Religion on the Borders:
New Challenges in the Academic Study of Religion

 Södertörn University College (Stockholm, Sweden)
April 19 - 22, 2007

19-22 April the conference Religion on the Borders: New Challenges in the Academic study of Religion took place as planned at Södertörn University College. Almost 400 delegates from around 40 countries participated in the conference. The organizing committee would like to thank all who participated for making the conference such a success.

In the aftermath of the conference several thematic publications are being planned. The organizing committee encourages anyone, but especially those who organized or chaired sessions to initiate further publications. As no general conference proceedings are planned, there is no need to coordinate this with the organizing committee.

For those of you who feel inspired to attend more conferences, please check out the web pages for the following conferences:

Plurality & Representation: Religion in Education, Culture and Society
University of Bremen, 23-27 September, 2007 
http://www.religion.uni-bremen.de/dvrweasr2007/en/?cat=1/

Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual
University of Heidelberg, 29 September-2 October 
http://www.ritualdynamik.uni-hd.de/

Health, Healing & the Study of the Religions of Africa
University of Botswana, 8-13 July 2007 
http://www.a-asr.org/index.php?id=155

Secularism and Religious Resurgence in Prospect and Retrospect
Ankara, 22-23 October, 2007
http://www.iahr.dk/conf/ankara2007.htm





Organizing committee
David Thurfjell (Södertörn University College), Lena Roos (University of Gävle),
Marja-Liisa Keinänen (Stockholm University), Peter Jackson (University of Tromsø), Jenny Berglund (Uppsala University)

Picture: Gustave Doré, French, 1832-1883, Alpine Scene, 1865, Oil on canvas, 77 x 51 1/8 in. (195.5 x 130 cm) , Gift of Julius H. Weitzner, Inc., 1967.588, The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago.