XXIII World Congress of the International Association for the Study of Religions (IAHR)
August 24 – October 30
This event marks the first IAHR World Congress in ten years, due to the unfortunate cancellation of the 2020 World Congress in Otago, New Zealand, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The local host in Kraków—the Jagiellonian University, and the Polish Society for the Study of Religions—and the IAHR are delighted to welcome you in Poland for a week of scientific discussions, intellectual exchanges, and friendly interactions among scholars from around the world. As stated in the IAHR Constitution, the IAHR is not a forum for confessional, apologetical, or other similar concerns. True to the spirit of the IAHR and its guidelines, the organizers are committed to fostering a vibrant atmosphere, and to creating opportunities for the advancement of the academic study of religion(s).
The organization of the World Congress in 2025 invites us to celebrate several milestones in the history of our discipline. This year marks:
- the 125th anniversary of the first World Congress of religious studies held in Paris in 1900;
- the 74th anniversary of the founding of the IAHR at a congress in Amsterdam;
- the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Association for the Study of Religions in Kraków in 2000.
Against this backdrop, the World Congress will allow us to reflect on the past and the future of our discipline.