom and Religious Freedom- Tensions and Compromises in the Coexistence of Two Fundamental Rights’ at Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.
The conference focuses on the interaction and coexistence of two fundamental rights in the fields of academic teaching and research:
Academic freedom – or the independence of scientific teaching and research and
Religious freedom – or the right to profess, practice and teach the religious tradition adhered to, individually and collectively.
Fifteen scholars from The Netherlands, Egypt, Indonesia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denmark and the USA will address several of the most “burning issues†that have emerged over the past few years:
The main organizers are Prof.dr. P.S. van Koningsveld (Islamic Studies) and Prof. dr. W.B. Drees (Philosophy of Religion) of the Faculty of Theology of Leiden University.
Participation
The conference is open for participation for those interested in the subject matter: scholars, professionals, policymakers and students in the field of religion and higher education. It is free of charge. Registration, however, is required.
Please contact the conference coordinator: Anne Marieke Schwencke at a.m.schwencke[at]let.leidenuniv.nl.
For more information: www.leidenuniv.nl/gg/ac/
Conference Announcement: Spirituality(ies) and the Public Sphere
January 5-8, 2008
University of Colorado, Boulder
Center for Media, Religion and Culture;Â www.mediareligion.org
What: A interdisciplinary conference for the exploration of spiritual expression outside of the formal institutions of religion and implications for social change and civic engagement.
Description: Non-institutional spiritual practices and discourses from the so-called New Age to those expressions that occur in the mundane market-based activities of daily life, are often dismissed by the academy as of social importance. Yet the language, practices and imagery of spiritualities can be found to be directly engaged with ideas about the collective including social transformation, community development, environmentalism, social justice, fair trade, equal opportunity, and respect for cultural difference. If spirituality can lead to public life and public action, then how does the practice of spiritualities in this public sphere look and sound and how do they come to take shape, hold power, and expand? This conference seeks to bring together multiple disciplines to address the expression, practice and implications of formations, structures, and expressions called “spirituality†as they engage with the idea of the collective “good.â€
Papers/Panels: We invite papers and panel proposals that look at the form of spiritualities and the manner of their engagement with public life and broader cultural conversations about global and local society. Such papers might address the following topics (but are not limited to these):
Abstracts and panel proposals due: May 1, 2007 to: Dr. Monica Emerich, Monica.emerich@colorado.edu.
Call for application
From September 2nd till 9th 2007, the University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp organises for the first time the UCSIA summer school on “Religion, Culture and Society†in Antwerp, Belgium. With this, the centre continues its tradition it started in 2003 with the summer seminars on intercultural dialogue and on faith-based radicalism.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Muslim World in Transition – Contributions of the Gulen Movement
at House of Lords, SOAS & LSE
25, 26 and 27 October 2007
The “Muslim World” is going through a period of transition entailing changes with far-reaching consequences, both political and sociological. How Muslims cope with the challenges they face necessarily impacts on the wider, non-Muslim world.
Conference The Power of Marian Pilgrimage. Religious objects, narratives and performances
International conference organised by the research group ‘The power of Pilgrimage. A comparative Study’, Institute for Gender Studies and Department of Cultural Anthropology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Place of venue:
Nijmegen/Ravenstein/Soeterbeeck, The Netherlands.
EUROPEAN RESEARCH NETWORK ON GLOBAL PENTECOSTALISM (GloPent)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“The Interdisciplinary Study of Global Pentecostalismâ€
Venue: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
April 27-28, 2007
This is the second GloPent conference in a series of three on the interdisciplinary study of the exponential growth of global Pentecostalism. The first was held in Birmingham (January 2006) and the third will take place in Heidelberg in 2008. These conferences serve to prepare for the publication in 2009 of a handbook on the study of Pentecostalism. Read the rest of this entry »
“Are we witnessing a renewal of religious worldviews, or did they ever decline? What are the contours of contemporary religious landscapes, in the West and elsewhere?”
SAR 2007 Meeting:
“The Re-enchantment of the World”
Spring Meeting of the
Society for the Anthropology of Religion
Windham Phoenix, Arizona
April 13-16 2007
In 2007 and 2008 the SIAS Summer Institutes organize postdoc seminars on the topic of visionaries and visions. Visionary persons and movements will be studied from different kinds of disciplinary perspectives, incorporating both religious and non-religious contexts.
The summer seminars will be in Stanford, California (2007) and in Budapest (2008).
See The Vision Thing website
Vrijdag 24 november vond in Amsterdam een symposium over de reformatorische beweging in Nederland plaats, georganiseerd door ReLiC. De lezingen van dit symposium zijn te downloaden op deze website.
Call for Papers: Religion, Media and Culture: Exploring Religion and the Sacred in a
Media Age
A conference co-organised by the British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion study group and the UK Research Network for Theology, Religion and Popular Culture.
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK 2-4 April 2007 Read the rest of this entry »
The International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR) has issued a call for papers for their 2007 conference at Leipzig, Germany, from july 23th to 27th.
One session at the conference will be hosted by ReligionResearch.org member Karen Pärna. The title of her session is Religion Unbound: Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality. Read more at Karen’s weblog: karen.religionresearch.org