Announcement
The Forum on Religion is pleased to announce the establishment of a new Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion| at the London School of Economics.
The Programme, based in the Department of Anthropology|, aims to bring together staff and research students from across LSE, and within the wider academic and policy communities, working on issues to do with religion, secularism, and “non-religious” practices, beliefs, and traditions.
The Forum on Religion has become part of the new Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion and will host public lectures and an interdisciplinary seminar series.
Recent Events
Public lectures
At the Origins of Modern Atheism
Speaker: Rev Dr Giles Fraser
Discussant: Prof John Gray (London School of Economics)
Chair: Dr Matthew Engelke (London School of Economics)
6 June 2012, 18.30-20.00
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
This event will be followed by a reception and marks the public launch of the Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion
Ethics as Piety
Speaker: Webb Keane (University of Michigan)
Discussant: Dr Faisal Devji (Oxford University)
27 June 2012, 18.00-19.30
New Academic Building LG.09
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Seminar
Religion and Non-Religion: A Roundtable Discussion
With Dr Amanda van Eck (LSE INFORM), Dr Matthew Engelke (LSE Anthropology), Dr Simon Glendenning (LSE European Institute), Dr John Madeley (LSE Government), Rev James Walters (LSE Chaplaincy)
9 May 2012, 16.30-18.00
Seligman Library, Department of Anthropology, Old Building, LSE