The 38th Biennial ISSR Conference “Religion, Migration, and Conflicts in Polarised Societies”

COST Action COREnet, International Society for the Sociology of Religion ir Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto V. Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute  are organising an international conference titled “Religion, Migration, and Conflicts in Polarised Societies” on June 30 – July 4, 2025, at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.

About the conference

We live in a globalized world shaped by migration, geopolitical crises, and social polarization. Religion is closely entangled with these changes. Linking up with the theoretical debates in the sociology of religion about the role of religion in public life, we invite scholars to reconsider how religion, in terms of religious practices, discourses, imaginaries, organizations, and individuals, is involved in the context of a currently polarized society.

More information and registration.

Main locations and venues for the conference:
Vytautas Magnus University, V. Putvinskio str. 23;
Vytautas Magnus University Great Hall – S. Daukanto str. 28.

The conference is co-organised by the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), COST Action 20107 “Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity” (COREnet) and V. Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute, Vytautas Magnus University.

This event is one of the activities of the project “Strengthening of R&D activities of the Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Institute of Social and Humanities Sciences (SOCMTEP)”. The project is financed by the Lithuanian Science Council and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania, contract no. S-A-UEI-23-13 (12/27/2023). Funding program – “University Excellence Initiative” (No. V-940).