Keynote Speakers As a result of funding by the ARC-APFRN, South Australia’s universities and contributions by special sponsors, the Adelaide Asian Studies Group is pleased to announce that as of the end of March, presently confirmed international guests. [read more]

Conference Themes

The 2008 ARC-APFRN Signature Event Conference - Globalising Religions and Cultures in the Asia Pacific is based around but not limited to, a number of key themes and based on these, a number of panels have already been settled. 

Contributions are welcome on all these and related themes. 

The key themes are:

• The current state of religions in the Asia-Pacific
• Manifestations of Religion and Culture – Religion & Identity
• Religious and Cultural Fundamentalisms
• Religion, Violence and State Policies
• Islamic Thinking at the Grassroots
• The spread of religions within and from the Asia-Pacific
• Missionaries to and from Asia
• Popular Religions, Little Traditions and Cults
• The Asianisation of Western Traditions
• Asian Religions and the shaping of popular culture in Asia & around the world