Important decisions and announcements by the IAHR Executive Committee and the IAHR International Committee in Bergen, Norway, May 10, 2003
(May 21, 2003)
- Important decisions made by the IAHR Executive Committee, which were announced during the International Committee meeting in Bergen:
- the IAHR is on the verge of signing a contract with Brill Academic Publishersl concerning the NUMEN Book Series. The Executive Committee will function as Advisory Editorial Board of the series and assist in appointing 3 managing editors ideally representing Europe, North America and a third country or region from elsewhere in the world.
- the Executive Committee has appointed Professors Michel Despland, Yolotl González Torres and Michael Pye to the Nominations Committee. They will draw up a list of candidates for the next Executive Committee (2005-2010) and deliver it by summer 2004.
- Important decisions made by the IAHR International Committee:
- to recommend to the General Assembly in Tokyo, 2005, the affiliation of the Romanian Association for the History of Religions.
- to recommend to the General Assembly in Tokyo, 2005, the affiliation of the Greek Society for the Study of Culture and Religion.
- to recommend the disaffiliation of the Taiwan Association for Religious Studies as a national affiliate, but to recognize TARS as a "corresponding member".
- to appoint Professors Louise Bäckman, Noriyoshi Tamaru and R. J. Zwi Werblowsky as the Honorary Life Membership Advisory Committee with the mandate to choose 5 candidates for Honorary Life Membership at the Tokyo Congress.
- The Executive Committee gave special thanks to the following out-going and in-coming editors of NUMEN:
- out-going: Managing Editors Michel Despland, Einar Thomassen and Reviews Editor Brigitte Luchesi
- in-coming: Managing Editors Gustavo Benavides, Einar Thomassen (second term) and Reviews Editor Maya Burger (from the end of 2004). Brigitte Luchesi has graciously volunteered to continue as Reviews Editor until Maya Burger can take on the job.
