30/09/2019

Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA)

The 41st annual ASRSA conference took place in Pretoria on the 4th and 5th of September. The theme of the conference was Religion and Economy. Dr Scharnick-Udemans’ presentation offered a nuanced worldview of a religious group, the Seven Angels Ministry, which has been ostracized by the media, society, and the academy.
20/09/2019

Noise complaint against District Six mosque shows increasing religious intolerance

As part of the centre’s commitment to interrogating the ways in which religion is involved and implicated in a variety of uneven power relations in society, we consciously work to bridge the gap between academia and civil society in productive and thoughtful ways. To that end, Dr Scharnick-Udemans penned a response to the debate about noise complaints against Zeenatul Islam mosque in Cape Town.
20/09/2019

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians 5th Pan-African Conference

2 – 4 July 2019, Gaborone, Botswana
20/09/2019

International Partnership Meeting

16-20 July 2019, Leeds University, Leeds
20/09/2019

European Conference Of African Studies (ECAS)

11-14 June 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/09/2019

Reflections on Research Collaboration Trip to Cape Town

This report by an international visiting PhD student on her experience of the cohort supervision workshops as well as the other commitments of the Centre, captures the essence of our objectives and goals.
10/09/2019

World Peace Convention

Prof Nadar was invited to be a plenary speaker at the 2018 World Peace Convention
12/08/2019

African Traditional Religion: Status and Practice in South Africa

Conversations and lectures by Dr Nokuzola Mndende, African Traditional Religion expert and practitioner 4-6 August 2019, Cape Town, South Africa
08/08/2019

Council for World Mission Workshop, Subversive bodies, hopes and desires: Humanness under Empire

Stellenbosch, 3-6 December 2018