HEREMES LAUNCHING EVENT

Heremes – Helsinki Research Hub on Religion, Media and Social Change launching event, 5 April 2022.

HEREMES – Helsinki Research Hub on Religion, Media and Social Change is an international, interdisciplinary research hub conducting, coordinating and promoting interdisciplinary research on religion, media and social change at University of Helsinki https://www.helsinki.fi/heremes

 

Time: 5 April 2022, 18-20

Zoom-link: https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/66300721931?pwd=MlZIVHI3Y0ZibURJOEdtSTl1WWdaUT09

Meeting ID: 663 0072 1931, Passcode: 797202

 

Program

18:00

Welcome and Opening

Katja Valaskivi HEREMES director, Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki

 

18:15

Keynote The Global Marketisation of Religion in the Age of Hyper-mediatisation

Professor Francois Gauthier, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Chair: Johanna Sumiala Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki

 

19:00

Panel: Religion, Media and Social Change

Professor Mia Lövheim, Uppsala University

Senior Lecturer Daniel DeHanas, King’s College, London

Professor Stewart Hoover, University of Colorado, Boulder

Professor Steven Livingston, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Washington DC

Chair: Associate Professor Katja Valaskivi, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki

 

19:45

Closing

Professor Titus Hjelm, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki