[aaus-list] CfP: Religion in Eastern Europe, Halle 24.-25.6.10 (30.11.)

[Andreas Umland]

Religious Hegemony and Religious Diversity in Eastern Europe:
Postsocialism vis-à-vis the Longue Durée

Date: June 24-25, 2010

Site: Halle/Saale, Germany

Organiser: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology; Research
Project "The Catholic Church and Religious Pluralism in Lithuania and Poland"

Topics: The workshop aims to critically assess the analytical
purchase of the postsocialism concept vis-à-vis notions of the longue
durée in explaining contemporary religious hegemony and diversity in
Eastern European countries. The workshop seeks to combine original
ethnography with theoretical reflection on the dialectic of
continuity and change in investigations of religion in Eastern
European societies. The organizers invite the participants to reflect
on the theoretical issues on the basis of ethnographically grounded
explorations of the various movements, counter-movements, and
negotiations within the religious field in Eastern Europe.

Language: English

Deadline: November 30, 2009

Contact: Ingo W. Schröder and Kinga Sekerdej, Max Planck Institute for
Social Anthropology,
Advokatenweg 36, 06114 Halle/Saale, Germany
E-mail: schroeder at eth.mpg.de, sekerdej at eth.mpg.de

Internet: http://www.eth.mpg.de/research/external/vw02/vw02.html