An International, Interdisciplinary Conference organized by The World Christianity & History of Religions Program (Dept. of History & Ecumenics)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Description
Recent decades mark a watershed in World Christianity as an emerging academic field, its development into an interdisciplinary endeavor in particular. Reflection on the complexity of Christianity as a pluricultural, global phenomenon has been robust. As was highlighted by our 2018 conference, World Christianity as a field has been shaped in large part by its distinctive historiography and diverse methodologies. In 2019, our primary focus will be ethnographic. Accordingly, a wide range of questions about the nature and relevance of ethnography to the study of World Christianity will be explored, along with the difference ethnography makes (or could make) in providing granular accounts of local Christianities around the world. Likewise, in view of the fact that ethnographic research is being increasingly incorporated into studies of World Christianity at a time when concepts of ‘culture’ are rigorously contested and the loci of research extraordinarily diverse, what are the major challenges scholars face? The conference seeks to explore and reflect on past practices and new directions, drawing on case studies representative of the currents and eddies of Christianity in the majority world and beyond. In short, the conference seeks to inquire into the state of the field and provide a common interdisciplinary space for intellectual encounter and exchange.

• Paper or panel proposals should be submitted via email to: worldchristianityconference@ptsem.edu
• Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2018. Include: name, institutional affiliation and status, email address, contact phone, paper/panel title, and abstract (not to exceed 250 words).
• Notification of successful proposals will be made by October 20, 2018.
• Conference Registration: early-bird registration begins on October 25and ends on December 31. A higher fee will be charged thereafter.
• Conference fees: (including refreshments, lunches, and the conference banquet)
  • $155.00 – early bird / $185.00 – late registration (faculty based in USA, Canada and Europe)
  • $100.00 – early bird / $120.00 – late registration (faculty based in the Global South, graduate students/retirees)
  • Accommodations: Limited availability (single/shared rooms) at Erdman Center on the Princeton Seminary campus. Other options for accommodation will be announced later.
• Limited travel subsidies will be available for selected participants from the Global South with accepted paper/panel proposals.

Conveners: Afe Adogame, Raimundo Barreto, Richard F. Young

An International, Interdisciplinary Conference organized by The World Christianity & History of Religions Program (Dept. of History & Ecumenics)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Description
Recent decades mark a watershed in World Christianity as an emerging academic field, its development into an interdisciplinary endeavor in particular. Reflection on the complexity of Christianity as a pluricultural, global phenomenon has been robust. As was highlighted by our 2018 conference, World Christianity as a field has been shaped in large part by its distinctive historiography and diverse methodologies. In 2019, our primary focus will be ethnographic. Accordingly, a wide range of questions about the nature and relevance of ethnography to the study of World Christianity will be explored, along with the difference ethnography makes (or could make) in providing granular accounts of local Christianities around the world. Likewise, in view of the fact that ethnographic research is being increasingly incorporated into studies of World Christianity at a time when concepts of ‘culture’ are rigorously contested and the loci of research extraordinarily diverse, what are the major challenges scholars face? The conference seeks to explore and reflect on past practices and new directions, drawing on case studies representative of the currents and eddies of Christianity in the majority world and beyond. In short, the conference seeks to inquire into the state of the field and provide a common interdisciplinary space for intellectual encounter and exchange.

• Paper or panel proposals should be submitted via email to: worldchristianityconference@ptsem.edu
• Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2018. Include: name, institutional affiliation and status, email address, contact phone, paper/panel title, and abstract (not to exceed 250 words).
• Notification of successful proposals will be made by October 20, 2018.
• Conference Registration: early-bird registration begins on October 25and ends on December 31. A higher fee will be charged thereafter.
• Conference fees: (including refreshments, lunches, and the conference banquet)
  • $155.00 – early bird / $185.00 – late registration (faculty based in USA, Canada and Europe)
  • $100.00 – early bird / $120.00 – late registration (faculty based in the Global South, graduate students/retirees)
  • Accommodations: Limited availability (single/shared rooms) at Erdman Center on the Princeton Seminary campus. Other options for accommodation will be announced later.
• Limited travel subsidies will be available for selected participants from the Global South with accepted paper/panel proposals.

Conveners: Afe Adogame, Raimundo Barreto, Richard F. Young

I am writing on behalf of the research team for the Re/presenting Islam on Campus – a three-year research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) that explores the complexities of lived experience, representation and perception of Islam on UK university and higher education campuses. As we near the end of the project we have organised a conference that aims to engage with cutting-edge research that explores diverse religious and non-religious identities on campus, how these are ‘lived’ on campus and how these are dealt with in university policy, practice, management and curricula.

Please can you share our CFP with your mailing list. Brief details for the conference are as follows:

Title: Religion and Secularism on Campus: The Changing Dimensions of the University Experience

Conference Dates: 6th and 7th September 2018

CFP deadline: 5pm on Friday, 6th July 2018

Submission process: Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 300 words together with names and short biographies (150 words) of the presenter/s, institutional affiliation/s (if relevant), and contact details. Proposals should be sent to the project co-ordinator Kareem Darwish – kd27@soas.ac.uk. Academic enquiries should be sent to Dr Aisha Phoenix – ap85@soas.ac.uk

Full details: https://www.soas.ac.uk/representingislamoncampus/conference/

Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor
Research Fellow in Faith and Peaceful Relations

Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR)

Coventry University

I am writing on behalf of the research team for the Re/presenting Islam on Campus – a three-year research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) that explores the complexities of lived experience, representation and perception of Islam on UK university and higher education campuses. As we near the end of the project we have organised a conference that aims to engage with cutting-edge research that explores diverse religious and non-religious identities on campus, how these are ‘lived’ on campus and how these are dealt with in university policy, practice, management and curricula.

Please can you share our CFP with your mailing list. Brief details for the conference are as follows:

Title: Religion and Secularism on Campus: The Changing Dimensions of the University Experience

Conference Dates: 6th and 7th September 2018

CFP deadline: 5pm on Friday, 6th July 2018

Submission process: Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 300 words together with names and short biographies (150 words) of the presenter/s, institutional affiliation/s (if relevant), and contact details. Proposals should be sent to the project co-ordinator Kareem Darwish – kd27@soas.ac.uk. Academic enquiries should be sent to Dr Aisha Phoenix – ap85@soas.ac.uk

Full details: https://www.soas.ac.uk/representingislamoncampus/conference/

Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor
Research Fellow in Faith and Peaceful Relations

Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR)

Coventry University