[MGSA-L] Secularization, Mysticism and Religious Hybridities in the Mediterranean” Malta Conference

[Prof. Paul Sant Cassia]

Dear Members,

The Mediterranean Institute at the University of Malta and the Institute 
of Mediterranean Studies of Busan University announce a conference on  
“Secularization, Mysticism and Religious Hybridities in the 
Mediterranean” to be held in Malta  7- 9 February 2013.

The aim of this International Conference is to bring leading 
international experts from diverse humanistic and social sciences to 
discuss both the historical and the contemporary aspects of religion in 
the Mediterranean. The theme of Secularization, Mysticism and 
Hybridities will be explored through the continuous interplay and/or 
influence that exists between Religion and Society in Mediterranean 
Cultures.

The conference organisers invite academics and other experts who would 
like to act as panel convenors to submit proposals for panels for 
consideration by the organizing committee. Panels should be composed of 
3-5 contributors with each contribution not exceeding 30 minutes in 
length. Panel convenors should identify the topic and the contributors 
and will be responsible for the organization of the panels. Furthermore, 
the panel convenors will be invited to act as reviewers in the call for 
contributions from individual academics and researchers who would like 
to participate in this conference.

The panels will discuss themes ranging from Inter-religious Dialogue and 
Extremism (Fundamentalism), Pilgrimages and Places of Worship, 
Secularization versus Religious Hybridities, Mysticism and Popular 
Religion, Conflict and Gender Identities within Religions.

The panels will be expected to focus on specific aspects since the 
subjects per se are vast.
More often than not, contemporary dialogue forgets the origins of 
secularism, which comes from the dichotomy or differences within 
religion itself; separating the priest (secular) from the religious 
(monk and/or friar). This form of separation has taken the word 
secularism to a further extreme, meaning the separation between the lay 
and the religious. Religious is here understood as meaning both secular 
and regular clergy as well as all type of believers. By mysticism we 
understand popular religion, pilgrimages, while hybridities comprise 
places of worship, gender and conflict.

Those who are interested in acting as panel convenors are invited to 
fill in the online proposal form by not later than 31 August 2012.

For queries regarding the academic programme contact:
Dr Simon Mercieca
Director Mediterranean Institute
University of Malta
Msida MSD 2080
M A L T A
Tel: (00356) 2340 2097, (00356) 2340 2985
Email: simon.mercieca at um.edu.mt
Conference Website:
www.um.edu.mt/events/smrim2013

Sincerely,

Paul Sant Cassia
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