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2012

NSRN Conference

The basic details for our 2012 conference have been confirmed. It will take place in London from 4-6 July 2012. For further details, watch this space…

27 April – 18 May 2011

NSRN Virtual Conference - Terminology

The NSRN trialed the first in what will become an annual series of virtual conferences discussing, this time, the terminology for non-religion and secularity research. No replacement for our face-to-face meetings, the virtual conference series benefits from being able to bring researchers ‘together’ across time zones.

Here are some resources from this conference:

NSRN Terminology Conference (28 April 2011) Introduction

NSRN Glossary (28 April 2011) Lois Lee

NSRN Terminology Conference (5 May 2011) Johannes Quack (Nonreligion stream)

NSRN Terminology Conference (9-10 May 2011) Marian Burchardt and Cora Schuh (Secular stream)

NSRN Terminology Conference (11 May 2011) Stephen Bullivant (Atheism stream)

NSRN Terminology Conference (13-16 May 2011) Cragun and Hammer (Apostasy stream)

5 April 2011

NSRN Annual Lecture – Atheism Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Atheistic Thought

Dr Jon Lanman (University of Oxford)
St Mary’s University College, Twickenham

Jon Lanman delivered the first NSRN Annual Lecture at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham. His lecture gave a introduction to his path-breaking cognitive anthropological approach to atheism.

See Katie Aston’s report on the event here.

Poster for the NSRN Annual Lecture 2011

All pictures © 2011 St Mary’s University College, Twickenham

14 December 2010

NSRN Methods Workshop – Qualitative Methods in the Study of Nonreligion

University of Cambridge

The first event in our research Methods Series; a one day workshop for researchers engaged in the qualitative study of non-religion and secularity. You can read Christopher R. Cotter’s report on the event here.

11 December 2009

NSRN Conference – Non-religion and Secularity: New Empirical Perspectives
Wolfson College, University of Oxford

One-day launch conference of the Non-religion and Secularity Research Network

Keynote speakers: Prof. Colin Campbell (York); Dr Ryan T. Cragun (Tampa); Prof. David Voas (Manchester)

Here are some resources from this conference:

NSRN Oxford Conference – NSRN Welcome

NSRN Oxford Conference – Timetable

NSRN Oxford Conference – Parallel Sessions

NSRN Oxford Conference – Paper abstracts