Methodological challenges in doctoral research on religion
10.30am-4.30pm, 8 May 2010, Regent's Park College, Oxford
Supported by the HEA-PRS Postgraduate Training Network for Advanced Methods in the Study of Religion and the SOCREL Postgraduate Network.
The event is aimed at doctoral students in the study of religion and will provide a forum for thinking about methodological issues in this field. It is organised by the Postgraduate Training Network for Advanced Methods in the Study of Religion, funded by the HEA subject-centre for Philosophy and Religious Studies. This event is also being held in conjunction with the SOCREL Postgraduate network.
Delegate numbers will be held to 25 and therefore early booking is recommended. This event follows our very successful, and over-subscribed, one-day conference in May 2009 at Birkbeck College, University of London (for a report on that event, click here).
Programme:
Chair: Dr Abby Day, University of Sussex and Birkbeck College, University of London.
10.15am Registration/coffee
10:30-11:30 Dr Marion Bowman, Open University, 'Where qualitative longitudinal research and short term quantitative research meet: exploring Glastonbury's spiritual economy'.
11:30-12:00: Dr Titus Helm, UCL: The relationship between theory and empirical research.
12:15-12:45: Doctoral student presentations:
Melanie Landman, Roehampton University: Researching Black Madonnas: The Reluctant Fieldworker
Jason C. Boyd, University of Chester: Action Research as a Way of Doing Theology
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:15: Doctoral student presentations:
Mohammad Siddiqi, Cardiff University: The Tablighi Jama'at in Bangladesh: An Ethnographic Study of an Islamic Reform Movement
France Azema, EHESS, Paris: The Position Of Women In Hindu Religion
Anna Strhan, Birkbeck College, University of London: Exploring The Relationship Between Philosophical And Sociological Epistemological Frameworks In The Study Of Faith
15:15-15:45: Afternoon tea/coffee
15:45-16:05: Dr Mathew J Guest, University of Durham: Discussant.
16:05-16.30: Discussion
16.30: Close
Cost: £17.50 including coffee/tea and lunch.
