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[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/20130207_Post_Atheism


 

************************************************

David
P. Brokaw,
MA, MBA

Assistant
Director

The
Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies

Arizona
State University | PO  Box 874202 | Tempe, AZ 85287-4202

Tel. 
480-965-4188 | Fax  480-965-1700 | david.brokaw at asu.edu

http://melikian.asu.edu 		 	   		  

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