Annual Conference
of the
Australian Association for the Study of Religion

30 November - 1 December 2023

The 2023 AASR Annual Conference will be held in Sydney, from Thursday November 30th and Friday December 1st, at the University of Notre Dame Australia (Broadway Campus).

Pioneer House (NDS5).
140 Broadway, Chippendale NSW. 

 

Timeline

Registration

Registration for the conference is now closed. If you are not attending the conference, you can sign up separately to attend the Penny Magee Lecture (more info below).

General Registration:

  • Regular (academic staff / waged) — AU$ 135

  • Concession (students / unwaged) — AU$ 100

Program

The online program is now available. You can download a PDF of the program here (📄264KB).
Note that this program is subject to changes.

Penny Magee Lecture
Discourses of Religious Freedom in Australia: From diversity to the politics of belief.
Presented by Rev. Dr Elenie Poulos | Read more about the Penny Magee lecture here

Rev. Dr Elenie Poulos is an Adjunct Fellow at Macquarie University in Politics and International Relations. Her PhD (in Politics) was conferred in 2021 and examined the public discourses and politics of religious freedom in Australia. Her research on the intersection of religion and politics is interdisciplinary, drawing from politics, sociology of religion, critical studies in religion and discourse studies. She is especially interested in religious discourses in the public space. Elenie is a frequent commentator on religion and politics for radio and other news media.

Elenie is an ordained Minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and was, for 15 years, the director of the Church’s national justice policy and advocacy unit. She has over 20 years’ experience working in public policy, advocacy and government relations in the not-for-profit sector, including 11 years as a Commissioner of the World Council of Churches’ advisory body on international affairs.

Elenie is a past Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford and in 2023 was invited to deliver the University Sermon at the University of Oxford.

The Penny Magee Lecture open to attend to people who are not attending the conference, but registration is required.

Notes:

  • All presenters will need to be members of the AASR by the time of the conference.

  • Current members of NZASR do not require AASR membership to present.

  • This is primarily an in-person conference. We have limited capacity for hybrid panels and zoom presentations. Please get in touch with the organising committee (rosemary.hancock@nd.edu.au) to discuss if you require this.