38th Biennial ISSR and COREnet Conference in Kaunas, Lithuania

Name: 38th Biennial ISSR and COREnet Conference in Kaunas, Lithuania
Start: 2025-06-30T12:00:00+03:00
End: 2025-07-04T15:00:00+03:00
Location: Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelaičio st. 58, LT-44248 Kaunas

Schedule

Mon, 30 Jun, 2025 at 12:00 pm to Fri, 04 Jul, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC+03:00

Location

Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelaičio st. 58, LT-44248 Kaunas | Kaunas, KU

International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), COST Action 20107 “Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity” (COREnet) and Vytautas Magnus University V. Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute are organizing a conference on “Religion, Migration, and Conflicts in Polarized Societies” 🗺️

ABOUT
We live in a globalized world shaped by migration, geopolitical crises, and social polarization. Religion is closely entangled with these changes. Therefore, the involvement of religion in the context of a currently polarized society raises many problematic questions:
🔹How does the potential of religious beliefs to counter or contribute to economic, political, and social polarization play out?
🔹How might sociological research illuminate the contributions of conflictual and peaceful aspects of religions to geopolitical crises?
🔹How do political conflicts, social polarizations, and religious responses change existing religion, politics, and state relations and their interpretations?
🔹How do they change the public perception of religion, religious identity, and individual religiosity?

PLACE AND DATE
📍These and other questions will be discussed by scholars in an international conference at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania 🇱🇹 June 30 – July 4, 2025.

CONFERENCE TIMELINE (UPDATED)
📍Call for sessions: 25 July – 14 October 2024.
📍Notification of the session acceptance: 30 October 2024.
📍Call for papers: 4 November – 20 December 2024.
📍Notification of the paper acceptance: 3 February 2025.
📍Early Bird Registration deadline: 7 April 2025.
📍Late Bird Registration deadline: 26 May 2025.

MORE INFORMATION
📍More information and the call are here: https://bit.ly/3A5oN0w

About COST
This activity is based upon work from COST Action “Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity” (COREnet) CA20107 supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career, and innovation.
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About Vytautas Magnus University V. Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute
The event is a part of the project “Strengthening the R&D activities of the Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (SOCMTEP)”. The project is funded by the Research Council of Lithuania and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania, Contract No S-A-UEI-23-13 (2023-12-27).