"Muslimers tilstedeværelse i Danmark og møde med det danske";"Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier og Islamisk-Kristent Studiecenter/Center for Sameksistens";"2026-08-21";"14:00";"";"17:00";"Søndre Campus, lokale 8B-3-03";"Åbent seminar.";"Åbent seminar. 14.00 Kaffe 14.15 Velkomst v/ IKS-formand Arngeir Langås og lektor emeritus Ehab Galal, Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet 14.20 Historiske perspektiver på indvandring og holdninger hertil, herunder muslimer, v/ professor Garbi Schmidt, Institut for Kommunikation og Humanistisk Videnskab, Roskilde Universitet 14.50 Ikke-muslimske holdninger til islam og muslimer, v/ lektor Jesper Petersen, Afdeling for Bibelsk Eksegese, Københavns Universitet 15.20 Fra Halima Giftekniv til MuzzMatch: Om muslimsk datingkultur og kønsroller i 2026, v/ Fatema Juriah, CULTUR 15.50 Pause 16.00 Paneldebat m/ Garbi Schmidt, Jesper Petersen og Fatema Juriah Kontakt: Ehab Galal"
"RELIGIONSVIDENSKAB - mellem isolation, integration og interaktion";"Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier / Religionsvidenskab";"2026-10-01";"13:15";"";"17:00";"Søndre Campus, auditorium 4A-0-69";"Seminar.";"Spørgsmålet om religionsvidenskabens opgaver og roller, og råderum i offentlighedens diskurser står til diskussion. Skal religionsvidenskabens opgaver udelukkende afgrænses til academia eller bør dens rolle alene fastlægges uddannelsesinstitutionelt, eller skal religionsvidenskaben også betragtes som en aktør, der bør gøre synspunkter gældende i offentlighedens forskellige diskurser – indenrigs-, uddannelses-, kultur-, miljø- og udenrigspolitisk? Dagens oplægsholdere giver hver deres bud på religionsvidenskabens opgaver, roller og råderum – og bud på balancen mellem akademisk isolation, uddannelsespolitisk integration og involverende interaktion i samtidens spørgsmål og udfordringer. Eftermiddagens program afsluttes med en paneldebat om emnet. Program 13.15 Intro Peter K. Westergaard, Københavns Universitet 13.35 Ned fra elfenbenstårnet – eller på markedet for aktivisme og samfundsmæssig relevans? Jørn Borup, Aarhus Universitet 14.05 Religionsvidenskaben – et bærende element under det sekulære demokrati? Niels Reeh, Syddansk Universitet 14.35 Tværfaglighed og politik i en multireligiøs sammenhæng Safet Bektovic, Universitetet i Oslo 15.05 Pause 15.20 Kamæleon, ål eller panda? Religionsvidenskabelig vidensproduktion i dag? Astrid Krabbe Trolle, Københavns Universitet 15.50 Pause 16.00 Paneldebat Tim Rudbøg, Københavns Universitet 16.55 Finis Peter K. Westergaard Ingen tilmelding. Alle er velkomne. Ved spørgsmål om arrangementet ret henvendelse til Peter K. Westergaard."
"Spirits, Elementals, Ghosts, Vampires, Fairies, and Other Occult Beings in Modern Theosophy and Related Esoteric Currents";"Copenhagen Centre for the Study of Theosophy and Esotericism (CCSTE)";"2026-10-03";"";"2026-10-04";"";"The Rembrandt Hotel 11 Thurloe Pl, South Kensington, London SW7 2RS, United Kingdom ";"International Theosophical History Conference.";"Call for papers: Spirits, Elementals, Ghosts, Vampires, Fairies, and Other Occult Beings in Modern Theosophy and Related Esoteric Currents International Theosophical History Conference. From the late nineteenth century onward, the Theosophical Society and related occult milieus reimagined beings drawn from ancient traditions, séance culture, folklore, and occult revivalism and integrated them into new expanded esoteric worldviews and practices connected to spiritual evolution, subtle bodies and multiple planes of nature. This call for papers seeks historically grounded papers that analyse how such beings were defined, understood, classified and ranked in esoteric cosmology or how they were operationalised as relational or explanatory agents in spiritual practice (e.g., ""obsession,"" inspiration, “astral” influence). See the full call here (PDF). Keynote speaker: Associate Professor Manon Hedenborg White, Malmö University, President of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE). Conference committee Conference Chairs: Jenny Butler, PhD and Tim Rudbøg, PhD. Jenny Butler, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Study of Religions at University College Cork and President of The Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (ISASR). Prof Tim Rudbøg, PhD, Associate professor, Study of Religion, chair and director of the Copenhagen Centre for the Study of Theosophy and Esotericism, University of Copenhagen. Prof. James Santucci, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at California State University, Fullerton. Olivia Cejvan, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher at Malmö University, Sweden. Bjarke Stanley Nielsen, PhD, Denmark. Ethan Doyle White, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Erica Georgiades, MRes Religious Experience, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Call for papers Possible paper topics within this CFP theme: Taxonomies of the dead: ghosts, “shells,” and post-mortem states in theosophical afterlife geographies “Elementals” and nature spirits: fairy-lore as comparative esoteric classification Vampires, “astral feeding,” and moral discourse around desire, addiction, and exploitation Thought-forms and “artificial” entities: imagination, affect, and quasi-material psychology Clairvoyance as method: authority, verification, and pedagogy in esoteric knowledge-making Boundary-work with spiritualism and psychical research: séance risks, obsession, and expertise claims Translation and circulation: how terms (astral, deva, kama-loka, etc.) reorganised vernacular beings Media and aesthetics: illustration, colour theory, music, and architecture as “evidence” of unseen beings Colonial and global entanglements: “comparative religion” approaches to spirits across empires and cultures Reception history: how these creature-categories migrate into twentieth-century occult, Pagan and New Age repertoires, including occulture Visualising the unseen: diagrams, clairvoyant illustration, and the visual epistemology of occult beings To be considered as a presenter in the Conference, please submit an abstract of approx. 300 words with a 50-word biography to Erica Georgiades, via email. All proposals will be evaluated by the conference committee. Presentation time is max 20 minutes. Deadline for submission of paper proposals: 20 June 2026 Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2026 All submissions should be in PDF format and must include a short biographical note in the same document. Theosophical History Conference & The Theosophical History Journal The purposes of holding the International Theosophical History Conferences are practical in nature: to maintain interest in the subject, to assess the status of research in the area, and finally to provide material for publication within the Theosophical History journal. If the presenter wishes to publish in the journal, we advise that the style of the final text and endnotes conform to Chicago Style and that a digital submission be sent for review to the editor (Tim Rudbøg) in Word format no later than two months following the Conference. Registration & fees Students: £50 per day (includes coffee breaks and buffet lunch) Non-students: £75 per day (includes coffee breaks and buffet lunch) "