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Dear friends and colleagues,

Quiet August is upon us, and things will be a little calmer at KFG in the coming month. However, today we have another well-filled Wednesday Weekly for you: We say goodbye to a Fellow from our team, have a publication for you as well as a conference announcement and a Call for Articles.

And if you feel like an interreligious concert on Friday evening, our event tip will be perfect for you.

Have a good week!

Anja & Lucy

BASR Annual Conference 2022 on “Religion and Public Engagement”, 30 August–1 September at The Open University, Milton Keynes

We would like to point to this year’s Conference of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR): It will focus on “Religion and Public Engagement” with the aim to explore the many ways in which religion engages with various specific publics, and various publics engage with religion (however construed). The conference will take place from 30 August to 1 September at The Open University at Milton Keynes.

On the conference website you find all necessary information on the registration process, timeline, bursary options and much more. You can send an e-mail if you have any queries at any point in process.

Registration for presenters: 15 August

(Registration will stay open a little longer for non-presenting attendees)

Conference dates: 30 August–1 September

The Open University, Milton Keynes (with online stream)

Call for Articles: Special Issue of Journal Religiographies on “Zoroastrian Esotericism”

We would like to draw your attention to a Call for Articles for the special issue of the journal Religiographies on “Zoroastrian Esotericism”. It invites contributions that discuss case studies and answer some of the following questions: Can Zoroastrian esotericism exist as a field of research? Are geographical or cultural criteria sufficient to define its boundaries? In the light of the constituting characteristics of the old Iranian religion, is Zoroastrian esotericism to be intended as a dimension of religious scriptures and beliefs, of their performative aspect or of some other dimension? How do Zoroastrian dualism, ethnicity and purity inform the esoteric? How have Persianate, South Asian, Western, and Global esoteric currents shaped Zoroastrianism? To what extent do the esoteric dimensions of Zoroastrianism draw upon and/or contribute to the theoretical framework of an esotericism beyond the West? Interdisciplinary methods of investigation are encouraged together with an emphasis on emic categories of the esoteric.  

Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words + CV): 1 September 

Notification of acceptance: 15 September

Submission of manuscripts: 15 May 2023

Publication of manuscripts: December 2023

Interreligious Concert: Christian Vocal Music meets Koran Singing, 29 July at Philippus Church Leipzig

The German-Ottoman Society, based in Berlin and Leipzig, is celebrating its 30^th anniversary and, on this occasion, is reflecting on its very own purpose: to bring people from completely different religious, cultural and ideological backgrounds together. Music, as a universal language, is especially helpful in this: Thus, the German-Ottoman Society invites you to an interreligious concert on 29 July at 7 p.m. at the Philippus Church Leipzig on the Karl-Heine Canal.

Shaikh Talib al-Qanubi, the famous Koran singer of the Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, and a Christian vocal ensemble with Julia-Sophie Kober (soprano), Magdalena Sibig (alto), Anselm Sibig (tenor) and Clemens Haudum (bass) will meet.

29 July | 7 p.m. (CET)

Philippus Church, Aurelienstraße 54, 04177 Leipzig

Free admission, donations welcome

If you have any content that you think suits the purpose of the weekly, please feel free to send it to us at multiple-secularities@uni-leipzig.de.