University of Gothenburg

Program

The program might be subject to minor changes.

Wednesday, August 17

09:00-12:00    Pre-conference workshop

12:00-13:30    Lunch

13:30-15:30    Registration

14:00-14:45    Board meeting, Nordic Association for the Sociology of Religion (only for board members)

15:00-15:30    Coffee with sandwiches

15:30-17:30    Sessions

4. Governance of Religious Diversity
7. Media Dynamics of Nationalism and Religion
8. Religion and Spirituality in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga
11. Religion and Non-religion Across Generations and (Non-)Religious Transmission

17:45-18:00    Conference opening

18:00-19:00    The Berndt Gustafsson memorial keynote: Professor Detlef Pollack, University of Münster – “Dechurchification and Religious Individualization”

19:00-21:30    Mingle

Thursday, August 18

08:30-10:30    Sessions

4. Governance of Religious Diversity
7. Media Dynamics of Nationalism and Religion
11. Religion and Non-religion Across Generations and (Non-)Religious Transmission

10:30-11:00    Coffee

11:00-12:00    Keynote: Professor Masooda Bano, University of Oxford – “ Islamic Educational Establishments in Europe: Adapting to Time”

12:00-13.30    Lunch

12:00-13:30    Editorial meeting, Nordic Journal of Religion and Society (only for the editorial staff)

13:30-15:30    Sessions

2. Nonreligion in a Complex Future
6. Rethinking Nordic religious complexity from organizational, cultural and value perspectives
9. Challenges and Changes as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic
12. Impact of COVID-19 in Religious Communities, Societies and Everyday Experiences

15:30-16:00    Coffee with sandwiches

16:00-17:30    Sessions (Shorter session)

1. Orthodox and Catholic Churches in the Nordic Countries  
3. Meeting for the project group on Complexity and Beyond in Studies of Religiosity in the Nordic Countries  (CBSR)
10. Religion and Emotions: Organizational and Communal Viewpoints
13. Open session

17:30-18:30  General assembly, Nordic Association for the Sociology of Religion

19:30    Conference dinner

Friday, August 19

08:30-10:30    Sessions

5. Gender and new forms of Leadership in Religious Communities
6. Rethinking Nordic religious complexity from organizational, cultural and value perspectives
12. Impact of COVID-19 in Religious Communities, Societies and Everyday Experiences
13. Open session

10:30-11:00    Coffee

11:00-12:00  Keynote (Zoom): Professor Mitsutoshi Horii, Shumei University – “‘Religion’ in the Sociology of Religion"

12:00-13.30    Lunch

13:30-14:30    Evaluation and discussion on the next conference

14:30-15:00    Coffee with sandwiches