On May 7-8, 2015, the Department of Theology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, will host the workshop “Women’s religious agency: negotiating secularism and multiculturalism in everyday life”.
This workshop is the first of a series of international workshops on the theme “Is secularism bad for women? Women, Religion and Multiculturalism in contemporary Europe” focusing on the relation between the role of religion in women’s lives and gender equality. This is an important question to debate, given the increased visibility of religion in the globalized world of the 21st century.
Confirmed keynote speakers will be Professor Elina Vuola (University of Helsinki), and assistant professor Pia Karlsson Minganti (Stockholm University).
The workshop is planned to run from 4 pm on the 7th of May to 5 pm on the 8th of May. Papers will be presented in thematic, parallel sessions.