Memory Studies, Religion, and Postsecular Turn
Speakers
Kristina Stoeckl, Professor, University Of Innsbruck
Catherine Wanner, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
Agnieszka Halemba, Professor, Institute Of Ethnology And Archaeology , Polish Academy Of Scinces
Zuzanna Bogumił, Dr, Institute Of Archaeology And Ethnology Polish Academy Of Sciences
Yuliya Yurchuk, Assistant Professor, Department Of Historical, Philosophical And Religious Studies, Umeå University
Moderators
Zuzanna Bogumił, Dr, Institute Of Archaeology And Ethnology Polish Academy Of Sciences
In this roundtable, the speakers will reflect on what the postsecular turn means and what it brings into the memory studies #eld. The session will start with a short introduction made by Zuzanna Bogumił and Yuliya Yurchuk, the editors of the volume Memory and Religion in Postsecular Perspective (forthcoming in the Routledge ENRS's book series in 2021). In the introduction, they will present their main arguments on the necessity of the postsecular turn in memory studies. They will outline how they understand the postsecular turn in the memory studies and how the rethinking of memory studies through the theories of postsecularism can enrich our understanding of the ways we draw on, shape, and are shaped by the past. Then, the invited discussants – who are the experts in postsecularism and who are dealing with the questions of religion and memory in their own research – will present their ideas in response to the questions raised in the introduction. The discussion will be devoted to theoretical challenges and opportunities which the postsecular turn brings into the memory studies from the perspective of each of the disciplines presented by the speakers.