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European Parliament
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Assemblée parlementaire de la Méditerranée
Camera dei deputati
Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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Consiglio Nazionale Forense
Bologna Municipality
Emilia Romagna Region
Assemblea legislativa dell'Emilia Romagna
PATRONS
European Parliament
Unesco UniTwin
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research
Bologna Municipality
Emilia Romagna Region
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
OUR LATEST NEWS
Giuseppe Alberigo Award 2019
March 4, 2019
Fscire and Emilia-Romagna Region, together with the European Academy of Religion, are glad to announce the second edition of the Alberigo Award.
Giuseppe Alberigo (1926-2007) was an historian of great magnitude who was able to combine exceptional, exemplary rigour in research and a unique timeliness in the intellectual and theological debate of his time, thereby offering a precious contribution to sowing the seeds of criticism in generations of scholars internationally.
In memory of his fervour and wealth of critical studies, the Region of Emilia-Romagna and the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII, to which Alberigo dedicated 54 years of his life, will confere a sum of € 30,000 (Senior Award, € 20,000; Junior Award € 10,000), which will reward scholars engaged in a field of religious science, whether historical, exegetical, theological or other, without any form of limitation concerning the type of study.
Candidacies must be presented by the authors themselves and/or third parties – scholars, centres, journals, editors, associations, academies or departments – provided that they be registered members of the European Academy of Religion (EuARe), by sending a paper or digital copy of their books published within the last three years, or works that have yet to be published, in any field of religious science. Every candidacy must be accompanied by a brief presentation of the particular aspects of the volume or paper, the curriculum vitae of its author(s) and the indication of the category of the Award applied for. Candidacies will be received by July 31st, 2019.
The three finalists in each category will be invited to present a lecture at the annual convention of the European Academy of Religion in 2020, when the President of the Emilia-Romagna Region or his delegate will confer the awards in a special ceremony.
Establishment of the network of European Centers on Religion and Politics
June 16, 2019
Over the past three decades, a significant number of centers for "religion and public life" have emerged in European universities. During the third congress of the European Academy of Religion on March 4 2019, the leaders of some of these centers launched the network of European Centers on Religion and Politics.
This new initiative has two major goals. The first one is to improve communication and to foster inter-disciplinary and comparative approaches on the topic of religion and politics across religious traditions political contexts and historical periods among academic institutions in Europe and beyond. The second one is be a platform to disseminate research findings and projects in order to create a fruitful interactions with media and policy-makers working at the interface of religion and politics.
Belief. An essay by Jocelyne Cesari
February 6, 2020
The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere. Founded in October 2007 in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council’s program on Religion and the Public Sphere, The Immanent Frame features invited contributions and original essays and serves as a forum for ongoing exchanges among leading thinkers from the social sciences and humanities.
We are pleased to share the link to one of the latest contributions: an essay on Belief, by Professor Jocelyne Cesari: https://tif.ssrc.org/2020/01/31/belief-cesari/.
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EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION STATUTE
AS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON JUNE 21, 2017
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AS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON JUNE 21, 2017
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
European Academy of Religion
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NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS
Call for Papers. Conference on Stephen Báthory
March 21, 2023
REFORC, University of Eötvös Loránd (Budapest), Institute of European History (Mainz), Institute of Protestant Theology, Landau Campus, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Sibiu, Association of Transylvanian Studies (Sibiu) announce the third conference on Stephen Bathory: Stephen Báthory – Governance between Tendencies of Pluralization and Homogenization. The conference will take place in Sibiu, October 12-14, 2023.
Stephen Bathory (1533-1586) is known in historiography as Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Until recently, his figure and actions were described separately in the Hungarian, Romanian, Polish and Lithuanian contexts, so that the impression could arise that Stephen Báthory, Bátory István and Stefan Batory were three different persons, who each conducted different policies in their domains.
This third international conference will be devoted especially to his governance in the various political and religious contexts in Transylvania, Hungary and Poland-Lithuania.
The organisers welcome paper proposal until the 10th of April 2023.
Please, visit the REFORC website for more information.
Call for Papers
January 16, 2023
From 7-10 June, KADOC-KU Leuven in Leuven (Belgium) will organize the conference 'Between Conflict and Accommodation? Christian-Democracy and the Rise of “new social movements” 1960s-1990s', an initiative of CIVITAS-Forum of Archives and Research on Christian-Democracy.
The aim of this conference is to analyze the relation, conflicts and exchanges, between Christian-democracy and the so-called “new social movements” from the 1960s until the early 1990s. It wants to adopt a reciprocal perspective, looking at the ways in which Christian-Democratic parties and related movements reacted in response to the emergence and development of these movements from the 1960s onwards, and, inversely, at the ways in which these “new social movements” were interconnected, in real and imagined terms, to Christian-Democracy. The geographical scope is not limited to Western Europe, but also includes other regions, most notably Latin America.
Interested scholars are invited to send a proposal of max. 500 words (including an abstract and title) before February 15, 2023.
Fulll information is available here.
Call for Applications
December 19, 2022
To stimulate high-quality scientific research into the social and cultural impact of religion in the 19th- and 20th-century society Patria vzw and KADOC-KU Leuven offer a short postdoctoral fellowship (12 months). It will be awarded biannually from 2023 onwards.
The fellowship targets excellent junior researchers (M/F) in the human sciences that have recently defended their PhD or are about to. It offers them an opportunity to further develop their research career by carrying out a well-defined, feasible and innovative research project, whether or not building on the knowledge and expertise acquired through the doctorate. The project should lead to a tangible result, preferably the publication of an article in an international scientific journal. The fellowship also supports these young academics in preparing the publication of their dissertation.
Candidates are invited to enter their application before Wednesday, 15 March, 5 p.m.
More information about the Call, how to apply, and the evaluation process are available here.
IRCI Rome Seminars
September 30, 2022
The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at ACU's Rome Campus invites you to join the public seminar Unwounded World: A Marian Peace for our Shared Future to be held at ACU Rome Campus, October 5-6.
The seminar is part of the Annual IRCI Seminar Series that, since 2015, draws together international scholars to discuss critical questions in religion and theology from multidisciplinary perspectives.
Dedicated to the suffering of children, women and men in Mariupol, this symposium aspires to address the possibility of a future peaceful politics as a sign of the coming caring and unwounded democracy.
The complete program of the conference is available here. Registration is mandatory.
If you are interested in participating, you can follow the instructions available here.
Twelfth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity
September 30, 2022
The Twelfth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity will be hosted by the KU Leuven and will take place May 11-13, 2023.
The topic for Plenary Lectures will be Early Modern Christianity, Economic Entrepreneurship, and Social Welfare, given by the following speakers: Wim Decock (UC Louvain), Nina Javette Koefoed (Aarhus University), Germano Maifreda (University of Milan), Brian P. Owensby (University of Virginia, History Department), Eleonora Rai (KU Leuven), Keith Stanglin (Heritage Christian University, Florence, AL).
The (in-person) conference is open to individual short paper presentations (20-minute presentations) and to thematic sessions of two or three short papers. Papers can focus on all disciplines related to Early Modern Christianity, ca. 1400-1700, such as philosophy, law, history, theology, etc., independent of the theme of the plenary papers.
It is also possible to attend the conference without giving a paper.
The deadline for submitting short papers is March 1, 2023. Registration ends on March 9.
Go here to register and submit your short paper proposal.
For all information about the conference, please visit the dedicated page on the REFORC website.
IRCI Rome Seminars
September 23, 2022
The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at ACU's Rome Campus invites you to join the public lecture Moving or Fixed? Defining (the) Reformation in the First Global Age to be held by professor Nicholas Terpstra on September 29, 6 pm.
The lecture is part of the Annual IRCI Seminar Series that, since 2015, draws together international scholars to discuss critical questions in religion and theology from multidisciplinary perspectives.
The lecture will take place at the Australian Catholic University, Villa Maria Rome Campus, Largo Giovanni Berchet, 4, 00152 Rome.
Registration is mandatory. The lecture will be held in English; however, Italian simultaneous translation headsets will be available for attendees to use.
If you are interested in participating, you can follow the instructions available here.
Call for Applications. DREST
July 19, 2022
31 Italian universities and research centres launched DREST, a national doctoral school in Religious Studies which offers 43 scholarships in 23 cities to both Italian and international fellows.
The program includes six curricular areas:
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Buddhism and Religions of Asia
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Christianity
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Islam
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Judaism
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Law and Religion
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Transdisciplinarity and Technological Frontier Research
The call for application is now open. Applicants must be in possession of either an Italian higher level degree (Laurea Specialistica under D.M. 509/99 or Laurea Magistrale under D.M. 270/04) or an Italian degree obtained prior to D.M. 509/99 or equivalent qualification obtained abroad. Deadline: 25/08/2022.
More details and information are available at the DREST website.