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Dear friends and colleagues,

As previously announced, things are always a bit quieter in our KFG in August - as they are for many others. Nevertheless, we would like to share a call and an announcement about an upcoming conference with you. We also have an event recommendation for all of you who are in Leipzig at the moment.

Enjoy and have a great week!

Lucy

Workshop "Concepts from the Global South: New Directions for the Study of Religions in Africa?” | 16–17 September in Rostock

We would like to draw your attention to a planned workshop and working meeting of the "Arbeitskreis Afrika" of the German Association for the Scientific Study of Religions (DVRW), whose speakers include our Senior Research Fellow Katharina Wilkens and our colleague Anne Beutter.

The working group “AK Africa” cordially invites its members and all interested researchers to a workshop which will discuss the recently published book “Changing Theory: Concepts from the Global South”, edited by Dilip Menon (Routledge, 2022). They will read various chapters of the book, particularly those which focus on terms relevant to the African context. The workshop will discuss in which way the book’s approach challenges and enriches the Study of Religions in Africa: Is it possible to establish a “multilingual conceptual vocabulary” – as the editor proposes – which will allow for a global conversation in the Study of Religions in Africa and beyond? How does a rigid conceptual rethinking of research as translingual practice change approaches to our own research?

Participants in the workshop are requested to contribute to the discussion either by preparing a short contribution based on selected chapters from the volume (day 1) or by presenting an aspect of their current research experience (day 2) they wish to discuss. Conference languages are English and German.

Registration deadline: 31 August
Date: 16–17 September | University of Rostock

Conference "15 Years Aesthetics of Religion” | 6–8 October in Tübingen

To mark the 15th anniversary of the “Arbeitskreis Religionsästhetik”  (“Working Group Aesthetics of Religion “, DVRW), Isabel Laack (Chair of Religious Studies) invites to a conference at the University of Tübingen. It will start with a keynote lecture by Graham Harvey (Open University, UK) on “Dressing for gods and trees: Understanding religion as sensual relationality”. This will be followed by a workshop with Graham Harvey as well as a reorientation of the working group and brainstorming for future projects.

Participation from long-time members of the working group as well as from young scholars and newcomers is most welcome.

Please register via mail to Isis Mrugalla with the following information: Name, address, phone number, institutional affiliation if applicable. Participation is free of charge, travel and accommodation must be financed by the participants themselves.

Registration deadline: 26 August 
Date: 6–8 October | University of Tübingen

As Slow As Possible – The Complete Organ Works Of John Cage In One Evening | 12 August at Paulinum

On the 30th anniversary of John Cage's death, Leipzig University Music remembers the extraordinary composer: university organist Daniel Beilschmidt will perform the complete organ works of U.S. composer John Cage in one evening on 12 August.

The program includes the pieces "Organ²/ASLSP" (As slow as possible), "Souvenir", "Some of the Harmony of Maine" and "Dream" (in a version for organ). The extremely rarely performed piece "Some of The Harmony of Maine" - a composition for organist and six assistants - is a performative highlight of this performance.

Date: 12 August | 8 p.m.
Venue: Paulinum – Assembly Hall and University Church of St. Paul 

Tickets at the box office for 12 €/reduced 6 € or at these pre-sale offices.

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