Fourteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

  • Spaces, Movement, Time: Religions at Rest and in Movement
  • 23-24 May 2024
  • Institute of Religious Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain + Online

Research Network Chair

Luis G. Roger-Castillo

Luis G. Roger-Castillo

Center of Byzantine, Modern Greek and Cypriot Studies, University of Granada, Spain

Conference Chair

Dr. Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez

Dr. Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez

Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Plenary Speakers

The Fourteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

José Ramón Polo Sabau

José Ramón Polo Sabau

Professor of State Ecclesiastical Law, University of Malaga, Spain

"Las relaciones entre el Estado y las confesiones religiosas en el Derecho español: Antecedentes y claves de interpretación"


Tim Jensen

Tim Jensen

Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

"Nature and the Climate Crisis: Why it Matters for Scholars of Religion"


Santiago Manzarbeitia Valle

Santiago Manzarbeitia Valle

Lecturer Department of the History of Art, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

"Spiritual Meaning and Function of Medieval Mural Painting: Catechesis, Liturgy and Peregrinatio"


Local Organizing Committee

  • Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez, Indo-European Linguistics, Director of the Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Fernando Amérigo Cuervo-Arango, State Ecclesiatical Law, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Enrique Santos Marinas, Slavic Philology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Guadalupe Seijas de los Ríos-Zarzosa, Hebrew Philology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Javier del Barco del Barco, Hebrew Philology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Raquel Martín Hernández, Greek Philology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Andrés Piquer Otero, Hebrew Philology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Rafael Ruiz Andrés, Sociology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • David Hernández de la Fuente, Greek Philology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Federica Pezzoli, Greek Philology, Institute of Religious Studies, UCM
  • Maria José Parejo Guzmán, Public Law Department, Universidad Pablo Olavide
  • David Cobos Sanchiz, Department of Education and Social Psychology, Universidad Pablo Olavide

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2024 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

(In-Person)

Farjana Mahbuba

Farjana Mahbuba

Australian Catholic University, Australia

(In-Person)

Siddhesh Mukerji

Siddhesh Mukerji

Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

(In-Person)

Núria Reguart Segarra

Núria Reguart Segarra

Jaume I University of Castellón, Spain

(In-Person)

Katie Khatereh Taher

Katie Khatereh Taher

McGill University, Canada

(In-Person)

Russell Hoban

Russell Hoban

University of Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand

(In-Person)

David Krantz

David Krantz

Arizona State University, USA

(In-Person)

Madeline Shorman

Madeline Shorman

University of Texas at Austin, USA

(In-Person)

Agnieszka Podolecka

Agnieszka Podolecka

University of South Africa, South Africa/University of Warsaw, Poland

(In-Person)

Charles Ho Wang Mak

Charles Ho Wang Mak

Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom

(Online Only)

Marco Guglielmi

Marco Guglielmi

University of Padova, Italy

(Online Only)

Jesse Herriott

Jesse Herriott

Unity Institute and Seminary/UWSI, USA

(Online Only)

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Noah Karger

Noah Karger

University of Notre Dame, USA

(Online Only)

Anugrah Brij

Anugrah Brij

Senate of Serampore College (University), India

(Online Only)

Maddison Frye

Maddison Frye

Regent University, USA

(Online Only)

Vineet Gairola

Vineet Gairola

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India

(Online Only)

Host Partners