Previous events

Formatting Nonreligion in Late Modern Societies - Institutional and Legal Perspectives

The GOBA Colloquium meets regularly to discuss classic and new writings related to the core objectives of the GOBA project.

The GOBA Colloquium meets regularly to discuss classic and new writings related to the core objectives of the GOBA project.

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

On May 12th to 13th, the GOBA project hosts a seminar on the concepts of gender and Protestantism in the biography genre.

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

GOBA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Vebjørn Horsfjord presents a paper where he examines how interreligious alliance building may challenge the liberal and secular ideas of human rights discourse.

On March 10.-13., GOBA will host a Christian-Muslim consultation on how to faithfully transmit divine messages across different generations and in diverse contexts so that it becomes meaningful and relevant for the readers.

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

GOBA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Helge Årsheim presents a draft book chapter on the origin, development and demise of Norwegian anti-blasphemy legislation. 

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

PhD candidate Ole Jakob Løland presents a work-in-progress, with response from GOBA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Helge Årsheim

Open keynote lecture by Professor Lori Beaman (University of Ottawa)

The second workshop of the core research team behind GOBA will explore the concept of 'formatting' religion in modern society.

Open keynote lecture by Associate Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University)

A workshop at UTS and CUNY in cooperation with the GOBA-project (Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, Norway), and The Thuthuka Migration and Religion Program ( University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa)

The second workshop under GOBA project II: Formatting Religion Beyond the State will be held at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Nordic/international workshop on Islamic university theology and lived religion under GOBA project I:Private Religion, Public Affairs  .