• Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana: authenticity, authority and adaptation

    School for High­er Social Sci­ences (EHESS) Paris, France

    The 4th Inter­na­tion­al Yoga Darśana Yoga Sād­hana con­fer­ence will take place from Wednes­day 27th mid­day to the evening of Fri­day 29th of May 2026 in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Cen­ter for South Asian and Himalayan Stud­ies (CESAH) at the School for High­er Social Sci­ences (EHESS) in Paris. Open­ing of the Sub­mis­sion is on the 21st June […]

  • Workshop: Narratives Between Worlds — Interdisciplinary Approaches (GlocRel)

    Uni­ver­sität Erfurt

    Work­shop des Grad­u­ate Cen­tre Glo­cal Reli­giosi­ties: Entan­gle­ments, Iden­ti­ties, Belong­ings (GlocRel) an der Uni­ver­sität Erfurt. Die Ver­anstal­tung wid­met sich der Rolle von Nar­ra­tiv­en in Reli­gion, Kul­tur und Gesellschaft aus inter­diszi­plinär­er Per­spek­tive (Reli­gion­swis­senschaft, The­olo­gie, Kul­tur­wis­senschaft u. a.). Der Work­shop richtet sich an Pro­movierende und Post­docs.

  • Fourth World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation

    Com­plex Mace­don­ian Vil­lage (Skop­je, North Mace­do­nia)

    The Cen­ter for Inter­cul­tur­al Stud­ies and Research at the Fac­ul­ty of Phi­los­o­phy in Skop­je will orga­nize the Fourth World Con­fer­ence for Reli­gious Dia­logue and Coop­er­a­tion on the top­ic: Reli­gion as a Weapon of War: in the past, present, and future (under the aus­pices of the Min­istry of Cul­ture and Tourism).

  • Vierter Deutscher Südasientag am 26. und 27. Juni 2026 in Erfurt

    Sem­i­nar für Reli­gion­swis­senschaft, Uni Erfurt

    Am 26. und 27. Juni 2026 find­et in Erfurt der vierte Deutsche Südasien­tag statt – aus­gerichtet von dem Sem­i­nar für Reli­gion­swis­senschaft und dem Max-Weber-Kol­leg der Uni­ver­sität Erfurt. Wissenschaftler:innen aller Kar­ri­er­estufen aus den Geistes- und Sozial­wis­senschaften mit Bezug zu Forschungs­the­men des neuzeitlichen und gegen­wär­ti­gen Südasiens sind her­zlich willkom­men! Call of Papers: Reichen Sie jet­zt ihren Vor­trag […]

  • BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group Annual Conference 2026: Healing and Harms

    Mon­i­ca Par­tridge build­ing, Uni­ver­si­ty of Not­ting­ham NG7 2RD, Not­ting­ham, Unit­ed King­dom

    Based on Pro­fes­sor Anna Halafoff’s work, this annu­al con­fer­ence will explore the ris­ing sig­nif­i­cance of spir­i­tu­al­i­ty in Aus­tralia, as well as spir­i­tu­al harm and spir­i­tu­al abuse in trau­ma-informed, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary ways, gen­er­at­ing solu­tions for address­ing and pre­vent­ing spir­i­tu­al harms and abus­es. Addi­tion­al­ly, Dr Rah­ma­nara Chowd­hury will join as a keynote speak­er, explor­ing ‘Abuse in Mus­lim Con­texts — […]

  • Summer School – Religion:extrem

    Uni­ver­sität Zürich

    Die Jubiläums-Sum­mer School des RWS UZH «Religion:extrem» lädt vom 29.6.–5.7.2026 Studierende, Dok­to­ri­erende, Forschende und Praktiker:innen dazu ein, das Feld des religiösen Extrem­is­mus, aber auch ‹extreme› Reli­giosität und ‹extreme› Hal­tun­gen gegenüber Reli­giosität aus ein­er reli­gion­swis­senschaftlich fundierten und inter­diszi­plinär informierten Per­spek­tive zu ver­ste­hen. In ein­er Mis­chung aus Input-Ses­sions, inter­ak­tiv­en Grup­pendiskus­sio­nen, Fall­coach­ings und prax­is­na­hen Exkur­sio­nen erkun­den wir, wann […]

  • 10th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion

    Masaryk Uni­ver­si­ty in Brno, Czech Repub­lic

    We are delight­ed to announce that the 10th Bien­ni­al Meet­ing of the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the Cog­ni­tive and Evo­lu­tion­ary Sci­ences of Reli­gion (IACESR) will be held at Masaryk Uni­ver­si­ty in Brno, Czech Repub­lic, from July 1st-3rd 2026. This event has been grant­ed Spe­cial IAHR Con­fer­ence sta­tus by the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the His­to­ry of Reli­gions, recog­nis­ing […]

  • Conference: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives on the Mind

    St. Ans­garhaus Ham­burg Schmilin­skys­traße 78, Ham­burg, Ham­burg, Ger­many

    The top­ic of this con­fer­ence is a sequel to 2024’s “Bud­dhist Chris­t­ian Dia­logues on the Body.” The 2026 con­fer­ence will present dif­fer­ent aspects of the mind from Bud­dhist and Chris­t­ian per­spec­tives. Tra­di­tion­al con­cep­tions of the mind, its pos­si­ble trans­for­ma­tion, its rela­tion to ulti­mate real­i­ty and its role in con­cep­tions of life after death will be […]

  • Religion and the Far Right

    Psy­cho­log­i­cal Insti­tute of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Tübin­gen Schle­ich­str. 4, Tübin­gen, Ger­many

    Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence — Reg­is­tra­tion is open until July 20, 2026.

  • Summer School for Cultural and Social Studies (ESSCSS)

    Max-Weber-Kol­leg Max-Weber-Allee 3, Erfurt, Deutsch­land

    Reli­gion and Soci­ety: Com­mu­ni­ties, Pow­er Rela­tions, and Mate­ri­alites The Sum­mer School is aimed at ear­ly-career researchers in the his­tor­i­cal sci­ences, reli­gious stud­ies, and relat­ed dis­ci­plines (such as cul­tur­al anthro­pol­o­gy or lit­er­ary stud­ies). With­in the frame­work of the Sum­mer School, ques­tions of the dis­tri­b­u­tion of pow­er in past soci­eties will be brought into focus, among them […]

  • IAHR Workshop: Study of Religion Without an Object? Global Perspectives

    Tar­tu , Esto­nia

    The event is orga­nized by the Eston­ian Soci­ety for the Study of Reli­gions in coop­er­a­tion with the Uni­ver­si­ty of Tar­tu and is an offi­cial Sum­mer School of the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion for the His­to­ry of Reli­gions (IAHR), with par­tial fund­ing from the IAHR. This work­shop aims to bring togeth­er both the­o­ret­i­cal reflec­tions as well as spe­cif­ic […]