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Final Conference Programme – Towards a Unified Science of Religion

27 Wednesday Jan 2010

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Here is the conference programme for the upcoming Towards a Unified Science of Religion Conference, 12-14 February 2010, University of Otago.

Click to open pdf: USR-Programme

The registrations were to be in by 20 January, but they also said that the conference programme would be out by the end of December, so just email jonathan [at] psy.otago.ac.nz to register in the next cuppla days or so, if you want to attend. Full price $250; unwaged $100.

As a special offer, there’s daily pass at $80 for academics, $40 for students. Email jonathan [at] psy.otago.ac.nz in the next couple of days or so, to register.

Registration form here.
The Philosophy Department is physically located on Union Street East near the intersection with Clyde Street, and their P.O. Box is P.O. Box 56, Dunedin.

Towards a Unified Science of Religion Conference Programme

15 Friday Jan 2010

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Jonathan Jong, Conference Secretary

Jonathan Jong, Conference Secretary

Conference secretary, Jonathan Jong has revealed titillating details of the programme for the upcoming Towards a Unified Science of Religion Conference, 12-14 February 2010, University of Otago.

The conference boasts:

  • Three keynote speakers giving overviews of the field (David Sloan Wilson, Harvey Whitehouse and Jesse Bering)
  • Three papers on the philosophical implications of science
  • About half a dozen papers on the applications of theories to specific religious movements (e.g., Quakerism, Polynesian religion)
  • A paper on the evolution of the soul
  • A paper on experimental method

Full details will appear later this month on the conference website.

Note: registration is due by 20 January 2010. Full price is NZ$250; students and unwaged at NZ$100.

Conferences: Towards a Unified Science of Religion and The Bible and Critical Theory Seminar – Buy One, Get One Free!

05 Tuesday Jan 2010

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Towards a Unified Science of Religion

University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
12-14 February 2010

Just a note that registration is due by 20 January 2010. Full price is NZ$250; students and unwaged at NZ$100. Programme details to come soon.

From the conference website:

The belief in gods, demons, and other supernatural agents is a persistent feature of human culture, which cries out for explanation. In the last twenty-five years explanations of religion have reached a new level of sophistication. We now have a range of different scientific theories of religion, in cognitive science, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, drawing upon a significant body of empirical data. This conference, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Otago, will bring together researchers from these different disciplines and different theoretical perspectives, to explore the possibility of a unified science of religion.

Keynote Speakers

David Sloan Wilson
Binghamton University
Harvey Whitehouse
Oxford
Jesse Bering
Queens University, Belfast

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Register for this conference, and get this one free:

The Bible & Critical Theory Seminar,
February 7-8, 2010,
The Bog Irish Bar, Dunedin.

The Bible & Critical Theory Seminar Program

February 7, 2010
0930-1015    Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, NSW
The sadness of Friedrich Engels

1015-1100     Eric Repphun, University of Otago
The Monstrous Cinematic Christ: Biblical Narrative as ‘Supplement’ or ‘Multiple Opposite’?

Break

1130-1215     John Barclay, University of Durham, UK
Paul and Alain Badiou

Lunch at The Bog – Menu: http://www.thebog.co.nz/dunedin/menu_breakfast.html

1300-1345    Christina Petterson, Macquarie University, NSW
Spirit and Matter in John

1345-1430     Robert J. Myles, University of Auckland
Dandy discipleship: A queering of Mark’s male disciples

Break

1500-1545    Holly Randell-Moon, University of Newcastle, NSW
Left or Right? Religion and politics in Australia under the Howard and Rudd governments

1545-1630     Remy Low, University of Sydney, NSW
Submission in the War of Position:  Towards a Neo-Gramscian Reading of 1 Peter 2:18-21

Drinks and dinner at The Bog
The Bog has live music from 2000 on Sundays

February 8, 2010
0930-1015    Judith McKinlay, University of Otago
The Daughters of Zelophehad hanging out with Edward Gibbon Wakefield: What am I doing with them?

1015-1100     Moana Hall-Smith, St John’s College, Auckland/University of Otago
Divine colonization in the Book of Judges: A Maori woman’s ecological reading of Judges 19

Break

1130-1215     Elaine Wainwright, University of Auckland
From Wilderness to Waterfront: The Play of Time and Space in an Ecological Reading of Matt 3-4

Lunch at The Bog

1300-1345    James Harding, University of Otago
The David and Jonathan narrative(s) as open text

1345-1430     Yael Klangwisan, Laidlaw College, Auckland
The Marine Lover & the Song of Songs

From 1430
Drinks at The Bog
Depart

So you think you are interdisciplinary?  Prove it and come on down for both.

Conference: Towards a Unified Science of Religion – Call for Papers

07 Monday Sep 2009

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Towards a Unified Science of Religion

University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
12-14 February 2010

The belief in gods, demons, and other supernatural agents is a persistent feature of human culture, which cries out for explanation. In the last twenty-five years explanations of religion have reached a new level of sophistication. We now have a range of different scientific theories of religion, in cognitive science, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, drawing upon a significant body of empirical data. This conference, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Otago, will bring together researchers from these different disciplines and different theoretical perspectives, to explore the possibility of a unified science of religion.

Participants are invited to submit paper proposals presenting original research on any topic related to the theme of the conference. The proposal should take the form of an abstract of no more than 200 words, and should be submitted electronically (along with contact details) to the conference secretary: Jonathan Jong ( jonathan[at]psy.otago.ac.nz ) by 15 December 2009.

Further details about registration and accommodation and will be available soon on the conference website.

Please direct enquiries to the conference secretary, Jonathan Jong ( jonathan[at]psy.otago.ac.nz ).

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