Although Greek and Roman lit­er­a­ture rarely focus­es explic­it­ly on pop­u­lar cul­ture, a sub­stan­tial body of evi­dence allows us to recon­struct what may be described as the folk­lore of the ancient world. From pre­cious tes­ti­monies emerge beliefs and ‘super­sti­tions’, folk­tales and proverbs, imag­i­nary beings, songs and oth­er types of musi­cal forms, folk-phar­ma­copoeia and med­i­c­i­nal reme­dies, apotropa­ic ges­tures and […]

The Bucharest 2026 Con­gress will be the 22nd Con­fer­ence of EASR and the 2026 Region­al Con­fer­ence of IAHR. Under these most promi­nent aus­pices world­wide, we invite schol­ars from across the world to reflect upon and con­tribute towards the broad pur­pose, past and per­spec­tives of the aca­d­e­m­ic study of reli­gions with­in the human­i­ties as well as […]

The con­fer­ence draws atten­tion to the hith­er­to large­ly neglect­ed aes­thet­ic, eth­i­cal, and intel­lec­tu­al impli­ca­tions of AI-gen­er­at­ed imagery in reli­gious con­texts. We invite schol­ars and researchers to sub­mit paper pro­pos­als that crit­i­cal­ly exam­ine how AI tech­nolo­gies are reshap­ing reli­gious images and imag­i­na­tions across tra­di­tions, cul­tures, and social con­texts. We seek con­tri­bu­tions, which explore the ways in […]

Foun­da­tions and Flu­id­i­ty will mark the 20th anniver­sary of the Inter­na­tion­al Soci­ety for the Study of Reli­gion, Nature, and Cul­ture (ISSRNC)—a mile­stone not only for the Soci­ety but also for the emerg­ing field of Reli­gion and Nature/Ecology. Over the past two decades, this field has matured into a vibrant area of inter­dis­ci­pli­nary schol­ar­ship, with sev­er­al grad­u­ate […]

The Inter­na­tion­al Acad­e­my of Prac­ti­cal The­ol­o­gy invites to the Bien­ni­al Con­fer­ence 2027 to Tübin­gen Knowl­edge is mul­ti­fac­eted: it is pro­duced in many places, it has many dif­fer­ent con­texts, fol­lows dif­fer­ent rules, and it is cre­at­ed and shared among indi­vid­u­als, groups and soci­eties. At the same time, pre­vail­ing under­stand­ings of knowl­edge have often been shaped by […]

The 15th Bien­ni­al Con­fer­ence on Media, Reli­gion, and Cul­ture will take place from 3–6 August 2027 at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich. Host­ed by the URPP Dig­i­tal Religion(s) in asso­ci­a­tion with the Inter­na­tion­al Soci­ety for Media, Reli­gion, and Cul­ture, the con­fer­ence will bring togeth­er inter­na­tion­al keynote speak­ers, dis­cus­sion pan­els, and oppor­tu­ni­ties for exchange across dis­ci­plines. We invite […]