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SUMMARY:Conference: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives on the Mind
DESCRIPTION: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 dis­cussed against the back­ground of con­tem­po­rary per­spec­tives from neu­ro­science.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/conference-buddhist-and-christian-perspectives-on-the-mind/
LOCATION:St. Ansgarhaus Hamburg\, Schmilinskystraße 78\, Hamburg\, Hamburg\, 20099\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Konferenz
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260817
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SUMMARY:Summer School for Cultural and Social Studies (ESSCSS)
DESCRIPTION:Reli­gion and Soci­ety: Com­mu­ni­ties\, Pow­er Rela­tions\, and Mate­ri­alites \nThe Sum­mer School is aimed at ear­ly-career researchers in the his­tor­i­cal sci­ences\, reli­gious stud­ies\, and relat­ed dis­ci­plines (such as cul­tur­al anthro­pol­o­gy or lit­er­ary stud­ies). With­in the frame­work of the Sum­mer School\, ques­tions of the dis­tri­b­u­tion of pow­er in past soci­eties will be brought into focus\, among them the aspect of lived reli­gion\, that is\, every­day reli­gious prac­tices beyond the­o­log­i­cal debates\, reflec­tion\, and con­fes­sion. Using var­i­ous the­o­ries and case stud­ies\, we aim to explore how reli­gion\, as a social phe­nom­e­non\, has con­tributed to the for­ma­tion of com­mu­ni­ties and pow­er struc­tures\, while at the same time being sub­ject to con­stant change and con­tin­u­al rene­go­ti­a­tion of pow­er rela­tions. The atten­dants will gain a new set of the­o­ret­i­cal and method­olog­i­cal skills that they can apply to their own projects\, as well as with a deep under­stand­ing of a num­ber of ancient and medieval cas­es stud­ies.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/summer-school-for-cultural-and-social-studies-esscss/
LOCATION:Max-Weber-Kolleg\, Max-Weber-Allee 3\, Erfurt\, 99089\, Deutschland
CATEGORIES:Summer School
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260819
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SUMMARY:IAHR Workshop: Study of Religion Without an Object? Global Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:The event is orga­nized by the Eston­ian Soci­ety for the Study of Reli­gions in coop­er­a­tion with the Uni­ver­si­ty of Tar­tu and is an offi­cial Sum­mer School of the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the His­to­ry of Reli­gions (IAHR)\, with par­tial fund­ing from the IAHR. This work­shop aims to bring togeth­er both the­o­ret­i­cal reflec­tions as well as spe­cif­ic case stud­ies that analyse the con­tem­po­rary schol­ar­ly under­stand­ings of the object of the study of reli­gion and pro­pose viable direc­tions for­ward.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/iahr-workshop-study-of-religion-without-an-object-global-perspectives/
LOCATION:Tartu\, Estonia
CATEGORIES:Summer School,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Eating and drinking with gods: a comparative workshop
DESCRIPTION:Nar­ra­tives and prac­tices of offer­ing hos­pi­tal­i­ty to the divine have a place in numer­ous reli­gions past and present. Across geo­gra­phies and periods\,gods and oth­er invis­i­ble beings are offered human food and drink in human settings.Buddhism\, Hin­duism\, Judaism and Chris­tian­i­ty today\, and Grae­co-Roman\, Hit­tite and Egypt­ian reli­gions in antiq­ui­ty\, are just some of the reli­gions that offer instances of hos­pi­tal­i­ty for\, and even forms of com­men­sal­i­ty with\, the divine.\nEat­ing and drink­ing with gods involves com­plex forms of belief. On the one hand\, such hos­pi­tal­i­ty holds out the promise of inter­ac­tion with the divine in a know­able human con­text\, in the hope of anchor­ing divine pres­ence in the here and now. On the oth­er hand\, many of these prac­tices and sto­ries are marked by a sense of lim­i­ta­tion. They respond to a need for prox­im­i­ty with the divine\, yet often also reflect the uncer­tain­ty of divine pres­ence and the chal­lenge of imag­in­ing gods and invis­i­ble beings eat­ing in a human set­ting.\n\nThe work­shop will bring togeth­er experts in dif­fer­ent reli­gions\, geo­gra­phies and peri­ods with the aim of explor­ing hos­pi­tal­i­ty for the divine from a com­par­a­tive per­spec­tive. The pri­ma­ry focus is the reli­gious imag­i­na­tion. We are invit­ing pro­pos­als for papers on prac­tices\, nar­ra­tives and visu­al art in any con­text\, on top­ics includ­ing:\n\n-How do wor­ship­pers imag­ine com­men­sal­i­ty with the gods?\n-How are abstract beliefs anchored in con­crete man­i­fes­ta­tions of the divine? To what extent\, and how\, is abstract divine pres­ence made con­crete through var­i­ous sorts of divine anthro­po­mor­phism?\n-How do myth­i­cal nar­ra­tives and visu­al rep­re­sen­ta­tions of human hos­pi­tal­i­ty for gods relate to rit­u­al prac­tice?\n-How do humans expe­ri­ence divine pres­ence dur­ing rit­u­als by anchor­ing it in objects and spa­tial configuration?How do prac­tices of host­ing gods that use props and spaces help wor­ship­pers expe­ri­ence divine pres­ence in the here and now?\n-How does offer­ing human-style hos­pi­tal­i­ty to the gods com­pare to blood sac­ri­fice and to prac­tices of leav­ing food­stuff such as cakes for gods? How is human pres­ence and human-divine inter­ac­tion imag­ined in each?\n-The his­tor­i­cal devel­op­ment of these prac­tices as anchored inno­va­tions. How does hos­pi­tal­i­ty for the gods arise in dif­fer­ent cul­tures? To what extent is it based on ear­li­er prac­tices and dis­cours­es of hos­pi­tal­i­ty for (dis­tin­guished) humans?\nCon­firmed speak­ers: Simon Gold­hill\, Ute Hüsken\, Rita Langer and Tanya Luhrmann.\nPlease send an abstract of ca. 250 words togeth­er with a biog­ra­phy of up to 100 words to Sask­ia Peels-Matthey (s.peels@rug.nl) and Felix Budel­mann (f.j.budelmann@rug.nl). Papers will be 25 min­utes\, the dead­line for abstracts is April 1st.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/eating-and-drinking-with-gods-a-comparative-workshop/
LOCATION:Groningen\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260913
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SUMMARY:First International Congress of Studies on Popular Cultures in Greece and Rome\, from II millennium BCE to modern folklore
DESCRIPTION: 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 prac­tices\, along with many oth­er traits\n char­ac­ter­is­tic of a pop­u­lar cul­ture of the ancients. This Greek and Roman folk­lore can often be approached (and effec­tive­ly com­pared) on the one hand with oth­er ancient Euro-Mediter­ranean tra­di­tions\, and on the oth­er hand with the doc­u­men­ta­tion of mod­ern pop­u­lar cul­ture\, espe­cial­ly in cer­tain cul­tur­al­ly con­ser­v­a­tive areas such as cen­tral Greece and south­ern Italy. Stud­ies on ancient Greek and Roman pop­u­lar cul­ture have wit­nessed sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ments in recent decades. New approach­es and new research have con­tributed to a renewed read­ing of Greek and Roman authors and texts. Build­ing on the expe­ri­ence of folkloricum.it (http://folkloricum.it/)\, the time now seems ripe for organ­is­ing an Inter­na­tion­al Con­gress of Stud­ies\, aim­ing to bring togeth­er schol­ars from dif­fer­ent dis­ci­plines (includ­ing Clas­sics\, folk­lore stud­ies\, anthro­pol­o­gy\, his­to­ry of reli­gions\, and archae­ol­o­gy) and devot­ed to all aspects of pop­u­lar cul­ture in the Greek and Roman world. These will be the main fields of inter­est:\n 1 – Def­i­n­i­tions and Meth­ods. What is ‘pop­u­lar’? ‘Low­er’ and ‘upper’ cul­tures; ancient and mod­ern cul­tur­al lev­els; diachrony and syn­chrony; ‘pop­u­lar’ and ‘learned’ mag­ic; com­pa­ra­tion and philol­o­gy; oral­i­ty and lit­er­a­cy.\n 2 – Mate­r­i­al Cul­tures. Art; arche­ol­o­gy; his­to­ry and soci­ol­o­gy; objects; dress and clothes; amulets; games and toys; fres­coes and gems.\n 3 – Lan­guages and Non-ver­bal Codes. Non-stan­dard and ver­nac­u­lar gram­mar\, mor­phol­o­gy and lex­i­con; proverbs and pop­u­lar say­ings; ges­tures; music and dances; rid­dles; dreams; curse for­mu­lae.\n 4 – The sacred and the super­nat­ur­al. Cults and rites; fes­ti­vals; reli­gious prac­tices (wed­dings\, mourn­ing\, funer­als\, child-relat­ed pro­tec­tive prac­tices); ‘super­sti­tions’ and beliefs; Evil Eyes; fig­ures of fear: mon­sters\, witch­es\, and oth­ers;\n 5 – Nature and Tech­niques. Animal‑\, plant- and stone-lore; agri­cul­tur­al prac­tices; pop­u­lar med­i­cine\, reme­dies and phar­ma­co­paea; beliefs about stars and celes­tial phe­nom­e­na.\n 6 – Beyond Lit­er­a­ture and Oral­i­ty. Nar­ra­tive pat­terns (types and motifs)\, myths and folk­tales; fables; leg­ends and belief tales; fairy­tales; sub-lit­er­ary gen­res (folk the­atre\, mimes\, pop­u­lar nar­ra­tive lit­er­a­ture); pop­u­lar songs (work-songs\, fes­ti­val-songs\, sea­son­al and quest-songs).\nThe list is not intend­ed to be exhaus­tive\, and pro­pos­als address­ing relat­ed top­ics are also encour­aged.\n Any­one inter­est­ed in con­tribut­ing a paper to the con­fer­ence is invit­ed to sub­mit their title and a brief abstract in one of the con­fer­ence lan­guages (Eng­lish\, Ital­ian\, French\, Span­ish\, Ger­man; papers may be deliv­ered in the same lan­guages) of no longer than 200 words to the two organ­is­ers\, Prof. Tom­ma­so Brac­ci­ni (tommaso.braccini@unisi.it) and Prof. Emanuele Lel­li (prof.emanuele.lelli@gmail.com) by 1 August 2026 (please send a Word doc­u­ment and cc both organ­is­ers).\n Schol­ars at all lev­els of juniority/seniority are equal­ly wel­come.\n\n We will eval­u­ate all sub­mis­sions and inform all appli­cants about accep­tance or rejec­tion by mid-August.\n\n Papers should be no longer than 20 min­utes. Each accept­ed paper must be accom­pa­nied by an handout/abstract in Eng­lish no longer than 3000 char­ac­ters (includ­ing spaces).\n Only in lim­it­ed cas­es it will be pos­si­ble online parte­ci­pa­tion for speak­ers.\n\n Con­fer­ence fee (100 €) includes wel­come din­ner on Sep­tem­ber 9th\, three buf­fet lunch­es\, con­fer­ence mate­r­i­al and the vol­ume of the Pro­ceed­ings.\n\n With the Patron­age of Fédéra­tion Inter­na­tionale des Asso­ci­a­tions d’études clas­siques\n Asso­ci­azione Ital­iana di Cul­tura Clas­si­ca\, Del­egazione “Anti­co e Mod­er­no”.\n Sci­en­tif­ic Com­mit­tee: Igor Baglioni\, Simone Beta\, Tom­ma­so Brac­ci­ni\, Ignazio E. Buttit­ta\, Andrea Ercolani\, Emanuele Lel­li\, Sonia Macrì\, Camil­lo Neri\, Ric­car­do Palmis­ciano\, Giu­lia Pedruc­ci\, Eleono­ra Roc­coni\, Sil­via Romani\, Andrea Tad­dei.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/first-international-congress-of-studies-on-popular-cultures-in-greece-and-rome-from-ii-millennium-bce-to-modern-folklore/
LOCATION:Università di Roma Tre\, via Ostiense 236\, Roma\, 00144\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Konferenz
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926
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SUMMARY:22nd Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) | Regional Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR)
DESCRIPTION: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 with­in the pro­duc­tion\, com­mu­ni­ca­tion and advanc­ing of knowl­edge at large. Under the over­all top­ic Reli­gions 360°\, schol­ars of reli­gions work­ing in each and every field or sub­field of the dis­ci­pline\, irre­spec­tive of their the­mat­ic\, chrono­log­i­cal\, method­olog­i­cal\, or insti­tu­tion­al affil­i­a­tion\, are encour­aged to par­tic­i­pate in pro­ject­ing their newest research results into the can­vas of per­sis­tent\, deci­sive ques­tions.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/22nd-annual-conference-of-the-european-association-for-the-study-of-religions-easr-regional-conference-of-the-international-association-for-the-history-of-religions-iahr/
LOCATION:Institute for the History of Religions\, Bucharest\, Calea 13 Septembrie nr. 13\, Bucharest\, 050711\, Romania
CATEGORIES:Konferenz
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260924
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CREATED:20260202T164715Z
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UID:16872-1789948800-1790207999@remid.de
SUMMARY:God\, Human\, Machine: Images and Imaginations of Religion in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION: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 which socio-tech­nolo­gies such as Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence (AI) and com­put­er-gen­er­at­ed imagery (CGI) both inform and are shaped by reli­gious images and imag­i­na­tions across tra­di­tions\, cul­tures\, and social con­texts. We invite the­o­ret­i­cal and empir­i­cal research papers that exam­ine how AI-gen­er­at­ed imagery offers new avenues to ren­der the Unseen tan­gi­ble and enact the expres­sive dimen­sion of reli­gious texts\, as well the ways in which these tech­nolo­gies are employed by reli­gious prac­ti­tion­ers to inform their ideas about human rela­tions to the world and the Sacred.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/god-human-machine-images-and-imaginations-of-religion-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Universität Erfurt
CATEGORIES:Konferenz
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926
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SUMMARY:11th International Conference of the International Association of Manichaean Studies
DESCRIPTION:Call for papers for the 11th Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence of the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Manichaean Stud­ies\, Istan­bul Medeniyet Uni­ver­si­ty\, 21–25 Sep­tem­ber 2026 (details at: https://www.manichaeism.de/) \n  \nThe idea of form­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Manichaean Stud­ies (IAMS) was advanced at the First Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence of Manichaean Stud­ies held in Lund in 1987. The suc­cess of the con­fer­ence had gen­er­at­ed a gen­uine spir­it of inter­na­tion­al and inter-dis­ci­pli­nary co-oper­a­tion which all the par­tic­i­pants wished to pre­serve and fos­ter through the for­ma­tion of a learned soci­ety. IAMS was offi­cial­ly con­sti­tut­ed at the Sec­ond Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence at Sankt Augustin near Bonn in 1989\, where Pro­fes­sor Kurt Rudolph became its first pres­i­dent (1989–1997). The annu­al Manichaean Stud­ies Newslet­ter\, which orig­i­nal­ly was a pri­vate ini­tia­tive by Dr Aloïs van Tonger­loo\, became the newslet­ter of IAMS; for many years it has now been edit­ed by Assoc. Pro­fes­sor Gun­ner Mikkelsen. At the Third Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence held at Rende in 1993\, it was decid­ed that these con­fer­ences should hence­forth take place once every four years but mem­bers were encour­aged to orga­nize theme-based sym­posia in the inter­ven­ing years. The Fourth Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence took place in Berlin in 1997; here Pro­fes­sor Johannes van Oort became the sec­ond pres­i­dent (1997–2009). The Fifth Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence was held at Naples in 2001\, and the Sixth Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence at Flagstaff in 2005. Pro­fes­sor Samuel Lieu became the third pres­i­dent (2009–2013) at the Sev­enth Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence in 2009 in Dublin. The Eighth Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence took place at Lon­don in 2013; here Dr Enri­co Mora­no became the fourth pres­i­dent (2013–2017). At the Ninth Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence at Turin in 2017\, Pro­fes­sor Nils Arne Ped­er­sen became the fifth pres­i­dent. The Tenth Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence was held in Aarhus in 2022; here Pro­fes­sor Jason BeDuhn became the sixth pres­i­dent.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/11th-international-conference-of-the-international-association-of-manichaean-studies/
LOCATION:Istanbul Medeniyet University
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261015
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SUMMARY:Foundations & Fluidity - 20th Anniversary Conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion\, Nature\, and Culture (ISSRNC)
DESCRIPTION:20th Anniver­sary Con­fer­ence of the\nInter­na­tion­al Soci­ety for the Study of Reli­gion\, Nature\, and Cul­ture (ISSRNC) \nOcto­ber 10–14\, 2026 | Casa Artom\, Venice\, Italy \nDead­line for Pro­pos­als | March 15\, 2026 \nFoun­da­tions 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 pro­grams now train­ing researchers and schol­ars. Our con­fer­ences pro­vide essen­tial spaces for these schol­ars to col­lab­o­rate\, build net­works\, and work­shop their research. \nThrough­out the mod­ern era\, many of the social\, polit­i­cal\, and epis­te­mo­log­i­cal struc­tures that humans have regard­ed as sta­ble “foun­da­tions” have begun to liq­ue­fy under the pres­sures of the con­tem­po­rary polycrisis—climate dis­rup­tion\, colo­nial lega­cies\, impe­ri­al­ism\, and the glob­al­iza­tion of neolib­er­al cap­i­tal­ism. As Zyg­munt Bau­man argues in his con­cept of “liq­uid moder­ni­ty\,” modernity’s sup­pos­ed­ly sol­id insti­tu­tions and sys­tems are giv­ing way to a con­di­tion in which foun­da­tions are no longer fixed but shift­ing\, erod­ing\, or reform­ing in unpre­dictable ways. This is as true of reli­gious insti­tu­tions and epis­te­molo­gies as it is of eco­log­i­cal\, eco­nom­ic\, and polit­i­cal sys­tems. \nThe con­fer­ence theme takes inspi­ra­tion from these dynam­ics. We invite reflec­tion on how eco­log­i­cal\, cul­tur­al\, polit­i­cal\, reli­gious\, and epis­te­mo­log­i­cal struc­tures are being test­ed\, erod­ed\, and recon­fig­ured in an increas­ing­ly flu­id world. Here flu­id­i­ty is not just about water\, it is also about iden­ti­ties\, dis­place­ments\, polit­i­cal con­tes­ta­tions\, and eco­nom­ic restruc­tur­ing. \nThe 20th anniver­sary con­fer­ence of the ISSRNC pro­vides an ide­al oppor­tu­ni­ty to revis­it and reassess the foun­da­tions of the field of Reli­gion and Nature/Ecology. We gath­er at a moment when both lit­er­al and metaphor­i­cal foun­da­tions are shift­ing: glac­i­ers are melt­ing\, polit­i­cal sys­tems are buck­ling\, and the epis­te­mo­log­i­cal struc­tures that have under­gird­ed mod­ern knowl­edge pro­duc­tion are under strain. Venice offers a pow­er­ful space to con­sid­er these transformations—a city defined by both its endur­ing foun­da­tions and its per­pet­u­al nego­ti­a­tion with flu­id­i­ty. \nAs schol­ars work­ing at the inter­sec­tions of reli­gion\, nature\, and cul­ture\, this con­fer­ence invites us to think with and through these dynam­ics: to explore the chal­lenges and pos­si­bil­i­ties that emerge as foun­da­tions liq­ue­fy\, and as new forms of resilience and mean­ing-mak­ing arise in their wake. \nIn the spir­it of address­ing such issues from a vari­ety of per­spec­tives\, the ISSRNC invites pro­pos­als that illu­mi­nate themes relat­ed to foun­da­tions (broad­ly con­ceived)\, human rela­tion­ships with flu­id­i­ty (includ­ing water\, epis­temic shifts\, and social trans­for­ma­tions)\, and resilience-based solu­tions. \nWe wel­come schol­ar­ly work on reli­gion\, nature\, and cul­ture from any dis­ci­pli­nary per­spec­tive across the social sci­ences and human­i­ties. \nIn addi­tion\, we specif­i­cal­ly invite paper or pan­el pro­pos­als relat­ed to the theme Foun­da­tions and Flu­id­i­ty which address the fol­low­ing: \nCos­molo­gies\, Ontolo­gies\, and Ecolo­gies of Flu­id­i­ty \n\nCrit­i­cal reflec­tions on the study of reli­gion and nature;\nThe­o­ret­i­cal and method­olog­i­cal assump­tions that have shaped the field\, and/or impor­tant inter­ven­tions that have shift­ed its foci;\nAtten­tion to phys­i­cal and/or cul­tur­al foun­da­tions of adap­ta­tion and resis­tance;\n\nEcolo­gies of Flu­id­i­ty \n\nCase stud­ies that illu­mi­nate spir­i­tu­al dimen­sions of respons­es to cli­mate-induced water dis­as­ters;\nDif­fer­en­tial access to water and oth­er resources based on eth­nic­i­ty\, race\, or class;\nNar­ra­tives and/or direct actions that sub­vert dom­i­nant water man­age­ment prac­tices;\nDis­cours­es of plen­ty or abun­dance in reli­gious texts\, inter­pre­ta­tions\, or prac­tices;\nRit­u­al and sym­bol­ic dimen­sions of water in var­i­ous con­texts\, includ­ing adap­tive prac­tices in chang­ing con­di­tions;\nCom­mu­ni­ty-scale resources and response pro­to­cols for unan­tic­i­pat­ed weath­er events;\nThe role of water in tra­di­tion­al eco­log­i­cal knowl­edge sys­tems;\nEco­mod­ernist respons­es to water crises\, real and imag­ined;\nExtrac­tion of water resources\, and the use of water in oth­er extrac­tive tech­nolo­gies and prac­tices;\nWater as a tool of war.\n\nCul­tur­al and Reli­gious Respons­es \n\nInquiries into inter­sec­tions of reli­gion\, gen­der\, sex­u­al­i­ty\, abil­i­ty\, and embod­i­ment with the con­fer­ence themes\, espe­cial­ly in rela­tion to era­sure\, silenc­ing\, and absence;\nReflec­tions on the scholar’s role in pre­serv­ing foun­da­tions\, fos­ter­ing inno­va­tion\, and enhanc­ing resilience.\n\nInter­dis­ci­pli­nary Reflec­tions \n\nReflec­tion on bar­ri­ers to inter­dis­ci­pli­nary inquiry;\nDis­cus­sion of meth­ods and prac­tices for engag­ing across dis­ci­plines;\nExplo­rations of dif­fer­ences between trans- and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary approach­es;\nCase stud­ies exam­in­ing cli­mate change impacts and con­flicts over resources.\n\nVenice is an appro­pri­ate place for a dis­cus­sion of these themes. The con­fer­ence will be held at Casa Artom in the heart of Venice\, Italy. Par­tic­i­pants are encour­aged to secure their own lodg­ing as ear­ly as pos­si­ble\, as space in the city cen­ter is lim­it­ed. The Inter­na­tion­al Pro­pos­al Review Com­mit­tee (IPRC) encour­ages and will also con­sid­er pro­pos­als on oth­er top­ics relat­ed to the con­fer­ence themes. We wel­come pro­pos­als from schol­ars across the arts and human­i­ties\, nat­ur­al and social sci­ences\, invit­ing all researchers broad­ly engaged with the nexus of reli­gion\, nature\, and cul­ture.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/foundations-fluidity-20th-anniversary-conference-of-the-international-society-for-the-study-of-religion-nature-and-culture-issrnc/
LOCATION:Casa Artom\, Venedig\, Italien\, Dorsoduro\, 699/700\, Venezia VE\, 30123\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Konferenz,Tagung
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SUMMARY:20th Anniversary Conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion\, Nature\, and Culture (ISSRNC)
DESCRIPTION: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 pro­grams now train­ing researchers and schol­ars. Our con­fer­ences pro­vide essen­tial spaces for these schol­ars to col­lab­o­rate\, build net­works\, and work­shop their research.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/20th-anniversary-conference-of-the-international-society-for-the-study-of-religion-nature-and-culture-issrnc/
LOCATION:Casa Artom\, Venedig\, Italien\, Dorsoduro\, 699/700\, Venezia VE\, 30123\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Konferenz
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SUMMARY:Religious Literacy and Religious Pluralism: New Directions for Research
DESCRIPTION:This mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary sym­po­sium brings togeth­er inter­na­tion­al experts on reli­gious lit­er­a­cy and reli­gious plu­ral­ism to dis­cuss future direc­tions in the field. Some of the ques­tions we seek to exam­ine include (but are not lim­it­ed to): How to best define reli­gious lit­er­a­cy? Does reli­gious lit­er­a­cy work and how can we know if it works? What is the rela­tion­ship between reli­gious lit­er­a­cy and reli­gious plu­ral­ism? How are reli­gious lit­er­a­cy and pow­er inter­twined?
URL:https://remid.de/termine/religious-literacy-and-religious-pluralism-new-directions-for-research/
LOCATION:University of Helsinki\, Fabianinkatu 33\, Helsinki\, Finland
CATEGORIES:Konferenz,Symposium
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SUMMARY:ISMRC Conference 2027
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe invite you to save the date and join us in Zurich for ISMRC 2027.
URL:https://remid.de/termine/ismrc-conference-2027/
LOCATION:Thüringen
CATEGORIES:Konferenz
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