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Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania October 5-6, 2017 The Lithuanian Society for the Study of Religions in cooperation with Latvian Society for the Study of Religions and Estonian Society for the Study of Religions invites proposals for its upcoming international conference “Religion(s) and Power(s)”. To encourage new directions in the critical research of interrelations of religion(s) and power(s) from a broad range of approaches, we are seeking proposals on a wide range of topics including: · Private and public religions; · Religions and politics; · Non-religion and power; · Religious inequalities and discrimination; · Religions, human rights and justice; · Powers of/within religions; · Religion and nationalism; · Mythology, divine kinship and power; · Religion and colonialism; · Religions and education. Other topics related to the conference theme are also encouraged. *Conference paper and session proposals must be sent by April 1, 2017. Please send your 250-300 word abstract and a 200-word personal bio to email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* Important conference dates: April 1, 2017 – submission of conference papers and sessions proposals; May 1, 2017 – notification of paper/session proposal acceptance; May 15, 2017 – opening of registration for the conference; July 15, 2017 – closing of registration for the conference; September 1, 2017 – announcement of the conference program. *Conference Registration Fees: * · Members of national associations of Baltic States associations for the study of religions – 50 EUR; · Permanent/full-time faculty and non-affiliated participants – 80 EUR; · Graduate students and emeritus faculty – 50 EUR; -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------