17th ISORECA Con­fer­ence: (De-)institutionalisation of Reli­gious Life in Times of Geopo­lit­i­cal Tur­bu­lence

Con­fer­ence orga­nized by CESAR, between 15th and 17th of May 2026, host­ed by the Hun­gar­i­an Acad­e­my of Arts Research Insti­tute of Art The­o­ry and Method­ol­o­gy, Budapest Our inter­dis­ci­pli­nary con­fer­ence seeks to explore the dynam­ic and often con­test­ed rela­tion­ship between the spheres of art, reli­gion, and spir­i­tu­al­i­ty across the ages. We invite sub­mis­sions from young schol­ars, […]

The 4th Inter­na­tion­al Yoga Darśana Yoga Sād­hana con­fer­ence will take place from Wednes­day 27th mid­day to the evening of Fri­day 29th of May 2026 in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Cen­ter for South Asian and Himalayan Stud­ies (CESAH) at the School for High­er Social Sci­ences (EHESS) in Paris. Open­ing of the Sub­mis­sion is on the 21st June […]

The Cen­ter for Inter­cul­tur­al Stud­ies and Research at the Fac­ul­ty of Phi­los­o­phy in Skop­je will orga­nize the Fourth World Con­fer­ence for Reli­gious Dia­logue and Coop­er­a­tion on the top­ic: Reli­gion as a Weapon of War: in the past, present, and future (under the aus­pices of the Min­istry of Cul­ture and Tourism).

Based on Pro­fes­sor Anna Halafoff’s work, this annu­al con­fer­ence will explore the ris­ing sig­nif­i­cance of spir­i­tu­al­i­ty in Aus­tralia, as well as spir­i­tu­al harm and spir­i­tu­al abuse in trau­ma-informed, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary ways, gen­er­at­ing solu­tions for address­ing and pre­vent­ing spir­i­tu­al harms and abus­es. Addi­tion­al­ly, Dr Rah­ma­nara Chowd­hury will join as a keynote speak­er, explor­ing ‘Abuse in Mus­lim Con­texts — […]

We are delight­ed to announce that the 10th Bien­ni­al Meet­ing of the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the Cog­ni­tive and Evo­lu­tion­ary Sci­ences of Reli­gion (IACESR) will be held at Masaryk Uni­ver­si­ty in Brno, Czech Repub­lic, from July 1st-3rd 2026. This event has been grant­ed Spe­cial IAHR Con­fer­ence sta­tus by the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the His­to­ry of Reli­gions, recog­nis­ing […]

The top­ic of this con­fer­ence is a sequel to 2024’s “Bud­dhist Chris­t­ian Dia­logues on the Body.” The 2026 con­fer­ence will present dif­fer­ent aspects of the mind from Bud­dhist and Chris­t­ian per­spec­tives. Tra­di­tion­al con­cep­tions of the mind, its pos­si­ble trans­for­ma­tion, its rela­tion to ulti­mate real­i­ty and its role in con­cep­tions of life after death will be […]

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 […]