Greetings from Gothenburg,
We are pleased to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in the 21st Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions, held in Gothenburg from 19–23 August 2024. The conference welcomed 523 participants and featured approximately 400 presentations, with contributors from 36 countries, including Ukraine, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
We hope the conference offered a valuable platform for critical and productive academic discussions, and we look forward to seeing you all next summer in Krakow, Poland.
Warm regards,
The Team at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
The earliest written sources in history indicate that humans have always had thoughts, worries, and hopes about nature, ecological predicaments and how to explain and cope with climate and environmental hazards. However, with global warming, land erosion, deforestation, flooding, hurricanes, and pandemics, the nexus between the natural environment and human activities have become more frightening, giving rise to apocalyptic and dystopian scenarios.
Is the current crisis seen as a punishment from divine powers or as conspiracies? Is it perceived as an act of humans’ need to repent and change their destructive way of life, or is it just part of a grand plan? Can religious beliefs and forms of spiritualities, or the study of these, inhibit or inspire critical and visionary social solutions and resilience on how issues regarding sustainable development may be analyzed and developed? These and related questions are addressed at the conference “Nature, Ecology and Religious Responses to Climate Change” at the EASR meeting in 2024, hosted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
While the conference focuses on the current crisis, we also welcome panels, individual papers, and roundtables addressing historical aspects and more general discussions about nature, ecology, and religion.
Welcome to Gothenburg!
Göran Larsson, Henrik Bogdan, Daniel Andersson, Elin Thorsén, Andreas Nordin, Olof Franck, and Fredrik Skott
University of Gothenburg
We welcome your participation in the 21st European Conference we will address current considerations around Nature, Ecology, and Religious Responses to Climate Change.
We welcome panels, individual papers, and roundtables addressing historical aspects and more general discussions about nature, ecology, and religion.
Nature, Ecology, and Religious Responses to Climate Change.
Faculty of Humanities, University of Gothenburg.
Get practical information about the conference and about enjoying your visit and what Gothenburg, Sweden has to offer.
Meetx is the conference bureau handling the conference secretariat for the EASR 2024 Conference.
E-mail: easr2024@meetx.se
Phone: +46 31 708 86 90
Registration opens: February, 2024
Abstract submission deadline: March 4, 2024
Abstract notification: April, 2024
Early bird registration deadline: May 15 (deadline for presenting authors)
Conference dates: August 19-23, 2024
