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Wednesday Weekly 27 October 2021

Dear friends and colleagues,

Today, our workshop on Religion and Heritage-Making has started and we are happy about the lively participation on-site and online. The event continues until Friday and if you still would like to join the workshop virtually, please send us an e-mail. We would also like to remind you of our workshop on “Religion as an Object of Historical and Social Scientific Study: Global Perspectives” from 3–5 November, for which online participation is still possible. If you are interested, please send us an e-mail for this, too.

In this Wednesday Weekly, we also present two new publications and a seminar series. Moreover, we have a special artistic recommendation for you.

Enjoy and have a great week!

Anja & Lucy

KFG-Workshop “Enshrining the Past: Religion and Heritage-Making in a Secular Age”, 27–29 October

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KFG-Workshop “Religion as an Object of Historical and Social Scientific Study: Global Perspectives”, 3–5 November

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New Publication: Bjørn Ola Tafjord “On the (un)doing of anthropology and secularity, and its relevance for religious studies”

We would like to mention a new publication by our Senior Research Fellow Bjørn Ola Tafjord. In the latest issue of the journal Religion various authors present their discussions of ‘anthropology’s secular conditioning’, reflecting on the complexities of anthropological dealings with bodies, practices, and ideas that challenge the epistemological and ontological premises of the discipline of anthropology and neighboring disciplines, like religious studies. Bjørn Ola in his article “On the (un)doing of anthropology and secularity, and its relevance for religious studies” focuses on the moves that constitute anthropology and secularity. He argues that historically, the religion/secular binary is intrinsic not only to a Christian conditioning of Western scholarship but also to political and popular practices that have materialized across the world. Therefore, doing religion does not seem like a credible way of undoing anthropology’s secular conditioning.

Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. “On the (Un)Doing of Anthropology and Secularity, and Its Relevance for Religious Studies.” Religion 51, no. 4 (2021): 614–22.

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New Publication: Special edition of Method & Theory in the Study of Religion on Global Religious History

We also would like to draw your attention to a special edition of the journal Method & Theory in the Study of Religion by Julian Strube, Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Studies at University of Vienna and Giovanni Maltese, Junior Professor at the Institute for Religious Studies at Hamburg University. The various contributions to the journal discuss the fundamental transformation of the understandings of religion since the nineteenth century.

Maltese, Giovanni, and Julian Strube. “Global Religious History.” Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 33, no. 3-4 (2021).

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Seminar series on “Religion between the Personal and the Public: Contemporary Approaches”

Our Director Monika Wohlrab-Sahr draws our attention to a seminar series, organised by the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization at University of Groningen. This joint webinar series explores the relation between personal and public dimensions of religious identities, practices, and movements and brings together an innovative group of scholars with diverse theoretical perspectives and empirical foci spanning Europe, Latin America, and North America.

The next presentation will be on 2 November, 3.00–4.00 p.m. (CET) with Sarah-Jane Page, Aston University, discussing “Religion, gender and sexuality: Embodiment as a key theoretical tool”.

Already today we would like to announce that on 11 January 2022, Monika will give a presentation as part of this series.

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Grassimesse (Grassi Trade Fair) Leipzig 2021, 29–31 October

The cultural month of October ends with GRASSIMESSE as an international meeting place for people interested in design and lovers of beautiful things. As this is an art exhibition and sales fair in one, contemporary artists, craftspeople and designers can be discovered and all art objects and products can be bought. The exhibitors offer unique pieces, small series and exemplary industrial products from the fields of textiles, fashion, jewellery, ceramics, glass, furniture, metal, leather, paper and toys. Every year, a jury of experts selects the exhibitors according to high quality standards. The GRASSIMESSE thus reflects the world of ideas and diversity of current applied art and design. It promotes artistic developments and raises awareness of design quality.

28 October | 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. (CET) Free Tour

29/30 October | 10.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m. (CET)

31 October | 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. (CET)

GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts | Johannisplatz 5-11, 04103 Leipzig

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