Call for Papers for RC43 - Religion and Politics Panels
Contact: gshani@icu.ac.jp
Deadline: Wed, 04 Nov 2026
The IPSA Research Committee on Religion and Politics (RC43) invites proposals for the 29th IPSA World Congress of Political Science, taking place at Luiss University in Rome from 24-28 July 2027.
Civilizational Politics: Identity, Legitimacy, and Political Order
Chair: Dr. Giray Gerim
Parallel Power Structures: Civil Society, Religious and Traditional Authorities, and the Uncertain State in Africa
Chair: Ms. Lucie Calléja
Religion and Political Parties: Beyond Old Concepts and Outdated Models
Chair: Prof. Luca Ozzano
Religion, Gender, and Contested Rights: Faith-Based Mobilization and Bodily Autonomy
Chair: Dr. Priyadarsini Sahu
Religions and Welfare Regimes
Chair: Dr. Laura Welty
Sacred Communities: Religion and Nationalism as Competing Global Cosmologies
Chair: Prof. Giorgiandrea (Giorgio) Shani
Secularism Under Strain: Rethinking State–Religion Relations in Plural Societies
Chair: Dr. Ishita Maity
The Politics of Exclusion: Far-right, Religion, and Minority Rights amid Democratic Backsliding
Chair: Dr. Fabio Bolzonar
War and the Reconstitution of Religious-Political Order: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives
Chair: Dr. Naser Ghobadzadeh
