Please find attached below the provisional schedule for the forthcoming NSRN conference, to be held at Goldsmiths, University of London, in July. NSRN 2012 Conference Schedule (provisional) Please kindly circulate widely. To register please visit this link http://nsrn.net/2012/04/23/registration-now-open-for-the-nsrn-annual-conference/ we are pleased to be able to extend the period of ‘early-bird’ registration until 1 June.
Call for papers Religions: Fields of research, methods and perspectives The First International Krakow Study of Religions Symposium, 12-14 September 2012 Keynote speakers: Prof. Grace Davie (University of Exeter) Prof. Ralph W. Hood Jr (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) Prof. Barnaba Maj (University of Bologna) Organisers: International Journal “Studia Religiologica” and Institute for the Study … Continue reading
Researching the Contemporary Moral Landscape: Concepts, Methods and Approaches to Public Engagement An intensive residential training programme for doctoral students and early career researchers run by the Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society, University of Kent in conjunction with the RSA Monday 10 – Friday 14 September, 2012 The AHRC’s Care for the Future research … Continue reading
An interesting conference for the network, regarding forms of secularism and trends of believing without belonging. ESA Research Network 34 – Sociology of Religion Transformations of the Sacred in Europe and Beyond First bi-annual conference, 3-5 September 2012 at the University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee The thesis of secularization, once sheer uncontested in the social … Continue reading
Alternative Salvations University of Chester, 18 September 2012, 10:30-4:30 CFP DEADLINE 18 May 2012 The Conference To speak of salvation is, broadly, to speak about transformation from one present reality into a new, transformed and better reality. While the language of salvation itself is not necessarily found in every religious tradition, the hope of, or incentive … Continue reading
Religion, Value, and a Secular Culture Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP) University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa) 5 & 6 November 2012 By the term “secular culture” is meant one which problematizes the foundations for the various religious beliefs that make up the traditions of that society, though the public order may not … Continue reading
Please see below, details of CFP for a conference on New Forms of Public Religion organised as part of the AHRC/ESRC funded Religion and Society Programme. The conference will take place at the Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TW Call for Papers The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important … Continue reading
“Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society” aims to bring a leading international thinker to UWS annually to present a series of public lectures. The lectures presented by each speaker will have a common theme and they will subsequently be published by Fordham University Press. Lecture 1: Monday, 21 May, “Secular Criticism … Continue reading
NONRELIGION AND SECULARITY RESEARCH NETWORK CONFERENCE 2012 Call for Papers| 4-6 July 2012, Goldsmiths, University of London Nonreligion and the Secular: New Horizons for Multidisciplinary Research Registration now open! Conveners: Lois Lee (ll317@cam.ac.uk), Stacey Gutkowski (stacey.gutkowski@kcl.ac.uk), and Stephen Bullivant (stephen.bullivant@smuc.ac.uk) Conference Coordinator: Katie Aston (k.aston@gold.ac.uk) There is an urgent need to bring discussions of micro-level nonreligion, … Continue reading
The Forum on Religion is pleased to announce the establishment of a new Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion at the London School of Economics. The Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion, based in the Department of Anthropology, aims to bring together staff and research students from across LSE, and within … Continue reading
