Activities
2024
Missionary Material Assemblages and the Mission of MuseumsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
27 Feb 2024 → 1 Mar 2024
2023
Consulting the Things of the Spirits: Evidencing Unseen Presences in Missionary CollectionsMeyer, B. (Speaker)
14 Dec 2023
Thinking the Religion-Urbanity Nexus from the Interstice: Interreligious Encounters in Madina, Accra.Meyer, B. (Speaker)
15 Nov 2023 → 17 Nov 2023
Obedience and the Devil: Colonialism and Religion in AfricaMeyer, B. (Speaker)
1 Nov 2023
, NGG: Religion in MotionHow Religion was “imported“ to AfricaMeyer, B. (Speaker)
1 Nov 2023
, Obedience and the Devil Materiality and SecularityMeyer, B. (Speaker)
12 Oct 2023 → 14 Oct 2023
, “Multiple Secularities – Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities." Statement and discussion in roundtable 'Conceptual Collaboration'Meyer, B. (Speaker)
10 Oct 2023
Politics of AuthenticationMeyer, B. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2023 → 7 Oct 2023
, ATTR 2022 Autumn School Authenticity, Department of Religion, Philosophy and HistoryTowards a Materiality of Inter-religious EncounterMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
7 Sept 2023 → 8 Sept 2023
, conference Materiality and Future of Interreligious EncounterTransregional and Anthropological Research Under Current Ethics Regimes: Some Observations, Workshop „Beyond Guidelines: The Question of Ethics in Transregional Research and Knowledge Production"Meyer, B. (Speaker)
28 Jun 2023
Material Secularities,, International Workshop Centre for Advanced Studies Multiple Secularities – Beyond the West, Beyond ModernitiesMeyer, B. (Organiser)
21 Jun 2023 → 23 Jun 2023
Across the Religious-Secular Boundary: Unpacking a Colonial Missionary CollectionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
31 May 2023
‘Götzen’ im Museum: die Hinterlassenschaft missionarischer Bilderstürmer unter den Ewe in Ghana und TogoMeyer, B. (Speaker)
27 Apr 2023
Catching Up. Byzantine Reverberations in the Material Study of Religion.Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
17 Mar 2023
2022
In Between: Unraveling a Missionary Colonial CollectionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
7 Dec 2022
, The Long Durée of Cultural Heritage: Curation of the Past from Antiquity to the Present DayAlimentary Entanglements: Food, Materiality and ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
30 Nov 2022
ATTR 2022 Autumn School AuthenticityMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
7 Oct 2022
“Idols” in the Museum: Legacies of Missionary Iconoclasm.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
3 Oct 2022
, Harvard African Studies Workshop (onine) Unpacking Missionary CollectionsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
20 Sept 2022
Unpacking Missionary CollectionsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
19 Sept 2022 → 21 Sept 2022
Unpacking Missionary CollectionsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
19 Sept 2022 → 21 Sept 2022
“Religion and Moral Economies”Meyer, B. (Chair)
12 Jul 2022
International symposium 'What is Moroccan Islam?Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
10 Jun 2022
, International symposium 'What is Moroccan Islam? Containing the Past: How to Unpack Missionary Colonial CollectionsMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
26 Apr 2022
Wat geloven we in de Toekomst? Birgit Meyer bij de FuturistenMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
13 Apr 2022
, Studium GeneraleReligion and the Pandemic. Paper Presented at the (online)Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
1 Apr 2022
, Religion in the Time of Covid 19Joel Robbin’s book Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life (Oxford UP, 2020), Penn State UniversityMeyer, B. (Chair)
27 Jan 2022
, Joel Robbin’s book Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life (Oxford UP, 2020), Penn State UniversityReligion as situated knowledge in process of social transformation and decolonizationMeyer, B. (Chair)
24 Jan 2022
Religion and/as Cultural Heritage. Dealing with Sacred Waste in Ghana and the NetherlandsMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
19 Jan 2022
, Religion and/as Cultural Heritage. Dealing with Sacred Waste in Ghana and the Netherlands. 2021
Unpacking a Missionary CollectionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
13 Dec 2021
, (hybrid) Conference Restitution, Return, Repatriation and Reparation (The 4Rs) in Africa: Reality or Transcultural Aphasia?Rethinking Kirchner and Nolde: Expressionism. Colonialism: On the relationship between and among the modern, contemporary, ethnographic, and world museumMeyer, B. (Chair)
26 Nov 2021
Material Culture: Theory and Method, in the course Cultural Restitutions and Colonial Collections: What is at StakeMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
17 Nov 2021
Religion and Materiality: Re-thinking a Complex Relation from the Angle of FoodMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
12 Nov 2021
NOSTER Master Class with Marian BurchardtMeyer, B. (Chair)
3 Nov 2021
NGG conferenceMeyer, B. (Organiser)
3 Nov 2021 → 5 Nov 2021
NGG conferenceMeyer, B. (Organiser)
3 Nov 2021 → 5 Nov 2021
Tracing the Trajectories of Discarded Things: Missionary Collections as Nodes of Colonial EntanglementsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
28 Oct 2021
, The Material Dimension of Cultural and Religious Contact Studied on the Basis of Selected Missionary Collections in Germany and PolandBerliner Religionsgespräche Mission: Bekehren – Belehren – Unterwerfen – Helfen? Meyer, B. (Chair)
18 Oct 2021
Valedictory Symposium A Newer ProtestantismMeyer, B. (Organiser)
14 Oct 2021
Comment on Chapter Comparative ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
14 Oct 2021
, A Newer ProtestantismNaar een nieuw mensbeeld?Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
13 Oct 2021
The New Orleans Voodooscape: Ethnography of Contemporary Voodoo Traditions of New Orleans, LouisianaMeyer, B. (Co-supervisor)
23 Sept 2021
Launch Symposium - Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Meyer, B. (Chair)
21 Sept 2021
The Occult, Once AgainMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
17 Sept 2021
Conveying Honorary Doctorate on Prof Dr Alcinda HonwanaMeyer, B. (Speaker)
5 Sept 2021
, Opening Academic Year 2021-2022What makes heritage religious?Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
27 Aug 2021
Idols in the MuseumMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
1 Jul 2021
Book Launch “Religion and Its History. A Critical Inquiry” by Jörg Rüpke, with Ann Taves and Paul LichtermanMeyer, B. (Organiser)
21 Jun 2021
Religion and Materiality: Food, “Fetish” and Other MattersMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
18 Jun 2021
Regulating Religious Co-Existence: The Intricacies of ‘Interfaith’ Cooperation in Coastal KenyaMeyer, B. (Primary supervisor)
15 Jun 2021
“Legba” und “dzo” der Ewe: die Sammlung Carl Spieß und ihre Transaktionen auf dem Weg zwischen der ehemaligen Kolonie Togo in das Übersee-MuseumMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
1 Jun 2021
Disturbing HeritageMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
19 May 2021
Religion, Material Culture and the Question of the FetishMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
4 May 2021
Book launch Refugees and ReligionMeyer, B. (Organiser)
30 Apr 2021
What is religious – about – heritage?Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
29 Apr 2021
Refugees and religion: Mobilizing TheoryMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
21 Apr 2021
, Workshop Refugees and Religious Tolerance in EuropeReligion and the PandemicMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
24 Feb 2021
Book Launch “Enthusiasm: Emotional Practices of Conviction in Modern Germany”, by Monique Scheer”, with Pamela Klassen, Niloofar Haeri, Mathew Engelke, Monique ScheerMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
23 Feb 2021
2020
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner OrientMeyer, B. (Visiting lecturer)
27 Nov 2020
Religie en pandemieMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
4 Sept 2020
KNAW Webinar: Religie, wetenschap en politiek in tijden van coronaMeyer, B. (Organiser)
4 Sept 2020
KNAW Academy webinarNWO implementation of Plan S (accelerated transition to Open Access)Meyer, B. (Participant)
23 Jun 2020
Masterclass with David Morgan: The Thing About religionMeyer, B. (Organiser)
23 Feb 2020 → 29 Feb 2020
Studium generaleMeyer, B. (Participant)
13 Feb 2020
Africa. 60 Years of IndependenceMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
30 Jan 2020
Institute of African Studies, University of GhanaMeyer, B. (Visiting lecturer)
21 Jan 2020
2019
Gastro-Politics and Gastro-Ethics of the Sacred and the Secular in Contemporary Plural SocietiesMeyer, B. (Organiser)
13 Nov 2019 → 15 Nov 2019
NGG Autumn Conference ‘Religion and the Production of Difference’Meyer, B. (Organiser)
30 Oct 2019
NGG Autumn Conference ‘Religion and the Production of Difference’Meyer, B. (Organiser)
30 Oct 2019
Church Matters: Political Secularism in Ghana and the NetherlandsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
25 Oct 2019
, Workshop Historicizing Secular Studies Across the DisciplinesTafelwetenschapperMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
7 Oct 2019
, Avond van Wetenschap en MaatschappijRecycling the Christian Past. The Heritagization of Christianity and National Identity in the NetherlandsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
3 Oct 2019
Presentation of Figurations and Sensations of the Unseen in Judaism, Christianity and islam: Contested DesiresMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
2 Oct 2019
How Economy Matters. Materiality, Relationality and Exchange in the Study of Religion from Africa (keynote)Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
4 Sept 2019
, 41st Conference of the Association for the study of religion in Southern AfricaSpeech bij De Ware Opening van het Academisch JaarMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
2 Sept 2019
, De Ware Opening van het Academisch JaarChair Study Day North-South Interaction in Research: How and What Can WOTRO Contribute?Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
28 Aug 2019
, Study day North-South Interaction in Research: How and What Can WOTRO Contribute? Opening Pitch “Religion and Heritage”Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
19 Jun 2019
, International Conference 'Religious Heritage in a Diverse Europe'Space, Co-Existence and Religious PluralityMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
23 May 2019
, Symposium Conceptualizing Sacred Space/sMasterclass “Religions and the Image Question” Meyer, B. (Organiser)
20 May 2019 → 27 May 2019
Masterclass “Religions and the Image Question” Meyer, B. (Organiser)
20 May 2019 → 27 May 2019
Seminar University of Rome "La Sapienza"Meyer, B. (Organiser)
14 May 2019
Workshop Religious Matters: Food and Eating in Plural EnvironmentsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
8 May 2019 → 10 May 2019
Workshop Religious Matters: Food and Eating in Plural EnvironmentsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
8 May 2019 → 10 May 2019
How Food Matters. Introduction to workshop Religious Matters: Food and Eating in Plural EnvironmentsMeyer, B. (Speaker)
8 May 2019
, Workshop Religious Matters: Food and Eating in Plural EnvironmentsSeminar at Curitiba UniversityMeyer, B. (Organiser)
11 Apr 2019 → 12 Apr 2019
Religion and/as HeritageMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2019
Studying Religion in and from AfricaMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
9 Apr 2019
Seminar at Porto Alegre UniversityMeyer, B. (Organiser)
8 Apr 2019 → 9 Apr 2019
Clashing Figurations and Sensations of the Unseen: Religions and the Image QuestionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
5 Apr 2019
Religious Matters in Public SpacesMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
3 Apr 2019
Seminar at Campinas UniversityMeyer, B. (Organiser)
1 Apr 2019 → 4 Apr 2019
Religious Matters in Public SpacesMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
21 Feb 2019
PhD research seminar (Leonie Cornips)Meyer, B. (Member of programme committee)
11 Feb 2019
, PhD research seminar (Leonie Cornips)Aesthetic Formations in Plural EnvironmentsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
11 Feb 2019
Towards New Synergies: SSH and the World (keynote NWO Synergy Conference)Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
7 Feb 2019
ParabelprojectMeyer, B. (Chair)
1 Feb 2019
How Past Things Matter (keynote)Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
24 Jan 2019
, OSL Winter School Ravenstein Seminar 20192018
Figurations and Sensations of the Unseen. 'Idolatry' beyond the Second Commandment.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
12 Dec 2018
Closing comments Workshop Religion, Morality and Boko: Students Training for a Good Life. What to look for? How? Conversations around researching religiosity on two university campuses.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
12 Dec 2018
Closing comments Symposium Popularized Culture, Ritual and the Making of HeritageMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2018
, Symposium Popularized Culture, Ritual and the Making of HeritageKNAW Discussion Meeting: Plan S, The Fast Track to Open AccessMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
1 Nov 2018
Heritage and the Cultural Construction of the RealMeyer, B. (Organiser)
26 Oct 2018
Plenary panel discussion (with Kim Knott, Christian Lange and James Kennedy)Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
25 Oct 2018
, NWO final conference 'Religion in Modern Society'NWO Program Religion in Contemporary Societies, Final ConferenceMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
25 Oct 2018
Refugees and ReligionMeyer, B. (Organiser)
27 Sept 2018 → 28 Sept 2018
Towards a Framework for the Study of Multi-Religious Settings: Taking Multiplicity as DefaultMeyer, B. (Organiser)
12 Sept 2018
What makes a picture offensive? Meyer, B. (Organiser)
27 Jun 2018
Material Approaches to Religion’ Meet ‘New Materialism’: Resonances and DissonancesMeyer, B. (Speaker)
21 Jun 2018
, Urban MattersUrban MattersMeyer, B. (Organiser)
20 Jun 2018 → 22 Jun 2018
The 9th Annual Conference on the New Materialisms. Urban Matters: Material Engagements with Communities and Borders in Times of MovementMeyer, B. (Member of programme committee)
20 Jun 2018 → 22 Jun 2018
, The 9th Annual Conference on the New Materialisms. Urban Matters: Material Engagements with Communities and Borders in Times of MovementReligion and Light SeminarMeyer, B. (Organiser)
14 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018
Panel 'International Perspectives', with Marie Gillespie and Stewart HooverMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
31 May 2018
, Medieskapt religion? Om medier, religion og konflikt Medieskapt religion? Om medier, religion og konfliktMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
31 May 2018
, Medieskapt religion? Om medier, religion og konflikt Space, Co-Existence and Religious PluralityMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
23 May 2018
, Symposium Conceptualizing Sacred Space/sPresentation on religious studies approaches to Conversion at INDMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
19 Apr 2018
, Presentation on Conversion at INDStudying Modalities of Co-existence in Madina and beyondMeyer, B. (Organiser)
28 Mar 2018
Studying Religion in and from AfricaMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
25 Jan 2018
, Research symposium 'Theory from the South'Discussing ethics and integrity: Anthropological dilemma’sMeyer, B. (Organiser)
24 Jan 2018
Religion, Media and Materiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religious Authority.Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
17 Jan 2018
, Religion, Media and Materiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religious Authority. Materiality and Transcendence. Religious Matters in Plural ConfigurationsMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
17 Jan 2018
, Religion, Media and Materiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religious Authority. 2017
Refugees and ReligionMeyer, B. (Organiser)
14 Dec 2017 → 16 Dec 2017
Materialität und Transzendenz. Religiöse Vielfalt und gesellschaftliche Dynamik aus religionswissenschaftlicher PerspektiveMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
1 Dec 2017
Workshop Heritage, Religion, Authenticity and DifferenceMeyer, B. (Participant)
29 Nov 2017
Religion and Urban RisksMeyer, B. (Participant)
17 Nov 2017
Keynote about Scholarly TrajectoryMeyer, B. (Speaker)
15 Nov 2017
, Student Research ConferenceWilliam James Guest-professorshipMeyer, B. (Participant)
6 Nov 2017
Religious Matters in Plural ConfigurationsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Nov 2017 → 11 Nov 2017
, William James GuesprofessorshipInter-and Intra-Religious Encounters and Entanglements of Christians, Muslims and Traditionalists in Urban AfricaMeyer, B. (Organiser)
30 Oct 2017
NGG Conference: Dynamics of Religious DiversityMeyer, B. (Organiser)
19 Oct 2017 → 20 Oct 2017
NGG Conference: Dynamics of Religious DiversityMeyer, B. (Organiser)
19 Oct 2017 → 20 Oct 2017
Masterclass on Peter van der Veer: The Value of ComparisonMeyer, B. (Organiser)
18 Oct 2017
Interdisciplinary Research Conference Religious Minorities’ Self-representations. Claims of Difference and Sameness in the Politics of BelongingMeyer, B. (Participant)
11 Oct 2017 → 13 Oct 2017
Religious Matters in Urban SpacesMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Oct 2017
, Moral Cities: Religious Belonging and Cohabitation in Urban Spaces"Feiten Maken": interview with Klaas van EgmondMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
29 Sept 2017
, Betweter festival 2017Presentation on negative perceptions of voodooMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
17 Sept 2017
, Vodoo To Go FestivalAnnual Meeting of Deutsche Vereinigung für ReligionswissenschaftMeyer, B. (Participant)
13 Sept 2017 → 16 Sept 2017
Religious Matters in an Entangled WorldMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2017
, CCHR: conference ‘Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead,De Staat van GodMeyer, B. (Participant)
27 Jun 2017
Gods huis: religieuze gebouwen in ontwikkelingMeyer, B. (Chair)
16 Jun 2017
Christian-Muslim Encounters: Perspectives on interreligious co-existence from Asia, Africa and Europe Meyer, B. (Organiser)
2 Jun 2017
‘Blasphemies’: Media, History, AffectMeyer, B. (Participant)
29 May 2017
Islam as Ethical and Material PracticeMeyer, B. (Organiser)
10 May 2017
Workshop Contesting Religion: The media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in ScandinaviaMeyer, B. (Participant)
24 Apr 2017
Symposium: Expanding the Secular - From Diffusion to Multiplicity?Meyer, B. (Organiser)
20 Apr 2017
NOSTER: Does the secular matter?Meyer, B. (Participant)
10 Apr 2017
Modalities of Co-Existence: Conviviality, Collaboration and Conflict Among Muslims and Christians in Diverse Urban SettingsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
3 Apr 2017 → 5 Apr 2017
Modalities of Co-Existence: Conviviality, Collaboration and Conflict Among Muslims and Christians in Diverse Urban SettingsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
3 Apr 2017 → 5 Apr 2017
Modalities of Co-Existence: Conviviality, Collaboration and Conflict Among Muslims and Christians in Diverse Urban SettingsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
3 Apr 2017 → 5 Apr 2017
tudying Modalities of Co-Existence in Plural Settings. Looking Back and AheadMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
22 Mar 2017
, Symposium Modalities of Co-existence Across Religious DifferenceSymposium Modalities of Co-existence Across Religious DifferenceMeyer, B. (Organiser)
22 Mar 2017
Studying Modalities of Co-Existence in Plural Settings. Looking Back and Ahead.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
22 Mar 2017
, Symposium Modalities of Co-existence Across Religious DifferenceStudying Modalities of Co-Existence in Plural Settings. Looking Back and Ahead.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
22 Mar 2017 → 24 Mar 2017
, Modalities of Co-existence Across Religious DifferenceModalities of Co-existence Across Religious Difference. Critical Terms for the Study of Indigenous Religion, Christianity and Islam in Plural Settings in Africa and Beyond Meyer, B. (Organiser)
22 Mar 2017 → 24 Mar 2017
Modalities of Co-existence Across Religious DifferenceMeyer, B. (Organiser)
22 Mar 2017 → 24 Mar 2017
Beeldenstormen. Religiewetenschap en de relatie tussen mensen en beeldenMeyer, B. (Participant)
6 Mar 2017
Beeldenstormen. Religiewetenschap en de relatie tussen mensen en beeldenMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Mar 2017
, Koninklijk Genootschap Physica, lezingenreeks (Alkmaar)Beeldenstormen. Religiewetenschap en de relatie tussen mensen en beeldenMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Mar 2017
Image Wars in Past and Present – Religious Studies and the Figuration of the UnseenMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
20 Feb 2017
Film as Revelation: Audio-Visual Imaginations of the Unseen and Popular Christianity in GhanaMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
16 Feb 2017
, Workshop Vernacular TheologiesFilm as Revelation: Audio-Visual Imaginations of the Unseen and Popular Christianity in GhanaMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
16 Feb 2017 → 17 Feb 2017
, Workshop Vernacular TheologiesFilm as Revelation: Audio-Visual Imaginations of the Unseen and Popular Christianity in GhanaMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
16 Feb 2017 → 17 Feb 2017
, Workshop Vernacular TheologiesIconic ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
19 Jan 2017 → 20 Jan 2017
, Workshop Iconic Presence, Real Presence and Sacred ArtIconic ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
19 Jan 2017
, Iconic Presence, Real Presence and Sacred ArtIconic ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
19 Jan 2017 → 20 Jan 2017
, Workshop Iconic Presence, Real Presence and Sacred ArtTotal AtheismMeyer, B. (Primary supervisor)
2017
Sensational Piety: Practices of Mediation in Christ Embassy and NASFAT in AbujaMeyer, B. (Primary supervisor)
2017
NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion (Journal)Meyer, B. (Editor)
2017
Médias et coexistence entre musulmans et chrétiens au nord-Cameroun: de la période coloniale française au début du XXIème siècleMeyer, B. (Primary supervisor)
2017
2016
Symposium Iconoclasm: Beeldenstorm and BeyondMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
9 Dec 2016
CommentsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
30 Nov 2016
, GenPent WorkshopReligious Diversity and the Question of AestheticsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
18 Nov 2016
, Symposium Aesthetics and the Analyitical Study of Religion (AAR)Sensational Movies. Ghanaian Films as Oneiric Spaces of and for the ImaginationMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
16 Nov 2016
ResponseMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
10 Nov 2016
, The secular sacred. Emotions of Belonging and the Perils of Nation and Religion in Western EuropeHoe geloven wij?Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2016
Annual Conference Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
14 Oct 2016
Heritage Dynamics. Politics of Authentication and Aesthetics of PersuasionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
12 Oct 2016 → 14 Oct 2016
, Annual Conference Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"Iconoclasme. Religie en de kracht van en macht over beeldenMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
15 Sept 2016
, KNAW-collegeJ.D.Y Peel and the Comparison of Islam and Christianity in AfricaMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
7 Sept 2016 → 9 Sept 2016
, Panel in Honour of J.D.Y. Peel. The Three Circles: Christianity, Islam, and Traditional Religion in Comparison and InteractionSummer SchoolMeyer, B. (Organiser)
14 Jul 2016 → 20 Jul 2016
Christians and Muslims in Africa. Towards a Framework for the Study of Multi-Religious SettingsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
14 Jul 2016 → 20 Jul 2016
The urban sacred: het belang van kerkgebouwen in multireligieus Amsterdam, Spui25Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
4 Jun 2016
The urban sacred: het belang van kerkgebouwen in multireligieus Amsterdam, Spui25Meyer, B. (Organiser)
4 Jun 2016 → 2 Jul 2016
Response to Public Lecture by Jacon OluponaMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
31 May 2016
, Sacred Ambiguity in NigeriaHow to Capture the WowMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
8 Apr 2016
, seminar presentationHow to Capture the WowMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
8 Apr 2016
, SeminarBeyond the Second Commandment. Images, Image Wars and the Study of ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
7 Apr 2016
How to Capture the WowMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Apr 2016
, seminar presentationHow to Capture the WowMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Apr 2016
, SeminarBeyond the Second Commandment. Images, Image Wars and the Study of ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Apr 2016
Beeldenstormen – toen en nu, hier en eldersMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
3 Apr 2016
, Culturele Zondag Contested Desires. Figuration and Sensation in Abrahamic TraditionsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
14 Mar 2016 → 16 Mar 2016
Beyond the Second Commandment: Images in Christian World-MakingMeyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
14 Mar 2016
, Contested Desires. Figuration and Sensation in Abrahamic TraditionsSociaal Wetenschappelijke Raad-conferentieMeyer, B. (Organiser)
22 Jan 2016 → 23 Jan 2016
2015
Beyond the Second Commandment. Images, Image Wars and the Study of ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
27 Nov 2015
, The Problem of GodAuthors Meets Critics. Session around my book Sensational Movies, Video, Vision and Christianity in GhanaMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2015
, Round Table DiscussionBeyond the Second Commandment. Images, Image Wars and the Study of ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
19 Nov 2015
Beyond the Second Commandment. Images, Image Wars and the Study of ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
19 Nov 2015
, Conference organized by Center for Middle Eastern StudiesBlack Citizenship”: The Politics of Cultural Heritage Formation in South Africa and the NetherlandsMeyer, B. (Organiser)
22 Sept 2015
Integrating the Material, Bodily, and Sensual into the Study of Religion: a Round-table Discussion of Strategies and Approaches. Roundtable with Alexandra Grieser, Anne Koch, Ann Taves, Robert YelleMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
28 Aug 2015
, XXI. World Congress of the International Association for the History of ReligionsPicturing the Invisible. Visual Culture and the Study of ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
17 Jun 2015
, Instituttseminaret Sosialantropologisk instituttIconoclashes: Image Wars in Past and PresentMeyer, B. (Organiser)
2 Jun 2015
How Pictures Matter. Presentation at the occasion of the book launch of Objects and the Imagination (ed Øivind Fuglerud and Leon Wainwright)Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
7 May 2015
, Objects and Imagination. Perspectives on Materialization and MeaningContested Desires: Figuration and Sensation in Abrahamic TraditionsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
23 Apr 2015 → 24 Apr 2015
Images and Imagination Across Local and Global DiscourseMeyer, B. (Organiser)
22 Apr 2015 → 24 Apr 2015
Seminar on Studying World Christianity: approaches, methods, case ‐ studiesMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Mar 2015
Seminar on Studying World Christianity: approaches, methods, case ‐ studiesMeyer, B. (Organiser)
5 Mar 2015 → 6 Mar 2015
Why Prayer?Meyer, B. (Organiser)
6 Feb 2015 → 7 Feb 2015
Workshop religion and material cultureMeyer, B. (Organiser)
30 Jan 2015
DORISEA Conference Kaleidoscopes of Religion: Southeast Asia and BeyondMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
24 Jan 2015
2014
HERA Project Iconic ReligionMeyer, B. (Organiser)
27 Nov 2014
International Conference ‘The Social in the Past. Things, Networks and Texts: A Material Approach to the Pre-Modern’ Oslo, Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
11 Nov 2014 → 14 Nov 2014
Witchcraft in Ghanaian Movies. Presentation at the International Workshop ‘The Future of Witchcraft in Africa,’ Leiden University, 7 November 2014Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
7 Nov 2014
, International Workshop ‘The Future of Witchcraft in Africa’Sermon in the City. Workshop co-organized with Abdoulaye Sounaye, ZMO, Berlin, 30/31 October 2014.Meyer, B. (Organiser)
30 Oct 2014 → 31 Oct 2014
Behind the Screen: Ghanaian Video-film Producers as New Cultural Entrepreneurs. Presentation in the panel ‘Cultural entrepreneurship: Hypes, Identity and New Markets in Africa’Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
17 Oct 2014
, Africa Works! ConferenceReligious Evidences. Audiovisual Media, Narrativity and the Production of the Religious Real. Workshop co-organized with Annalisa Butticci and Adrian Hermann (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies UU & NGG)Meyer, B. (Participant)
10 Oct 2014
GLOPENT-Conference Pentecostalism and DevelopmentMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
6 Sept 2014
Offensive Pictures. Religion and Art in Global Cultures. Conference co-organized with Christiane Kruse and Anne Marie Korte, Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel, 12-14 June 2014.Meyer, B. (Organiser)
12 Jun 2014 → 14 Jun 2014
Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR)‘Religion and Pluralities of Knowledge’ Meyer, B. (Participant)
14 May 2014
Visual Culture and the Study of Religion. Keynote at the Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR)‘Religion and Pluralities of Knowledge,’ Groningen 12 May 2014.Meyer, B. (Keynote speaker)
12 May 2014
, NGG/EASR/IAHR conference “Religion and Pluralities of Knowledge”,How to Capture the Wow. Awe and the Study of Religion.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
2 May 2014
Material Mediations. Bodies and Things in the Study of Religion, Department of Literature and Art, Maastricht University, 16 April 2014.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
16 Apr 2014
Symposium ‘Religion, Media, and Mediation in Africa and Beyond’Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
2 Apr 2014
Urban Imaginaries and Religious Icons. How Religion Takes Place in the City.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
17 Feb 2014 → 19 Feb 2014
, Presentation at the Conference ‘Iconic Religion. How Imaginaries of Religious Encounter Structure Urban Space,’ CERES, Bochum, 17-19 February 20142013
Sensational Pictures. Visual Culture, Objects and the Study of ReligionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
12 Dec 2013
, Jour Fixe of Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe in a Global Context (Heidelberg)Workshop co-organized with Charles HirschkindMeyer, B. (Organiser)
4 Nov 2013 → 5 Nov 2013
Capitalism, Religion and the Value of ThingsMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
26 Sept 2013
, workshop Economy, Morality, MaterialitySymposium co-organized with Christoph Baumgartner and Christian LangeMeyer, B. (Organiser)
18 Sept 2013
European Conference on African StudiesMeyer, B. (Organiser)
27 Jun 2013 → 29 Jun 2013
Film screening and discussion. Co-convened with Martha Frederiks and Mechteld JansenMeyer, B. (Organiser)
15 May 2013
Picturing the occult. How Ghanaian video-movies transfigure the popular Christian imaginaryMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
14 May 2013
, international colloquium Le rire, l’horreur et la mort. Affiches peintes des vidéoclubs du Ghana. Journée d’étude consacrée au cinéma populaire Ghanéen/Nigérian/Nollywood (Musée du Quai Branly, Paris)How Pictures MatterMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
23 Apr 2013
, seminarHow Pictures MatterMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
18 Apr 2013
, seminarHabitats and Habitus – Politics and Aesthetics of Religious World MakingMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
18 Mar 2013
, workshop of the Research Project Local Dynamics of GlobalizationPolitics of Authentication and Aesthetics of PersuasionMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
23 Jan 2013
, Heritage, Performance and the Every Day (UWC/Cape Town University)Event co-organized with Ala Alhourani (UWC), Heike Becker (UWC), David Chidester (UCT), Tigist Hussen (UWC), Duane Jethro (VU University Amsterdam)Meyer, B. (Organiser)
23 Jan 2013 → 26 Jan 2013
, Event co-organized with Ala Alhourani (UWC), Heike Becker (UWC), David Chidester (UCT), Tigist Hussen (UWC), Duane Jethro (VU University Amsterdam)Habitats and Habitus. Politics and Aesthetics of Religious World-Making. Workshop co-organized with Kai KressMeyer, B. (Organiser)
11 Jan 2013 → 12 Jan 2013
exploratory workshop Habitats and Habitus: Politics and Aesthetics of Religious World-MakingMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
11 Jan 2013
2012
• Moving Pictures. Videos, Spirits and the Popular Imagination in Ghana.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
27 Oct 2012
, Department of Social Anthropology (Edinburgh University)Mediation and the Genesis of Presence. Towards a Material Approach of Religion.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
26 Oct 2012
, Munro Lecture, Edinburgh University (Edinburgh)symposiumMeyer, B. (Organiser)
18 Oct 2012 → 19 Oct 2012
Habitus and Habitats, Politics and Aesthetics of Religious Worldmaking.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
14 Sept 2012
, Lecture held at the occasion of the Anneliese Maier Award Ceremony, Heidelberg University (Heidelberg)Moving Pictures. Videos, Spirits and the Popular Imagination in Ghana.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2012
, Department of Anthropology (Georg August Universität Göttingen)Material Mediations. Politics and Aesthetics of Religious World MakingMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
22 Jun 2012
, LMU (München)MasterclassMeyer, B. (Organiser)
5 Jun 2012 → 6 Jun 2012
symposiumMeyer, B. (Organiser)
31 May 2012 → 1 Jun 2012
symposiumMeyer, B. (Organiser)
23 May 2012
Mediation: Forms and Formats of World-Making Keynote, Sant Naf Konferens on MediationMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
4 May 2012
, Conference of the Swedish and Norwegian Anthropological AssociationsReligie als menselijke schepping.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
31 Mar 2012
, Lecture Universiteitsdag (Utrecht University)Film as Revelation.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
15 Feb 2012
, Public Lecture (University of Oslo)Material Mediations: Religion in the World, Keynote, Conference Religion Across Media.Meyer, B. (Invited speaker)
13 Feb 2012
, Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies (University of Oslo)Mediation and Mediatization – Concepts of Time and SpaceMeyer, B. (Invited speaker)
2012
, Round Table on ‘Religion Across Media' with Stig Hjarvard, Mia Lövheim, Peter Horsfield