{"id":12836,"date":"2022-04-11T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:56:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:56:58","slug":"cfp-pagan-studies-conference-at-masaryk-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12836","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Pagan Studies Conference at Masaryk University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paganism and its Others<\/h1>\n

13-14 June 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Brno, Czechia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department for the Study of Religions at Masaryk University<\/a> invites your participation in a conference on the overall theme of \u201cPaganism and its Others\u201d to be held in Brno, Czechia, 13-14 June, 2022, with in-person participation encouraged but online presentations also acceptable.<\/p>\n

Although relating to the religions of ancient times, the contemporary Pagan movements are part of our shared modern world, bringing up many challenges and opportunities in interactions with their\u00a0Others<\/i>. It is precisely these interactions and their implications that we would like to explore at this conference.<\/p>\n

The topics we seek to cover include (but are not limited to) these:<\/p>\n

Paganism, its Others and the war in Ukraine:<\/strong>\u00a0targeted to the theme of Pagans and their perception of the war in Ukraine. How do different Pagan groups interpret the war in Ukraine? How did the war change the relationship between Pagans in Ukraine and in Russia? Do Pagans actively participate in the war (e.g. in the army)? How do Pagans across Europe perceive refugees from Ukraine? Do Pagans help refugees?<\/p>\n

Paganism in relation to Christianity:\u00a0<\/strong>this could concern the contemporary situation or past Pagan-Christian relations; Pagan views of Christians, past or present; strategies of Pagan groups for coexistence with Christianity in contemporary Christian-dominant societies; Pagan acceptance or rejection of Christian elements in Pagan religions; attitudes toward Christian \u201cconverts\u201d to Paganism.<\/p>\n

Paganism in relation to other minority religions:<\/strong>\u00a0this could also involve contemporary situation or past history; Pagan views of Jews, Muslims, Eastern religions, New Age movements; strategies of Pagan groups for coexistence, collaboration or competition with other minority religions<\/p>\n

Paganism and its internal Others:\u00a0<\/strong>splits in Pagan groups based on personal or doctrinal differences; successful and unsuccessful strategies to deal with such splits<\/p>\n

Paganism and its Sexual and Gender Others:<\/strong>\u00a0analysis of Pagan responses to increasingly prominent issues of sexual and gender diversity; whether Pagan groups are seeking to be more inclusive of homosexuals, transgendered individuals and others, or excluding them; how Pagan \u201ctraditionalists\u201d interpret sexual and gender diversity<\/p>\n

Paganism and its Ethnic Others:\u00a0<\/strong>with most Pagan movements grounded in pre-Christian European religious traditions with primarily \u201cwhite\u201d European identity and membership, how do Pagans relate to people who are ethnically different in their societies, such as Roma, Africans, Asians? Are Pagans moving to include, exclude or ignore people with such identities in their Pagan associations? Are new interpretations of Pagan traditions developing to enable inclusion of ethnically different persons, or are ethnic borders hardening? Are Pagans supportive of policies and programs to help disadvantaged others such as Roma? Have any Pagan movements developed charity programs to assist such persons and groups?<\/p>\n

Paganism and its Scholars:\u00a0<\/strong>Reflections on the fieldwork and scientific research of Modern Paganism; researcher-researched dynamics, methodologies, theoretical frameworks, advances and problems in Pagan Studies; Pagan Studies in relation to other fields of study.<\/p>\n

See\u00a0Abstract submission & Registration<\/a>\u00a0for more information. Both passive and active attendance is free of charge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizing bodies: Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University<\/a><\/p>\n

Organizing committee:<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Francis Strmiska (Global Studies Department, SUNY-Orange in New York State, United States)<\/p>\n

Dr. Miroslav Vrzal (Department for the Study of Religions, Masaryk University, Czechia)<\/p>\n

Matou\u0161 Venc\u00e1lek (Department for the Study of Religions, Masaryk University, Czechia)<\/p>\n

Michal Puchovsk\u00fd (Department for the Study of Religions, Masaryk University, Czechia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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