UNIC Conference | RESCUe N ew Research Approaches to the Crossroads of Religion, Society, and Culture in ‘Super-Diverse’ Cities
Launch of the new European Research Network for Religion, Society and Culture UNIC-RESCUe. The conference will focus on trans-disciplinary studies on the field of religiosity and its incidence in social, political, cultural, or educational dynamics in super-diverse cities. Its two-day Virtual Conference aims to present the structure, aims, and main events of the network.
Program
- 10:00-11:30 Welcome and Presentation of UNIC-RESCUe: European Research Network for Religion Society and Culture
- 11:30-12:30 Ahn Le Tran, Ruhr University Defining the study of socio-religious ‘superdiversity’ in (non-)democratic cities
- 12:30-13:30 Safa Nur Kaan, KOC University Decoding identity formation: (In-)exclusion dynamics among Bosnian & Bosniak Muslims
- 14:30-15:30 Jens Schlamelcher, Ruhr University Experiences of religious research in ‘super-diverse’ Nord-Rhein Westphalia region
- 15:30-16:30 Ivan Pleše, Zagreb University The state of current ecumenical inter-confessional practices among Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants