BABEL PreDoc Meeting 2025

This event offers a platform for doctoral researchers in the field of religious studies to present and discuss their work in an open and collegial setting. Alongside these presentations, the program features three Specialist Courses by distinguished scholars:

An Van Raemdonck (Ghent University) – Perspectives and Debates in the Anthropological Study of Islam Daniel Barbu (CNRS – Paris) – Werewolves, Sorcerers, and Scholars. Some thoughts on the Role of Comparison in the History of Religions Catherine Dromelet (University of Antwerp) – The Early Modern invention of Fanaticism. Focus on Hume and Hartley

Programme Wednesday – 10 September

12:30–13:00 – Registration, welcome coffee, and sandwich lunch 13:00–13:10 – Opening remarks by Benjamin De Vos, President of BABEL (Ghent University; Bmardvos.devos@UGent.be) [Chair: Benjamin De Vos] 13:10–14:00 – First Specialist Course – An Van Raemdonck (Ghent University) 14:00–14:30 – Safia Zghal (ULB/Paris-Sorbonne) – Averroès en débat : réappropriation de la falsafa dans le…