[Air-L] Workshop Digitalization and Religious Contact

[Giulia Evolvi]

Dear Colleagues,

Here a CFP for people (especially early career) working on religion and
digital media. Hope it may be of interest to some.

Are you doing research on digitalization and religious contact? Or do you
have a general interest in learning more about methods and theories in
media and religious studies to address the ethical and social consequences
of digitalization? Then you might like to actively join the round table at
our workshop and share information about your project. This is an
opportunity for early career researchers to receive funding to come to
Bochum (Germany) for a two-day workshop.



The workshop “*Digitalization and Religious Contact*” (
http://bit.ly/DigitalizationWS*)* will take place on *14-15 November 2019* at
Ruhr University, in Bochum. It will be organized by two research
centers: the Center for Religious Studies (CERES), which is an
interdisciplinary and international center studying the dynamics of
religious change and religious encounters in Europe and Asia (
www.ceres.rub.de); and the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), a
research center where scholars can study the opportunities and challenges
of the digital transformation (http://bit.ly/CAISEvent).



During our workshop we want to address the following practical questions:
How can scholars collect data about digital religion and analyze them?
Which framework can better capture the role of the Internet in relation to
religious contact? What kind of impact does digitalization have on
religion, and how can it be analyzed?



The workshop will include presentations from leading scholars in the field,
including Mona Abdel-Fadil (University of Oslo), Oren Golan (University of
Haifa), Tim Hutchings (University of Nottingham), Mehmet Karacuka (Ege
University), Stephen Philaja (Newman University), Susanne Stadlbauer
(University of Colorado), Johanna Sumiala (University of Helsinki).

The second day will host the round table that will bring together senior
researchers and early career scholars. We are willing to have early career
scholars (including PhD students) who are interested in taking part in the
round table.



If you want to participate in this round table, please send us your
abstract (300-400 words) before *30 July 2019* (to: giulia.evolvi at rub.de*;
nina.hahne at cais.nrw*). The abstract should sum up your current research and
point out your interest in the workshop and the input you plan to give.
Travel and accommodation costs will be fully covered.



Kind regards,



Nina Hahne (CAIS) and Giulia Evolvi (CERES)