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Dear friends and colleagues,

There will be no colloquium next week either, however, we have gathered some events for you here that our members are contributing to, as well as a job offer that might be of interest to some readers.

Enjoy and have a good week!

Anja & Lucy

Workshop: “Afrotopia(s) – emerging futures in arts, politics and religion” | 14–18 February

Our Senior Researcher Magnus Echtler is organizing a workshop on “Afrotopia(s) – emerging futures in arts, politics and religion” that engages questions like: What is African about Afrotopia? How do multiple and variable lived utopias relate to hegemonic utopian fictions, be they African or Western? How do we as academics deal with the ambiguous, actor dependent distinction between utopia and dystopia, and hence with our own moral commitment to a better future? Magnus will contribute to the workshop with his presentation on “Afrotopian Christianity”.

If you are interested in participating online, please contact Magnus or send an e-mail to Marko Scholze from Point Sud.

Date: 14–18 February 2023
Venue: University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and online via zoom

Conference: “The Christian Mission and the Religious Other: Multidirectional Perspectives in the Long Early Modern Period” | 13–16 February

Our Associate Member Katja Triplett will also be speaking at a conference next week: Focusing on the literary, cultural, and theological translation processes inherent to the evangelizing strategies of Christians, the conference “The Christian Mission and the Religious Other: Multidirectional Perspectives in the Long Early Modern Period” highlights the role of missionary encounters in intercultural exchange. It explores the varied responses of those whom Christians attempted to missionize, in order to expose more nuanced dynamics of such interfaith interactions. Katjas will speak on “Iconoclasm in Translational Encounters in Japan”.

Date: 13–16 February 2023
Venue: Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main

International Forum on Religions | 1–4 March

Our Senior Researcher Nur Yasemin Ural draws our attention to the International Forum on Religions, taking place in Roma from 1–4 March. The four days will comprise lectures on “Christian Churches”, “Shintoism”, “Taoism”, as well as on “New Spirituality”, “Atheism” and “Digital Religion” and much more. Speakers at the forum are among others José Casanova as well as our Senior Research Fellow Mark R. Mullins.

The Forum will take place as a hybrid event and it is sponsored by the Italian Episcopal Conference.

Date: 1–4 March
Venue: Università Roma Tre and Online 

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