International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion
Abbreviation | IACESR |
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Formation | 2006 |
Affiliations | International Association for the History of Religions, American Academy of Religion |
Website | www |
The International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion (IACESR), founded in 2006, is a scholarly association dedicated to the promotion of the
The IACESR supports the Electronic Archive for Religion & Cognition at the Centre for Religion & Cognition,
History
The IACESR was founded in 2006 as the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IACSR), and the inaugural meeting took place in Aarhus University, in Denmark.The name of the association was changed to The International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion (IACESR) in 2020.
First General Assembly: January 7, 2006, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Second General Assembly: May 30, 2008, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Third General Assembly: August 16, 2010, University of Toronto, Canada.
Fourth General Assembly: June 25, 2012, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Fifth General Assembly: June 20, 2014, LEVYNA, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Sixth General Assembly: August 22, 2016, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Seventh General Assembly: August 12–16, 2018, Boston, MA, USA.
Eighth General Assembly: September 21, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Other IACESR meetings:
July 29, 2009, at the
Past presidents
2006-2008: E. Thomas Lawson, honorary professor, Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen's University Belfast
2008-2010: Luther H. Martin, University of Vermont
2010-2012: Robert N. McCauley, Kenan University Professor of Philosophy, Emory University
2012-2014: Armin W. Geertz, Aarhus University
2014-2016: Joseph Bulbulia, Maclaurin Goodfellow Chair, University of Auckland
2016-2018: Ann Taves, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2018-2020: Dimitris Xygalatas, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
2020-2022: John H. Shaver, Lecturer, University of Otago
2022-2024: Jon Lanman, Queen's University Belfast
See also
Notes
- ^ IACESR as cited in "IACESR-about-us". Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Centre for Religion & Cognition". www.religionandcognition.com/crc. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ "Archive for Religion & Cognition". www.csr-arc.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
- ^ "Journal of Cognition and Culture | Brill". www.brill.nl. Retrieved 2016-08-19.