SIMAGINE
Social Imaginaries between Secularity and Religion in a Globalizing World
About Us
SIMAGINE International Research Consortium
SIMAGINE is a platform for research exchange exploring the role of social imaginaries in a pluralistic, globalizing world. We aim to address current realities through academic research that focuses on the issue of imaginary borders between religion and secular society, and that pays special attention to decolonial perspectives. Through critical and collaborative analyses, our interdisciplinary research intervenes into the realms of media, art, and education,
Partners
We are an interdisciplinary platform where philosophers, social scientists, political theorists, and religious scholars from a variety of educational institutions and research centres participate in projects deconstructing the social imaginaries that determine the 21st century.
Projects
We have organized six international conferences, participated in two collaborative publications, and contributed to thematic panels on general conferences around the world.
Publication Opportunities
SIMAGINE members Laurens ten Kate and Bram van Boxtel will guest edit a special issue of the open access journal Religions. We invite members and collaborators to consider contributing to this issue, entitled "Cultural and Religious Pluralism in the Age of Imaginaries," which aims to further develop theories of pluralism in relation with imagination, in the cross-over area between secularity and religion. For more information, click here.
(Find the CfP below)
Featured Events
April 26 & 27, 2023
Politics of Dis-Enclosure: Religion, Community, Violence
Vienna, Austria
Event Details
April 26 & 27, 2023
Politics of Dis-Enclosure: Religion, Community, Violence
For this conference, we will welcome world-renowned thinker Achille Mbembe, as one of the keynote speakers. This event will be offered in co...
Vienna, Austria
June 8, 2022
Re-imagining the Human: A Conference with Richard Kearney
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Event Details
June 8, 2022
Re-imagining the Human: A Conference with Richard Kearney
This day-long conference featured philosopher and theologian Richard Kearney as keynote speaker. Click here to watch the recording of the ev...
Utrecht, the Netherlands
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