Contesting Religious Identities
International Conference of the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (INTEGON) of the Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University
October 13 – 15, 2010
Academy Building, Domplein 29, Utrecht, The Netherlands
In the Western world, religion has come strongly to the fore again. It is back on the public stages of ‘secular’ society, influencing political and social discourses by raising questions about identity, power, rationality, law and safety. Its ‘return’ however is rather ambiguous. On the one hand, shifting cultural and political frameworks (re-)shape, (re)invent and appropriate religious identities. On the other hand these identities enhance and re-inform cultural and political frameworks. How to understand these different roles religions play? How to understand the ambiguous return of religion on the stages of Western society?
To explore these questions, the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (INTEGON) of Utrecht University organises the international conference ‘Contesting Religious Identities’. The aim of the conference is to build on interdisciplinary insights to analyse the historical and cultural production of religious identities.
Programme
Have a look at the Conference Programme. (pdf)
The organising committee has chosen three foci:
- Bodies, Gestures & Rituals
- Territories, Movements & Diasporas
- Media, Images & Texts
Read more about the three foci clarification (pdf)
Keynote speakers:
- Prof. Nilüfer Göle, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
- Prof. Joerg Rieger, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA
- Prof. Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Dr. Jolyon Mitchell, Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK
- Prof. Claudia Camp, Texas Christian Church University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Prof. Patrick Eisenlohr, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University
- Dr Christoph Baumgartner, Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University
- Dr Burkhard Scherer, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK
Registration for the conference is now open.
Paper proposals can no longer be submitted. The conference committee is selecting the 62 received proposals, applicants will hear whether or not their paper is accepted before April 30.
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