30 Years after: 1991, the New International Order and Religion

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30 Years after: 1991, the New International Order and Religion

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Katharina Kunter, Professor Contemporary Church History, University of Helsinki and Petra Kuivala, Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow, University of Helsinki and Research Associate, Department of History at Harvard University
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Helsinki (digital)
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Helsinki
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Finland
From - Until
07.10.2021 - 07.10.2021
By
Katharina Kunter, Professor Contemporary Church History University of Helsinki

30 years after 1991, it is time for a revisit and a review. How do the events of 1991 fit into a historical perspective with regard to the role and significance of religion?

30 Years after: 1991, the New International Order and Religion

Traditionally, the year 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union has been interpreted as the end of the Cold War era, especially from a European perspective. However, the longer the distance to 1991 becomes, there are also reasons for interpreting 1991 as the starting point of a new epoch and the beginning of a new international order. Can the year 1991, thus, be considered a similar kind of a turning point for religion?

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Program:

Thursday, 7th October 2021 (Helsinki Time, OESZ, UTC+3)

15.00-15.30: Katharina Kunter, Helsinki: Welcome and Introduction: 30 Years after: 1991, the New International Order and Religion

15.30–17.00: Panel 1: The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and its Impact on Religion:
Nadezeda Beliakova, Moscow: Transformation of the religious landscape in the republics of the USSR during the Perestrojka and breakdown in August 1991
Priit Rohtmets, Tallinn: The Year 1991 and its impact on religion in Estonia (or more broadly in the Baltic States)
Tamar Khutsishvili, Jena: Yezidi-Kurds in post-Soviet Armenia
Sopiko Zviadazde, Tbilisi: “Rediscovering” Islam in post-Soviet Georgia – Muslim communities between Tradition and Transformation
Discussion

17.00-17.30 Break
17.30-18.00: Petra Kuivala, Helsinki / Harvard: A global, transnational perspective on Religion and 1991 / Transnational ripple effects as seen from outside Europe
Discussion

18.00–19.00: Panel 2: War and Peace - and Religion?
Stefan Kube, Zürich: 1991, Religion and the Dissolution of Yugoslavia
Samuel Helfont, Monterey: The Year 1991, the Gulf War, and its Impact for Religion
Discussion
19.00-19.15: Break
19:15–19:45 Summing up, publication, further activities
afterwards: Digital drinks and relaxed get-together

Contact (announcement)

Registration and Zoomlink: Marie Snedker: marie.snedker@helsinki.fi

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