The XXth IAHR Quinquennial World Congress 2010

The IAHR XXth Quinquennial World Congress takes place in Toronto, Canada, August 15-21, 2010.  The theme is: Religion: A Human Phenomenon.

The World Congresses constitute the primary public event sponsored by the IAHR, the International Association of the History of Religions. The IAHR World Congresses bring together scholars interested in the academic and scientific study of religions to share the results of their research and to engage in discussion and debate of the major issues and concerns in the field. Workshops, panels, and symposia, as well as the presentation of individual papers, will provide ample opportunity for this kind of engagement of various new developments in the study of religion in diverse venues around the world.

Registration for the 2010 Toronto World Congress has been open for a while, and you will find all the information you need regarding registration, fees, accommodation, call for papers, financial assistance etc at the Congress website at http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/resources/iahr/Home.htm.

You may, of course, also access the Congress website directly from the IAHR homepage at http://www.iahr.dk/

Please note that early registration closes on January 31, 2010, and that
deadline for submissions is April 30, 2010.

For your convenience, please also find attached an IAHR promotional brochure and the ‘Müller brochure’ on the importance of an international congress.

On behalf of the host associations, the Congress committees and the IAHR Executive Committee, I sincerely ask you to do whatever possible to ensure that all of your individual members are informed about this event.

If you have a website, please post the info about the World Congress on your website as soon as possible, and if possible please also send an e-mail message directly to each of your members so that we can make sure that all members of the IAHR know about this event, about the deadlines for proposals of papers and registration, about the opportunities to register at the special 'early bird’ registration fee, about how to apply for the least expensive accommodation (the Toronto hosts have provided excellent options in regard to inexpensive accommodation) as well as for financial support.

The IAHR Executive Committee has decided to allocate 15.000 USD on top of the money we have been granted for this purpose from the CIPSH/UNESCO, to the Toronto Congress in order to help fund IAHR scholars in need of partial financial support.

The guidelines according to which the IAHR/CIPSH funds are granted to IAHR scholars may be found in 'Guidelines for IAHR-CIPSH grants.pdf'

Preference will be given to those officers or members who have been delegated by their national or regional association to be one of two representatives (normally the President and the Secretary) to the International Committee of the IAHR. Please notice, however, that only delegates from member associations that are paid up will be considered eligible for receiving funding.

In case your society or association is in a position to donate a sum of money, be it ever so small, for the same purpose, please contact me as soon as possible.

I can mention that the CSSR as well as the SQER have made significant contributions for which we are indeed grateful.

For a list of other current patrons, benefactors and sponsors, please cf. http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/resources/iahr/sponsors.htm