The Spring Conference: one of the highlights of NOSTER’s curriculum. In this two-day conference on 22-23 April on Zoom, you can engage with the work of your peers and listen to a keynote lecture. The perfect place to discover the ‘academic conference’ formula and to exchange knowledge and experience. You are most welcome to submit a proposal for presenting your research, even if it is yet to start! Presentations take place in three types of parallel sessions: Brainstorm, Feedback, and Review Session. See the Call for more details:
Programme
As we have recently decided to move online and to cancel the workshops.
The details of the programmes are as follows:
THURSDAY 22 APRIL
VIRTUAL COFFEE/WELCOME 09:30-10:00
Feedback session 10:00-10:45
Brainstorm session 11:00-11:45
Lunch 12:00-13:30
Feedback session 13:30-14:15
JUNIOR COUNCIL PRESENTS:
Exploring Needs and Expectations 14:30-15:30
with Regard to the NOSTER Curriculum
Live meet-up! 15:30-19:00
FRIDAY 23 APRIL
VIRTUAL COFFEE/WELCOME 09:00-09:30
Keynote: Tocqueville, Religion, and Democracy 09:30-11:00
Review session 11:30-12:30
CLOSING REMARKS 12:00-13:30
Preparatory reading and assignments
For the keynote lecture, the Feedback Sessions, and Review Sessions, preparatory readings will be provided in due course, as well as small preparatory assignments for the conference as a whole and for the workshops.
Keynote lecture: Professor dr. Sophie van Bijsterveld (RU) – “Tocqueville, religion, and democracy”
Professor dr. Sophie van Bijsterveld (RU), expert in the field of religion, politics and law, will provide a keynote lecture on Friday morning. She will reflect on the role of religion in democracy, referring to the work of Alexis de Tocqueville. Her research project about this 19th century French philosopher is an excellent example of how to integrate scholarly work into the public debate. Van Bijsterveld will speak about Tocqueville’s legacy and the lessons we can learn from him today, and about valorisation of research on religion in general. An introductory text on the life and work of Alexis de Tocqueville will be provided. Participants are invited to explore the project’s website (especially the blogs), which is only available in Dutch (but Google translate may be of service).
Objectives: The Spring Conference contributes to broadening your horizon by familiarising yourself with the research of peers and senior researchers and to community building.
Participation and registration: Open to all (Re)Ma students and PhD Candidates. Once you have created a personal account on this website and have logged in, you can register for the Spring Conference by clicking the green “Register for this item” button on the right before 9 April 2021. Please note that if due to unforeseen circumstances you are unable to attend, please inform the NOSTER office as soon as possible and before 14 April 2021 at the latest.
Costs: Participation is free for ReMA students and PhD candidates registered at NOSTER or at any other research school in the Humanities. For others, the fees are €50. For more information about membership and costs, click here (for ReMA students) or here (for PhD candidates).
Medium: Zoom.
Dates: 22-23 April 2021.
Credits: 1 EC for participation, 0.5 EC extra for presenting your research.
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