Die Jahresta­gung des AK Reli­gion­s­geo­gra­phie find­et in diesem Jahr vom 19. bis 20. Novem­ber am IfL in Leipzig statt. Die über­wiegend in englis­ch­er Sprache abge­hal­tene Kon­ferenz ste­ht unter der Über­schrift “Crit­i­cal Geo­gra­phies of Religion(s) between Dom­i­na­tion, Pow­er and Resis­tance”. Die Keynote von Kami­la Klin­gorová (Karls-Uni­ver­sität & Tschechis­che Akademie der Wis­senschaften, Prag) wid­met sich dem The­ma […]

This lec­ture explores ques­tions of trans­for­ma­tion in Guadalu­pan devo­tion in the met­ro­pol­i­tan area of Guadala­jara, Mex­i­co, approached through lived reli­gion and inter­gen­er­a­tional trans­mis­sion. Since her alleged appari­tion in the six­teenth cen­tu­ry, the Vir­gin of Guadalupe has tra­versed five cen­turies of Mex­i­can his­to­ry as a reli­gious icon, nation­al sym­bol, and cul­tur­al myth – con­tin­u­al­ly rein­vent­ed, rein­ter­pret­ed, […]

Vom 1. bis 3. Feb­ru­ar 2027 find­et an der Goethe-Uni­ver­sität Frank­furt die erste inter­na­tionale Jahresta­gung des LOEWE-Zen­trums „Dynamiken des Religiösen“ statt. Unter dem Titel „Neigh­bor­ing Tex­tu­al and Intel­lec­tu­al Tra­di­tions: Dia­logues, Polemics, and Trans­la­tions“ wid­met sie sich den textuellen und intellek­tuellen Nach­barschaften zwis­chen Juden­tum, Chris­ten­tum und Islam. Im Mit­telpunkt ste­ht die Frage, wie Texte, Wis­sens­bestände, the­ol­o­gis­che […]

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 Euro­cen­tric epis­te­molo­gies that are his­tor­i­cal­ly entan­gled with colo­nial and impe­r­i­al pow­er struc­tures. Fem­i­nist, eco­log­i­cal, […]

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 […]