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Design: Andy Smith & Denise Bell [email protected] ORAL HISTORY SOCIETY www.ohs.org.uk/conferences CALL FOR PAPERS Remembering beliefs – the shifting worlds of religion and faith in secular society The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society in conjunction with Newman University and Leeds Trinity University, 14–15 July 2017 at Leeds Trinity University, Leeds In recent years, belief and non belief have developed new significance. What might once have been valued as something individual and private in many contexts only a generation ago can now be a matter of open identification and even confrontation and judgement. In seeking to understand what has changed, memory has an important part to play: identifying how belief and non belief have played out at the level of family, community and society; recognising how people engage in the practices of belief and experience the institutions of organised religion. For reasons perhaps of prejudice, perspective and communal difference oral historians have largely neglected the topic of belief and non belief. Going beyond studies which have focused on those with religious conviction, oral history offers the possibility to move debate outside the confines of institutionalised religion both conceptually and practically, pushing the boundaries of what is meant by belief. Indeed, it offers the ideal approach to understanding manifestations of belief and secularism at an individual level while tracking their relationship to shifting expressions of broader cultural norms and the conferment of identity. Tackling this exciting agenda, the remit of the Conference will be broad but contributions should focus on an oral history in relation to the following: l methodological challenges in understanding belief, secularism and religion l understanding the process of secularisation through oral history testimonies l inter-subjectivity in interviews on belief and non belief l the role belief plays in shaping memory l exploring the interface of religion, belief and cultural/ national identities l belief and education l belief and non belief in social, political and cultural transformations l shifting the narratives of religion away from an institutional base l gender and established religious institutions l sects and movements The conference will include strands dedicated to the OHS Higher Education and Special Interest Groups All proposals for oral history-based contributions, including papers, panels, presentations, workshops, posters and displays should be submitted by 16th December 2016 to [email protected] Keynote speakers: Professor Callum Brown, University of Glasgow; Dr Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London; Dr Tina Block, Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia. After-Dinner Speaker, Friday, 14 July: Bruce Kent Picture: www.istockphoto.com/gb/portfolio/Matkovic
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Design: Andy Smith & Denise Bell [email protected]
ORALHISTORYSOCIETY
www.ohs.org.uk/conferences
CALL FOR PAPERS
Rememberingbeliefs – theshifting worlds ofreligion and faithin secular society
TheAnnual Conferenceof theOralHistorySociety in conjunction with Newman University and Leeds Trinity University, 14–15 July 2017at Leeds Trinity University, Leeds
In recent years, belief and non beliefhave developed new significance.What might once have been valued assomething individual and private inmany contexts only a generation agocan now be a matter of openidentification and even confrontationand judgement. In seeking tounderstand what has changed,memory has an important part to play:identifying how belief and non beliefhave played out at the level of family,community and society; recognisinghow people engage in the practices ofbelief and experience the institutionsof organised religion. For reasonsperhaps of prejudice, perspective andcommunal difference oral historianshave largely neglected the topic ofbelief and non belief.
Going beyond studies whichhave focused on those with religiousconviction, oral history offers thepossibility to move debate outsidethe confines of institutionalisedreligion both conceptually andpractically, pushing the boundariesof what is meant by belief. Indeed, it offers the ideal approach tounderstanding manifestations ofbelief and secularism at an individuallevel while tracking their relationshipto shifting expressions of broadercultural norms and the confermentof identity.Tackling this exciting agenda, the
remit of the Conference will be broadbut contributions should focus on anoral history in relation to thefollowing:
lmethodological challenges inunderstanding belief, secularism andreligion l understanding the process ofsecularisation through oral historytestimoniesl inter-subjectivity in interviews onbelief and non belief l the role belief plays in shapingmemory l exploring the interface of religion,belief and cultural/ national identitiesl belief and educationl belief and non belief in social,political and cultural transformationsl shifting the narratives of religionaway from an institutional basel gender and established religiousinstitutionsl sects and movements
The conference will include strandsdedicated to the OHS Higher Educationand Special Interest Groups
All proposals for oral history-based contributions, including papers,panels, presentations, workshops, posters and displays should besubmitted by 16th December 2016 to [email protected]
Keynote speakers: Professor Callum Brown, University of Glasgow; Dr Abby Day,Goldsmiths, University of London; Dr Tina Block, Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia. After-Dinner Speaker, Friday, 14 July: Bruce Kent
Picture: www.istockphoto.com/gb/portfolio/Matkovic
