Wednesday Forum is a weekly discussion on religion-related ideas and practices organized by both the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS), the Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada, and Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS), Yogyakarta. This forum is an academic space open for the public, encouraged especially for our graduate students, faculty members, researches, Indonesian and overseas scholars. It is aimed for scholars to share their research on fields pertaining to religion, and twenty through thirty presenters have become speaker in the forum every year. We invite those who have researches or (ongoing) papers on the field to do presentation in the forum.
Topics
The topics discussed include, but are not limited to, interfaith dialogue; conflict resolution and peace building; religious education; art and spirituality or mysticism; religion and pop culture; religious violence and radicalism; indigenous religions; religion and ecology; religion and politics; and philosophical ideas on religion.
Attendees
The forum is attended by CRCS and ICRS graduate students and faculty members, visiting professors, activists, and students from other universities. The forum is basically open for the public.
Date and Venue
The forum is held every Wednesday, from 1 to 2.30 pm, in the room 406 at the Graduate School Building, Sekolah Pascasarjana Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Teknika Utara, Pogung, Yogyakarta. For the upcoming semester, the forum will start on August 23, 2017.
Application
Application to be a presenter can be submitted via email to the organizer: subandri.simbolon@mail.ugm.ac.id. Send the abstact of your research and your brief CV, primarily your study background, activity, and researches. The forum committees will evaluate the applications and select the presenters.
