Religion and Society

Convenor: Dr Jonathan Miles-Watson (jonathan.miles-watson@durham.ac.uk)

Meetings: Fortnightly on Thursdays (12 noon)

Description:

The Durham Religion and Society Research Seminar is a weekly forum for scholarly engagement with issues in the social scientific study of religion. The seminar runs for one hour, including a 30-minute presentation of new research in the field followed by questions and discussion. Invited speakers are academic experts working on a range of religious phenomena, often within the contemporary world, and travel from across the UK and from overseas to address the seminar.

The seminars are held in Abbey House (Seminar Room C). All are welcome.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the convenor of the Religion and Society Research Seminar: Dr Jonathan Miles-Watson (jonathan.miles-watson@durham.ac.uk).

Michaelmas Term 2024

The seminars are held on Thursdays, normally at 12 noon in room DHC05A in person. When marked with * the seminars are held at 7 PM remotely on the Zoom Channel:

https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/99183897942?pwd=SjhWWjE1WjFsRFpjbXJHNTdNNTJSQT09
Meeting ID: 991 8389 7942; Passcode: 045860.

17 Oct 2024 at 12 Rethinking Religion and Society: religion and the skills economy
Professor Jonathan Miles-Watson, Durham University

*24 Oct 2024 at 7 PM Seeing Like a Shrine: pilgrimage through the power of number
Professor Simon Coleman, Toronto University

07 Nov 2024 at 12 Is Druidry an Indigenous Religion?
Dr Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University

21 Nov 2024 at 12 Walking with the Ancestors: death, dying and funerals in modern Druidry
Dr Jennifer Uzzel, Saint and Forster Funeral Directors

*05 Dec 2024 at 7 PM The place (or absence) of religion in Silicon Valley
Dr Heather Mellquist Lehto, American Council of Learned Societies