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PATRONS AND MENTORS OF THE ACADEMY
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PATRONS
European Parliament
European Commission
Commissione Nazionale Italiana per l'UNESCO
Assemblée parlementaire de la Méditerranée
Camera dei deputati
Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Consiglio Nazionale Forense
Bologna Municipality
Emilia Romagna Region
Assemblea legislativa dell'Emilia Romagna
PATRONS
European Parliament
Unesco UniTwin
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research
Bologna Municipality
Emilia Romagna Region
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
OUR LATEST NEWS
Giuseppe Alberigo Award 2019
March 4, 2019
Fscire and Emilia-Romagna Region, together with the European Academy of Religion, are glad to announce the second edition of the Alberigo Award.
Giuseppe Alberigo (1926-2007) was an historian of great magnitude who was able to combine exceptional, exemplary rigour in research and a unique timeliness in the intellectual and theological debate of his time, thereby offering a precious contribution to sowing the seeds of criticism in generations of scholars internationally.
In memory of his fervour and wealth of critical studies, the Region of Emilia-Romagna and the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII, to which Alberigo dedicated 54 years of his life, will confere a sum of € 30,000 (Senior Award, € 20,000; Junior Award € 10,000), which will reward scholars engaged in a field of religious science, whether historical, exegetical, theological or other, without any form of limitation concerning the type of study.
Candidacies must be presented by the authors themselves and/or third parties – scholars, centres, journals, editors, associations, academies or departments – provided that they be registered members of the European Academy of Religion (EuARe), by sending a paper or digital copy of their books published within the last three years, or works that have yet to be published, in any field of religious science. Every candidacy must be accompanied by a brief presentation of the particular aspects of the volume or paper, the curriculum vitae of its author(s) and the indication of the category of the Award applied for. Candidacies will be received by July 31st, 2019.
The three finalists in each category will be invited to present a lecture at the annual convention of the European Academy of Religion in 2020, when the President of the Emilia-Romagna Region or his delegate will confer the awards in a special ceremony.
Establishment of the network of European Centers on Religion and Politics
June 16, 2019
Over the past three decades, a significant number of centers for "religion and public life" have emerged in European universities. During the third congress of the European Academy of Religion on March 4 2019, the leaders of some of these centers launched the network of European Centers on Religion and Politics.
This new initiative has two major goals. The first one is to improve communication and to foster inter-disciplinary and comparative approaches on the topic of religion and politics across religious traditions political contexts and historical periods among academic institutions in Europe and beyond. The second one is be a platform to disseminate research findings and projects in order to create a fruitful interactions with media and policy-makers working at the interface of religion and politics.
Belief. An essay by Jocelyne Cesari
February 6, 2020
The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere. Founded in October 2007 in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council’s program on Religion and the Public Sphere, The Immanent Frame features invited contributions and original essays and serves as a forum for ongoing exchanges among leading thinkers from the social sciences and humanities.
We are pleased to share the link to one of the latest contributions: an essay on Belief, by Professor Jocelyne Cesari: https://tif.ssrc.org/2020/01/31/belief-cesari/.
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION STATUTE
AS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON JUNE 21, 2017
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION STATUTE
AS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON JUNE 21, 2017
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
PARTICIPANTS TO THE LAUNCH EVENT
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Francesco Ubertini, Rector of the University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, State of Vatican City
Patrizio Bianchi, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Massimo Inguscio, President of the CNR, Italy
Carlos Moedas, European Commisioner for Innovation and Research
Jan Figel’, Special Envoy of the European Commission for Religious Freedom
Stefano Manservisi, DG Devco, European Commission
Annette Schavan, Former Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
Igor Kitaev, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Kishan Manocha, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Martina Larkin, World Economic Forum, Geneva
Alberto Melloni, Secretary of FSCIRE, Italy
European Academy of Religion
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION MEMBERSHIP
EUARE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The EuARe Executive Committee is a key body in EuARe governance. The EuARe President, the Executive Vice-President, the Secretary-General, and the Treasurer are elected among its members. The EC organizes the activity of the EuARe and manages its affairs under the terms of the EuARe statute. It is composed of nine members who, except for the President, shall serve a term of four years and can be re-elected for one more term only.
Herman Selderhuis (Theological University Apeldoorn)
EuARe President
Herman Johan Selderhuis (born 21 May 1961 in Enschede, the Netherlands) studied Theology from 1981 at the Theological University Apeldoorn. From 1987 to 1997 he served as Pastor of the Christian Reformed Churches. He received his doctorate on January 21, 1994, and started teaching at the Theological University Apeldoorn (TUA) on January 23, 1997, as a Professor of Church History and Church Law. In addition, he is, among other functions, Director of the Refo500 Foundation, President of the Reformation Research Consortium (REFORC), Editor-in-chief of four international, academic book series, Board Member of several international academic organizations and Advisor for various European research projects. Selderhuis is an expert on the Theology and History of the Reformation and on Protestant Church Law. In both areas, he has published several books and a multitude of articles.
Hans-Peter Grosshans (WWU Münster)
EuARe Vice-President
Hans-Peter Grosshans is Full Professor (chair) of Systematic Theology, Ecumenical Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster (WWU Münster) in Germany. He is an active member of many national and international academic societies. In 2020-21 he was President of the European Academy of Religion (EuARe); he is President of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Religionsphilosophie and one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion (ESPR); he is a member of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS) and Member of the Executive Board of the Inter University Center (IUC) in Dubrovnik (Croatia). He is a Permanent Honorary Guest-Professor at Zhejiang-University in Hangzhou (PR China).
Karla Boersma (Theological University Apeldoorn)
EuARe Secretary General
Karla Boersma is Operational Director of REFORC, the Reformation Research Consortium, dealing with Early Modern Christianity. She was also involved in several Horizon 2020 funded projects that aim to establish a European research infrastructure for Religious Studies (ReIReS 2018-2021, RESILIENCE Design Phase 2019-2021). Currently, she is the Communications Officer for the RESILIENCE Preparatory Phase project (2022-2026). She has been involved in the European Academy of Religion since the very beginning, and, starting in 2018, is an Executive Committee member.
Francesca Cadeddu (FSCIRE)
EuARe Treasurer
Francesca Cadeddu is Affiliated Researcher at FSCIRE – Fondazione per le scienze religiose since 2011 and a Researcher in Contemporary History at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia since 2020. She studies Religious Pluralism and Religious Illiteracy in Italy and Europe. President of the European Academy of Religion (2021-2022), in 2022 was nominated Executive Director of RESILIENCE – European research infrastructure on religious studies.
Jocelyne Cesari (University of Birmingham)
EuARe EC Member
Jocelyne Cesari holds the Chair of Religion and Politics at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; at Georgetown University she is a Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Since 2018, she has been the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School. President-elect of the European Academy of Religion (2018-19), her work on religion and politics has garnered recognition and awards: 2020 Distinguished Scholar of the religion section of the International Studies Association, Distinguished Fellow of the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs and the Royal Society for Arts in the United Kingdom.
Alessandro Ferrari (Insubria University)
EuARe EC Member
Alessandro Ferrari is Professor of State Laws and Religions and Comparative Law of Religions at the University of Insubria (Varese and Como) and is Director of REDESM. He is Associated Member of GSRL, the CNRS Research Group Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (Paris) and of the Unité Mixte de Recherche Droit, Religion, Entreprise et Société of the Strasbourg University and CNRS. He is part of the steering committees of ICLARS and of the network PLURIEL. Since 2010 he has been a member of the different Councils for relations with Islam established at the Italian Home Ministry. His research interests focus on the legal status of Muslims in Europe, the transformation of European secularism and religious freedom across the two Mediterranean shores. He has been Visiting Fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program of the Harvard Law School (2019), invited Directeur d’Études at the École Pratiques des Hautes Études – Paris (2018) and Roberta Buffett Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University (2014).
Pantelis Kalaitzidis (Volos Academy for Theological Studies)
EuARe EC Member
Pantelis Kalaitzidis is an internationally well-known Orthodox Christian theologian, very much involved in Ecumenical and Interreligious dialogue, with a rich record of publications in the areas of the dialogue between Orthodoxy and modernity, religious nationalism and fundamentalism, Political theology, Curricula of Religious Literacy in Pluralistic Societies, and more. Director of the Volos Academy, Research Fellow in American and European Universities, Co-Chairman of St Athanasius Lutheran-Orthodox Theological Fellowship, Member of the Steering Committee of the Pro Oriente for Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue, Co-Chair of the Political Theology group of IOTA, Editor of the series Doxa & Praxis/WCC Publications, Member of the Advisory Board of Orthodox and Ecumenical journals, Member of the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Religion (EuARe), Dr. Kalaitzidis is well-known for his efforts toward an inclusive approach to religious phenomenon which is both respectful of the respective religious traditions, and the neutrality and the pluralistic character of the public sphere.
Peter Petkoff (Brunel Law School)
EuARe EC Member
Peter Petkoff is a Senior Law Lecturer at the Brunel Law School. He is also Director of the Religion, Law and International Relations Programme, a collaborative international research network at Regent's Park College, Oxford, and Managing Editor of the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. He is Legal Consultant on Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression for the Representative on Freedom of the Media at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and has been a TEPSA consultant of the European Parliament as well as a consultant for the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief at the House of Lords. Peter is involved in cutting edge research on the relationship between religion and politics and law and religion. In his capacity as Director of the Religion, Law and International Relations Programme at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, he brings together lawyers, theologians, philosophers, social and political scientists and aims to develop innovative interdisciplinary strategies for studying law, religion and international relations from legal and theological perspectives.
Kristina Stoeckl (University of Innsbruck)
EuARe EC Member
Kristina Stoeckl is member of the EuARe Executive Committee since 2022. Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck since 2019, she holds a Phd in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence (2007). Before joining the University of Innsbruck in 2015, she was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Post-Doc Fellow at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (2009-2012) and APART Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the University of Vienna (2012-2015). Her research areas are sociology of religion and political sociology with a focus on politics and religion, state-religion relations in Russia, norm and anti-gender mobilizations and transnational religious actors. She has published The Russian Orthodox Church and Human Rights (2014) and Moralist International. Russia in the Global Culture Wars (2022) as well as numerous journal articles in Religion, State and Society, Global Networks, Journal of Contemporary Religion and others.