New Institutionalism
20th Workshop Salzburg 2025
New Institutionalism, World Polity, and Religion




27 & 28 April, 2007, University of Erfurt, Germany

with Prof. John W. Meyer (University of Stanford, California) who will lecture on

Is religious rationality challenging or even displacing scientific rationality as the main source of legitimacy for modern actors in the world polity or is the present interest in religion a rearguard action against the hegemony of scientific rationality?

The workshop and the lecture shall be in English. If you are interested to present a paper, please send an abstract by
 
2 April 2007
 
to michael.dusche@uni-erfurt.de. We are planning a publication of the papers. Participants will receive an introductory paper well in advance.
Organisers:
 
Prof. Dr. Michael Opielka, Social Work, University of Applied Sciences, Jena
Prof. Dr. Jamal Malik, Chair of Islamic Studies, Erfurt University, Germany
Dr. Michael Dusche, Research Fellow, Erfurt University & UoAS, Jena
The workshop is part of the BMBF sponsored project on “Mobilisation of Religion in Europe: Perceptions of Threat. ‘Europe’ and ‘the Muslim World’” (http://www.uni-erfurt.de/mobilisierung_religion/en/individual%20projects/3_1.htm).
 
Key Note:
 
Prof. Dr. John W. Meyer, Department of Sociology, Stanford University, California, USA
 
Alphabetical List of Speakers:
 
Dusche, Dr. Michael, Research Fellow, Erfurt University & UoAS, Jena
Fischer, PD Dr. Karsten, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universiy, Berlin
Liedhegener, PD Dr. Antonius, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Jena University
Malik, Prof. Dr. Jamal, Chair of Islamic Studies, Erfurt Univeristiy, Germany
Meyer, Prof. John W. (PhD), Sociology Department, Stanford University, USA
Opielka, Prof. Dr. Michael, Social Work, University of Applied Sciences, Jena
Wobbe, Prof. Dr. Theresa, Sociology & Gender Studies, Erfurt University

2/20/07