ASU Post-Atheism Symposium - deadline extended to August 1, 2012

[DAVID BROKAW]

“Post-Atheism”: 

Religion, Society, and Culture in
Post-Communist 

Eastern Europe and Eurasia

 

The Melikian Center for
Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Arizona State University is
pleased to announce an international symposium on “Post-Atheism” in Eastern
Europe and Eurasia, to be held on the ASU campus in Tempe, Arizona, February
7-9, 2013. The symposium will feature presentations by international visiting
scholars from Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, and elsewhere from the
region.  Professor Jose Casanova (Georgetown University), author of Public Religions in the Modern World,
will keynote the symposium on Thursday, February 7.

 

The symposium is designed to
address one of the most fascinating and controversial issues of the
post-communist world—namely, the new public role of religion in East European
and Eurasian society.  Is there
separation of church and state in today’s Eastern Europe, Russia or
Eurasia?  Are Iranian-like theocracies a
possibility in some regions? Is the forceful entry of religion into the public
sphere a fleeting fashion or a deeper phenomenon of lasting importance? How
does this recovery of religious identity intersect with prevailing theory on
secularization? How has religion been reintroduced into the Academy and public
education?  How are the relationships
between dominant religious faith traditions and minority confessions (often
stigmatized as “destructive sects”) affected in the region?

 

The conference is intended to
generate sustained debate and discussion on a variety of perspectives relating
to all the major faith traditions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism)
of the region, from Central and Southeastern Europe to Russia, Ukraine,
Transcaucasia, Central Asia, and Mongolia. We will also welcome
panels/roundtables/individual presentations dealing with non-traditional
religious movements and transnational religious currents. Conference lodging will be
provided, and limited funding will be available to support international
travel.

 

While we are open to other
topics, we specifically invite individual and panel proposals on the following
themes:

 

·        
Religion, National Identity and Conflict: The Role
of Religious Actors in Framing Ideologies of Nationalism and Transnational Globalization; Ethno-religious Conflict and Peacemaking.

·        
Religion and Policymaking: Clerics and Religious
Institutions in the Public Arena.

·        
Religion and Education: Theology vs. Religious
Studies in the Academy; Religion in Public Education.

·        
Religion, Sexuality, and Gender: Patriarchy, Gender
Equality, and LGBT Issues in Modern Religious Culture.

·        
Religion and Culture: Popular Culture, Literature,
TV/Film, Folklore.

 

Please
send us a brief (250-word limit) abstract of your individual paper/panel
proposal and a one-page bio or CV.

 

Deadline for Proposal
Submission:      August 1, 2012

Contact:  Alexei Lalo, Research Administrator,
ASU Melikian Center (alalo at asu.edu); Stephen Batalden, Director, ASU Melikian Center (stephen.batalden at asu.edu)

Web page:        http://melikian.asu.edu/events
 		 	   		  
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