Religion and Society
2021 Events
(Con)spirituality, Science and COVID-19 Colloquium
Deakin University and Western Sydney University
25-26 March 2021
25th March
Time | Speaker/s | Title |
6.00-6.15pm AEDT | Andrew Singleton (Deakin) and Cristina Rocha (Western Sydney University) Anna Halafoff (Deakin) & Cristina Rocha (Western Sydney University) – Intro | Acknowledgement of Country Welcome
INSBS (Con)spirituality Project and Colloquium Introduction |
6:15-7.45pm AEDT (7.15-8.45am London) (8.15-9.45am Barcelona) | Keynote Panel CHAIR: Cristina Rocha (Western Sydney University) David Voas (University College London) Mar Griera (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) David Robertson (Open University) | Conspirituality and COVID-19 |
26th March
Time | Speaker/s | Title |
9.30-10.25am AEDT (25th March, 3.30-4.25pm Los Angeles; 25th March, 6.30-7.55pm Toronto) | Keynote Panel CHAIR: Enqi Weng (Deakin) Derek Beres (Conspirituality.net) Matthew Remski (Conspirituality.net) Julian Walker (Conspirituality.net) | Conspirituality.net |
10.30-11.25am AEDT (25th March, 4.30-5.25pm Vancouver) | Keynote Panel CHAIR: Alexandra Roginski (Deakin) Paul Bramadat (University of Victoria) Naomi Smith (Federation University of Australia) Tom Aechtner (University of Queensland) | Vaccine Hesitancy and COVID-19 |
Break | ||
11.45am-1.00pm AEDT | Keynote Panel CHAIR: Matthew Sharpe (Deakin) Anna Halafoff (Deakin) Andrew Singleton (Deakin) and Cristina Rocha (Western Sydney) Alexandra Roginski (Deakin) Enqi Weng and Emily Marriott (Deakin) | (Con)spirituality, Science and COVID-19 in Australia |
Lunch | ||
1.30-3.00 pm AEDT | CHAIR: Anna Halafoff (Deakin) Matthew Sharpe (Deakin) Geoff Boucher and Helen Young (Deakin) Sarah Wilson (sarahwilson.com) | (Con)spirituality, QAnon and the Far Right I |
Break | ||
3.15-4.45pm AEDT | CHAIR: Andrew Singleton (Deakin) Lydia Khalil & Vivian Gerrand (Deakin) Kaz Ross (University of Tasmania) Bernard Doherty (Charles Sturt University) | (Con)spirituality, QAnon and the Far Right II |
4.45-5.00 pm AEDT | Closing Remarks Anna Halafoff (Deakin) and Andrew Singleton (Deakin) |
SEMINAR SERIES
RELIGION, CRISIS AND DISASTER
February 24 – April 28, 2021
Convenors: Richard Vokes & Cristina Rocha
Global - via Zoom
https://uwa.zoom.us/j/6771792763 | Password: Arsenal
Start time: 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Except for Coleman: Tues 2nd March, 8pm Toronto & Weds 3rd March, 9am Perth | 12pm Sydney
More info: richard.vokes@uwa.edu.au or c.rocha@westernsydney.edu.au
February 24, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Prof Birgit Meyer (Utrecht, Philosophy and Religious Studies)
‘Religion and the Pandemic’
March 2, 2021 (Tues) - 8pm Toronto
March 3, 2021 (Wed) - 9am Perth | 12pm Sydney
Prof Simon Coleman (Toronto, Anthropology and Religious Studies)
‘Pilgrimage Through the Pandemic: Crisis, Contagion and the Remaking of Presence’
March 10, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Dr Ramon Sarro (Oxford University, Anthropology)
‘1921-2021: One Hundred Years of Crisis and Prophecy’
March 17, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Dr Richard Vokes (The University of Western Australia, Anthropology & Sociology), Prof Cristina Rocha, & Dr Kathleen Openshaw (Western Sydney, Anthropology)
‘Becoming Burundian, African and Black in Australia: Pentecostalism, Disruption, and the Everyday Politics of Place’
March 31, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Dr Katrien Pype (Leuven, Anthropology and African Studies)
‘Kinshasa’s Pastors and Sex Scandals: Reconsidering Exposure, Accountability, and Sacre Bodies’
April 7, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Prof David Gellner (Oxford University, Anthropology)
‘Religion and Crisis in Nepal’
April 14, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Dr Sam Han (University of Western Australia, Anth & Sociology)
‘Shincheonji and Covid-19: Observations on Biopolitical Mediatization in South Korea’
April 21, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Dr Martijn Oosterbaan (Utrecht, Anthropology)
‘Mystical in/security: Perpetual Crises, Religion and Urban Margins Across the Globe’
April 28, 2021 - 8am UK | 9am Euro | 4pm Perth | 7pm Sydney
Prof Clara Saraiva (Nova Lisboa, Anthropology)
‘Is God in the House Tonight? Ritual Despair and Empty Temples’
Sponsors: Western Sydney University | The University of Western Australia | Institute of Advanced Studies | The Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)
