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Call for papers
Alternative spiritualities, the New Age and New Religious Movements in Ireland: an interdisciplinary conference.
National University of Ireland, Maynooth: October 30th - 31st 2009.
Welcome address: Professor Tom Inglis (UCD).
Plenary lectures: Profs. Eileen Barker (LE) Paul Heelas (Lancaster Uni.)
Ireland has long been considered one of the most conservative and homogenously Catholic countries in the Western world. However, in recent decades, the religious landscape of this island has transformed dramatically. Various World Religions, schisms, and New Religious Movements have emerged and interest in "New Age" groups, beliefs, and practices has flourished along with ways of being that resist being classified 'religious' (new spiritualities, humanism, and skepticism).
This is the first conference to bring together academic research on the new religious movements and those more diffuse expressions of spirituality that arrived, (re-)emerged, or flourished in Ireland after 1945.
We welcome theoretical and empirical papers in a range of disciplines and on all aspects of this religious flux.
Disciplines & Themes:
We welcome submissions from researchers in the field of New Age studies, alternative spiritualities, and New Religious Movements, from various disciplinary backgrounds, such as sociology, anthropology, history, cultural studies, psychology, etc. as well as cross-disciplinary approaches. See the conference website for a list of main topics or themes.
Submission timeline:
The deadline for proposals is May 1st, 2009. Please submit proposals by email to Olivia Cosgrove ([log in to unmask]), including an abstract (300 to 500 words) and your academic or institutional affiliation. We will notify acceptance of proposals by May 31st at the latest.
Papers accepted for the conference will be distributed to participants on the day of the presentation. We intend to publish a volume based on selected papers from the conference, suitably rewritten, as a definitive collection on the subject.
The deadline for registration, and for submission of completed papers, is October 1st, 2009. Papers should be in .doc format and be no longer than 9,000 words including footnotes, bibliography etc. Speakers will have 20 minutes to present their paper. The conference will be open to the public.
For further details and a list of main themes go to our conference website at: http://www.nrmireland.blogspot.com
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