International Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation

The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to September 1, 2023.

1st World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation

October 04-08, 2023 Struga, North Macedonia

The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to September 1, 2023.

RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD: CAUSES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Divisions between participants in war conflicts are often based on their different
identities or awareness of them. Religious divisions have been the cause or accompanied many conflicts: conflicts between Catholic Christians and Muslims in East Timor, Jews and Muslims in the Middle East, Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, Muslims and Hindus in Kashmir and the Indian state of Gujarat (conflicts between India and Pakistan), conflicts between Hindus and Sikhs in India, Taliban exclusivity towards other religions in Afghanistan…

The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 1st, 2023.

PhD. Zoran Matevski

Letter of the President

        After the exceptional success achieved at the First and Second European Conferences for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation (from a scientific and organizational point of view), the Centre for Intercultural Studies and Research at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje organize the First World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation. This conference will be attended by eminent professors and researchers in the field of religion and culture who will be representatives of the largest number of countries from all continents of the world. We expect around 150 participants from all regions of the world to participate in the First World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation. The latest research results in the field of intercultural and religious dialogue and cooperation in the world will be presented at the Conference; the role of religious and cultural institutions in resolving religious conflicts in Europe and the world; implementing the processes of interculturalism in the post-global era; implementing the ideas of ecumenism and neo-ecumenism in the world framework; the role of religion in peace and conflict, etc. After the Conference, the papers presented will be published in the international scientific journal Religious Dialogue and Cooperation published by the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. In addition, papers will be selected that will be published in a book (edit collection) that will be published by one of the eminent publishing houses in Europe.

Preliminary program

04.10.2023 (Wednesday)

18.00. – 19.30 Opening Ceremony of the Conference

19.30. – 24.00. Welcome reception cocktail

05.10.2023 (Thursday)

10.00. – 18.00. Working sessions

20.00. – 24.00. Cruise on Lake Ohrid with dinner

06.10.2023. (Friday)

10.00. – 17.00. Working sessions

17.00. Visit to the village of Vevcani, Vevcani Springs, church Saint Nikola and monastery Saint Spas

20.00. Dinner in a traditional Macedonian restaurant

 07.10.2023 (Saturday)

10.00. – 17.00. Working sessions

17.00 – 18.00 Closing Ceremony of the Conference

20.00 – 24.00. Gala dinner

Key dates

Submission of paper proposals (abstracts): September 1, 2023

The final date of the registration for the Conference: September 15, 2023

Final program: September 20, 2023

Submission of full papers: February 1, 2024

Registration Fee: 190 euro

Registration fee includes:

Transport from the airport in Ohrid to Hotel Drim in Struga, and vice versa

Conference printed materials (program, book of abstracts, certificates for participationin the Conference)

Publication of the final papers in the Journal: Religious Dialogue and Cooperation

Participation in Opening Ceremony of the Conference and welcome reception cocktail

Participation in working sessions with coffee breaks

Cruise on Lake Ohrid with dinner

Visit to the village of Vevcani, Vevcani Springs, church Saint Nikola, monastery Saint Spas
 and dinner in a traditional Macedonian restaurant

Gala dinner

 

The registration fee is paid directly to the Hotel Drim, where the World Conference will be held. For the method of paying the registration fee, please contact Ana Јanceva, Hotel Manager at Hotel Drim ( ana.jancheva@drim.com.mk. ) Please inform the President of the Conference Organizing Committee Victorija Petrovska ( petrovska@fzf.ukim.edu.mk ) after paying the registration fee. 

Accommodation and Transport​

The cost of travel and accommodation have to be covered by the conference participants. We offer organized transport from Ohrid Airport to Hotel Drim in Struga free of charge.

For the participants of the Conference, Hotel Drim (www.drim.com.mk ) offers reduced prices for accommodation with included meals.

HB (breakfast and lunch) 38 euros per person per day in a double superior room 50 euros per day in a single superior room

 

 

 

You can make a reservation at the following address:  ana.jancheva@drim.com.mk

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