Talks and events

Conferences, presentations and upcoming events

Conferences co-organized and papers presented at international meetings on religion, education, Islam in Europe and climate change. New events and talks are announced on this page.

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Ömer F. Gürlesin speaking at the lectern — Religion & Climate Change: No Plan(et) B or Paradise? · Tilburg · 2025

Ömer F. Gürlesin presenting research findings — Religion & Climate Change: No Plan(et) B or Paradise? · Tilburg · 2025

Ömer F. Gürlesin during a talk — Religion & Climate Change: No Plan(et) B or Paradise? · Tilburg · 2025

Conference audience in the hall — Religion & Climate Change: No Plan(et) B or Paradise? · Tilburg · 2025

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Organized

Conferences co-organized

2025

Religion & Climate Change: No Plan(et) B or Paradise?

International conference, Tilburg University

2024

Cosmos: Goddelijk Canvas? Kunst, religie en klimaatverandering

Cosmos: Divine canvas? Art, religion and climate change

With Figura Divina, Utrecht Dutch only

2024

Geloven in tijden van stijgende zeeën

Believing in times of rising seas

Symposium on religion and climate change in the Netherlands, Tilburg University Dutch only

Presentations

Selected conference presentations

2025

Dogma, Doctrine, and Data: Science as a Religious Construct in Climate Discourse

ESA RN34 Midterm Conference, The Liquid Presence of Religion in the Public Sphere, Tilburg

2025

De Resonantie van de Ney: Rumi’s Perspectief op Natuur, Melodie en het Goddelijke

The resonance of the ney: Rumi’s perspective on nature, melody and the divine

Cosmos: Goddelijk Canvas? Figura Divina with the NWO project Religion and Climate Change, Utrecht Dutch only

2024

Unraveling Biocentric Themes in Anatolian Sufism: Ahmed Avni Konuk’s Cosmological Vision

European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment, annual conference, Potsdam

2024

Van Klimaatrechtvaardigheid tot Klimaatreligie: Een Big-Data Analyse van Twitterdiscours (2023)

From climate justice to climate religion: A big-data analysis of Twitter discourse (2023)

With N. de Groot · Geloven in tijden van stijgende zeeën, Tilburg University Dutch only

2023

From Text to Action: Exploring the Role of Islamic Apocalyptic Narratives in Muslim Environmental Activism on Social Media

Environmental Endings and Religious Futures, Cambridge

2023

Covert Conviction: Uncovering Implicit Religion in Dutch Climate Activism Online – The Case of Extinction Rebellion

21st Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR), Vilnius

2023

The Journey of Translation of Old-Turkish and Arab Concepts to New-Dutch Tongue

With I. Kurt, I. ter Avest, A. Alasağ, O. Topaloğlu and O. Bircan · ENRECA, A Pluralist We in Religious Education, Bodø

2022

Children of Adam and Eve: Overlapping Circles in Islamic Religious Education

With I. ter Avest et al. · AGPAII conference, Padang

2022

Radicalization and Deradicalization from the Perspective of Dialogical Self Theory: The Case of Dutch-Turkish Muslims

Netherlands–Indonesia Consortium for Muslim–Christian Relations, Prevention of Radicalisation through (Religious) Education

2021

Self-Radicalization in an Era of Populism: Inner Conflicts between Extremist and Moderate Voices in One’s Society of Mind

CommUnity Project final conference, Building Bridges to Prevent Radicalization, Leuven

2021

Religious Voices in Diaspora: ‘Muddleheadedness’ or Contextualized Religiosity

11th International Conference on the Dialogical Self

2021

Self (e)valuation: Normative Islamic Citizenship Education

With I. ter Avest et al. · IAIE conference

2019

Multi-Voiced-ness of Religious Identity: Inner Conflicts between Extremist and Moderate Voices in One’s Society of Mind

Seeking the Middle Path (Al-Wasaṭiyya): Articulations of Moderate Islam, Radboud University, Nijmegen

2019

Transformation of Friday Sermons in an Era of Nationalism

ENRECA conference, Facing the Unknown Future: Religion and Education on the Move, Utrecht University

2019

Normative Citizenship Education in Plural Societies

With I. ter Avest et al. · Religion, Democracy and Citizenship, Würzburg

2019

Dialogical Formation of Young Muslim Identity: Piloting an Intervention Based on Dialogical Self Theory

With I. ter Avest et al. · ESITIS conference, The Hope and Despair of Religions, Sarajevo

2018

An Exploration of Religious Identity Development of Dutch-Turkish Muslims

With I. ter Avest et al. · British Sociological Association, Sociology of Religion Study Group (SOCREL)

2018

‘Wise Men’s Chess’: A Serious Play to Stimulate Religious Development of Muslim Youngsters

With I. ter Avest et al. · International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV XXI), Nürnberg

2018

Diversity in an Era of Polarization

Diversity in Higher Education, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

2018

Multi-Voiced-ness of Religious Identity

Religious Education Association, collaborative session, Washington, DC

Invitations

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