From 5 to 10 July 2016 CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions, held its annual conference in South Korea, on Religious Movements in a Globalized World: Korea, Asia, and Beyond, with a first part devoted to the presentation of 68 papers and the second to a field trip around Korea, visiting the headquarters of three new religious movements. Some 150 scholars from all continents participated … [Read more...]
Next ISSNR meeting to be held in South Korea
The International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR) will hold its meeting at the next conference of the CESNUR. The ISSNR is one of the academic societies associated with that yearly event, which draws several of the leading scholars in the field of new religious movements. This year, the conference will take place at Daejin University, in South Korea, from 5th to 10th July 2016. … [Read more...]
14th CESNUR Conference returns to Waco
The 2014 CESNUR conference will take place from 4th to 7th June at Baylor University, Waco (Texas). It will be hosted by the Institute for Studies on Religion. This year's theme will be: "The Vitality of New Religions: Thinking Globally, Existing Locally". The conference will begin on Wednesday evening with a reception and opening session, introducing Waco and Texas’ history of new … [Read more...]
CESNUR 2013 in Sweden
In cooperation with CESNUR (www.cesnur.org) and FINYAR (www.finyar.se) ISSNR is arranging the 2013 CESNUR conference 'Changing Religious Movements in a Changing World' 21-24 June at Högskolan Dalarna, Falun, Sweden. We would like to welcome all members to beautiful Dalarna for a celebration of Swedish midsummer with an international community of scholars of New Religions. For more … [Read more...]
International conference in Falun, Sweden, June 22nd to June 25th 2013
SSNR will arrange a conference in Sweden in 2013 in cooperation with CESNUR and FINYAR. The information is not yet available on web sites, but write to professor Liselotte Frisk, lfi@du.se … [Read more...]
First membership meeting in Taiwan in June 2011
ISSNR (the International Society for the Study of New Religions) will conduct its first membership meeting in connection with the CESNUR conference at Alethei University in Danshui, Taiwan, between June 21st-23rd. … [Read more...]