INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE | SACRED GEOGRAPHY: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES IN SPACE AND TIME
SACRED GEOGRAPHY: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES IN SPACE AND TIME
International Conference
Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
September 24th to 26th, 2020
This conference aims to bring together multidisciplinary approaches, including in the fields of religious studies, cultural anthropology, archaeology, history among others, to sacred landscapes, religious sites, and spatial dimensions of religion. The conference is dedicated to any set of themes, regions, religious traditions, methodologies and technologies that advance the theoretical and analytical paradigms of space and place.
We are also interested in bringing together scholars from both the humanities and the social sciences who employ novel methodologies and collaborations in exploring the role of space and place in religious traditions. Projects with digital humanities or social science component including technologies such as photogrammetry, e-Atlases, mapping and GIS for conservation, pedagogy, and tourism would be welcome.
Call for Papers
We welcome individual papers, papers sessions, and roundtable proposals for topics exploring space and place as they relate to religion. We are particularly interested in papers and sessions that employ theoretically or methodologically self-conscious and innovative approaches to understanding space and place as they relate to, condition, and constitute aspects of religious life including: belief, ritual, meaning, aesthetics, and experience. We also welcome ethnographically-informed studies of sites and historically-informed studies of texts that shed light on the role of space and place in religious traditions. We are interested in sessions on the following topics and questions that include but are not limited to:
• Sacred Sites and the State
• Conservation Ethics and Tourism
• Gender, Power, Place
• Sacred Geography through History
• Digital Humanities and Visualization Technologies
• Big Data Approaches to Sacred Geography
• Sacred Landscapes of Eurasia
• Sites and Ways of Pilgrimages
• Innovation Methodological Approaches
In order to participate in the conference, please submit by February 15th, 2020 a title and 250-word abstract along with your name and affiliation to the registration page found at:
Participants will be notified of the committee’s decision by March 2020. The conference will take place in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, on the campus of Nazarbayev University, one of the leading universities in the region. Kazakhstan offers visa-free travel to many countries. More information about visa, accommodation options and events of interest will be provided on the conference web pages. In addition, we will arrange fee-based workshops related to the conference as well as short excursions in and around Nur-Sultan, the details of which will be posted at a later date. For questions and concerns, you may contact us at nusacredgeography@gmail.com. Submit your application via https://eatlas.kz/?page_id=105.
