Palacký University Olomouc
Workshop: Digital religion – online communities
Olomouc – Czech Republic – November 2. – 3. 11. 2023
Conference venue: Faculty of Theology UPOL, Univerzitní 22, Olomouc
2. 11. Thursday (CET)
13:45
Jaroslav Franc: Openning speech, invitation
Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ
13:50
Jaroslav Franc and Veronika Müllerová
What is changing in papal communication with the rise of social media?
Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ
14:30 keynote lecture – online
Giulia Evolvi
Theory of hypermediation: how digital religion intersects with gender and politics
University of Bologna, Italy
16:00
TEA or COFEE?
16:15
Damian Guzek
Individualization of communication habits in practice
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
16:45
Terézia Rončáková
The community-building and stimulating function of media in the pre-digital era
Catholic University in Ružomberok, SR
17:15
EVERYBODY NEEDS COFFE NOW
17:30
Giuseppe Maiello
Italian Contributions to Digital Religion
University of Finance and Administration, Prague, CZ
18:00
Tereza Zavadilová
#TradWife movement in the Catholic context: Piety or Hate?
Charles University, Prague, CZ
18:30
Let´s have dinner together
3. 11. Friday (CET) – hybrid all day
8.30
Kees Cornelis Hulsman
Dialogue Across Borders; Transcending the line between online and offline
Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation, Cairo, Egypt
9:00
Rasool Akbari
Hijab as a Contested Resource in Iranian Hypermediated Spaces
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
9:30
Monika Kopytowska
Online spirituality as a tech-enabled “upgrade” of individual and collective experience
University of Lodz, Poland
10:00
Laura Vermeeren
#Witchtok a pan-cultural phenomenon
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
10:30
Michele Varini
The Stars Down To Metavarse. Astrology and magic-superstitious beliefs on social networks
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy
11:00
Minoo Mirshahvalad
Shi‘a Smartphone Communities: Trends of Continuity and Change
Foundation for Religious Sciences John XXIII, Palermo, Italy
11:30
Ruben Brugnera
Exposing injustices within the Church: an act of malevolence or a journalist’s contribution to the Synodal process?
Investigative journalist, and lecturer at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Belgium.
12:00
Let´s discuss the research plans
