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Pilgrimage and Sacred Places in Central and Eastern Europe: Place, Politics
and Religious Tourism



University of Zadar, Croatia



27-30 September 2012



John Eade (University College London and University of Roehampton), Mario
Katić (University of Zadar, Department of Ethnology and Cultural
Anthropology), Božena Krce Miočić (University of Zadar, Department of
Tourism and Communication Sciences) and Tomislav Klarin (University of
Zadar, Department of Tourism and Communication Sciences)



Call for Papers



With the global expansion of travel and tourism more and more people are
engaged in what can be broadly described as religious tourism. According to
the UNWTO, for example, in 2008 300 million tourists claimed that their
trips were motivated in one way or another by religion. Pilgrimage plays a
key role in such religious tourism and it is now attracting the attention
of a wide variety of experts, e.g. religious leaders, those involved in the
travel and tourism industry and academic researchers. Theoretical debates
are moving beyond earlier *communitas* and contestation models and a more
global reach is emerging as researchers explore beyond W. Europe and the
Americas, examine the increasing religious diversity caused by global
migration and investigate the intimate, historic links between pilgrimage,
sacred places, politics and tourism.



In this conference we want to contribute to this widening focus by bringing
together academics from different disciplines and travel and tourism
professionals to explore pilgrimage across Eastern Europe broadly conceived
as extending beyond W. Europe. In this way we seek to look at different
religious traditions, e.g. Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim, and territorial
ties (local, national, transnational, global).

We invite papers which will explore:



•                     Construction and deconstruction of sacred places

•                     Embodied spaces and body as a mediator

•                     Pilgrimage as a form of religious tourism

•                     Relationship between travel and tourism industry

•                     Pilgrimage and territorial boundaries

•                     Politics and Pilgrimage in the past and today

•                     Pilgrimage in memories and narratives

•                     Tourist ab/use of pilgrimage and sacred places

•                     Tourist perspectives on the pilgrimage journey

•                     Secular pilgrimage and tourism

•                     The realm of pilgrimage / tourism experience



Keynote speakers:



Josef Langer, University of Klagenfurt

Glenn Bowman, University of Kent

John Eade, University College London/University of Roehampton



Program committee:


Josef Langer (University of Klagenfurt), Glenn Bowman (University of Kent),
John Eade (University College London/University of Roehampton), Jurica
Pavičić (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb), Nikša
Alfirević (Faculty of Economics, University of Split), Marijana Belaj
(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb), Božena
Krce Miočić (Department of Tourism and Communication Sciences, University
of Zadar), Mario Katić (Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology,
University of Zadar).



Submission details:



Abstracts (up to 350-words in Word doc.), with contact details and
affiliation, should be sent to the conference E-mail address (
[log in to unmask]), or to Božena Krce Miočić ([log in to unmask])
or Mario Katić ([log in to unmask]) by 1th May 2012.

You will be informed about acceptance or non-acceptance of your proposal by
15th May 2012.



Conference participation fees



Participation fee is – € 50

The participation fee includes all symposium proceedings, daytime
refreshments, excursions to the Croatian royal city and a pilgrimage place
of Nin, and tourist guidance through Zadar.



Accommodation and website

Accommodation is not included in the conference fee. Further information
about travel, accommodation and conference program will be available on the
conference website: pilgrimageandsacred.info

We look forward to seeing you in Zadar in September 2012!


-- 
Mario Katić, asistent
Odjel za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju
Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Sveuciliste u Zadru / University of Zadar
Ulica dr. F. Tudmana 24 i
HR-23000 Zadar
Croatia / Hrvatska

Mob. 385 98 933 2585

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