Sixteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society
- Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective
- 22-23 June 2026
- Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Perú + Online
The Sixteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Retired Professor at Arizona State University, United States
"Entheogens in the History of Religions, Contemporary Healing, and Human Evolution"
Full Professor, Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University, Lima, Peru. Director of the Institute of Ethics and Development and Principal Investigator of the Project "Contemporary Water Dynamics of Three Underground Aqueducts in the Nasca Valley: Climate Change, Water Pollution, and Their Impact on Gender Relations."
"What Grows in Catastrophic Times: The Enduring Waters of the Nasca Aqueducts"
Indigenous Artist, Shipibo-Konibo, Peruvian Amazon
"Rao Jonibo: The Spiritual Owners of Indigenous Medicine and Art"
University of Jaen, Spain
Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Perú
(In Memoriam)
Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Perú
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Perú
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 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
University of Ottawa, Canada
(In-Person)
Rollins College, United States
(In-Person)
Georgetown University, United States
(In-Person)
Northwestern University, United States
(In-Person)
Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, United States
(Online Only)
Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, GGSIPU, India
(Online Only)
University of Münster, Germany
(Online Only)
University of the Aegean, Greece
(Online Only)
National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan
(Online Only)
University of the Free State, South Africa
(Online Only)
The University of Melbourne, Australia
(Online Only)
Koç University, Turkey
(Online Only)
Lagos State University, Nigeria
(Online Only)
OMNI Institute of Well-being, United States
(Online Only)
Lima, Perú