Calendar Events Archive
Aug. 27-29, Workshop on ‘Religion and Human Rights: Compatibility, Conflict, and Resolution,’ UK
Religions have been a primary source of guidance and normativity for their followers for centuries. They emerged to cater for the needs of the communities of different eras and locales by providing systems of norms and rules on how to … Continue reading
Aug. 28-29, Conference, Holy Crap! Intersections of the Popular and the Sacred in Youth Cultures, Finland
Holy Crap! is an international conference organized by the Finnish Youth Research Society and Network, focusing on the interrelations between popular culture, youth and the sacred. The conference, to be held August 28-29, 2014, in Helsinki, Finland, aims at interrogating … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: Aug. 22, The Seventh Al-Jami’ah Forum, Indonesia
The Seventh Al-Jami’ah Forum will be held on the theme “Religious Authority, Piety and Activism: Ulama in Contemporary Muslim Societies,” 28-30 November, 2014, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This conference will bring together scholars and researchers from various scientific and nationality backgrounds … Continue reading
Aug. 20-22, 22nd Nordic Conference for Sociology of Religion 2014, Denmark
The 22nd Nordic Conference for Sociology of Religion, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 20-22, has as its theme: “Change and Continuity — Religion, State, Civil Society.” Across the world, in the last two decades of the twentieth century … Continue reading
CFA Deadline: Aug. 20, Dissertation Fellowships,13th-16th century Islamicate Intellectual History, UK
Applications are invited for Final Year Dissertation Write-up Fellowships in 13th to 16th century Islamicate Intellectual History as part of the ERC Project IMPAcT, to commence on 1 October 2014 for one year. Three grants are available for scholars who … Continue reading
Aug. 20-22, Finland conference on Critical Perspectives on Music, Education, and Religion
The Critical Perspectives on Music, Education, and Religion conference will take place from the 20th August to the 22nd August, 2014 at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. In recent years, professional and academic discourses in Western music education have been … Continue reading
Aug. 18-23, International Association of Buddhist Studies Congress, Austria
The 17th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS), will be held at the University of Vienna, Austria from the 18th August to 23rd August, 2014. This academic conference, held once every three or four years, is the … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: Aug. 20, Finland Workshop, Families, values and knowledge transfer in N. Europe
The Communities team of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Historical Research is organizing a workshop on “Families, values and knowledge transfer in Northern Europe” at the University of Tampere, Finland, on November 27–28, 2014. The workshop aims to analyze … Continue reading
Aug. 4-6, Intl. Society for Media, Religion and Culture Conference, UK
The International Society for Media, Religion and Culture Conference will be held August 4-6 in Canterbury, Kent, UK. Over the past decade the study of media, religion and culture has broadened out from interests in media representation to thinking about … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: Aug. 1, Conference on “Masjid, Zakat and Waqf “, Malaysia
Recognizing the importance of Masjid, Zakat, and Waqf in social and national development, Al-Azhar Masjid, Selangor International Islamic University College (SIIUC) will organize an international conference on “Masjid, Zakat, and Waqf: Issues and Challenges in the Modern World,” 1-2 December … Continue reading