ISSR Conference - Sensing religion

Opening session

Convener:
Anne-Marie VUILLEMENOT (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

Keynote speakers:
Philippe CORNU (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
"From Tibet to the West: The transposition of a symbolic iconography between fantasy and lived reality."
Renée DE LA TORRE (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
"Pixels of the sacred: the image as communication channel of contemporary religiosity."

Discussant:
Anne-Marie VUILLEMENOT (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

Plenary Session 1

Convener:
Roberte HAMAYON (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)

Keynote speakers:
Meredith MCGUIRE (Trinity University, USA)
Individual sensory experiences, socialized senses,and everyday lived religion in practice
Simona TALIANI (Universita degli studi di Torino, Italy)
The Double Meaning of Things: Fetishes and Objects at the Mercy of Strangers

Discussant:
Roberte HAMAYON (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)

Plenary Session 2

Convener:
Raphaël LIOGIER (IEP, Aix en Provence, France)

Keynote speakers:
Paulo PINTO (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
Mystical Bodies/Unruly Bodies: Embodiment, Empowerment and Subjectification in Syrian Sufism
Emma AUBIN-BOLTANSKI (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
Désordres rituels et désordres du corps : La crucifixion d’une mystique de Beyrouth (Liban 2011)

Discussant:
Raphaël LIOGIER (IEP, Aix en Provence, France)