About the Congress

The Turkish Association for the History of Religions, founded in Ankara in 1993 under the leadership of Honorary President Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman Küçük, with the aim of preparing an environment for the development, understanding and dissemination of the culture, knowledge and thought of the History of Religions in Turkey, to engage in academic activities and publications, and to ensure unity, togetherness and solidarity among Turkish Historians of Religions, has endeavored to achieve the goals it had set in previous years through the symposiums, conferences, seminars and publications it has made.

The Turkish Association for the History of Religions also collaborates academically with its international partners, the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) and the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), in order to contribute to the recognition of Turkish Historians of Religion abroad and the representation of their activities and studies on international platforms. Considering that the activities and academic collaborations will contribute to the achievement of the determined goals, it has been considered to initiate the History of Religion Congress Tradition. The congresses organized aim to evaluate the studies that contribute to the field of History of Religions, the promotion of these studies, their contributions to theological education and training, the achievements obtained, and to create an opportunity for the determination of priority study topics in the field of History of Religions. The first of the Congresses held in Ankara on September 29-30, 2023 (click on the link to access the 1st Congress Proceedings Booklet) will be held in Bursa as the 2nd Turkish Congress on the History of Religions.

The 2nd Turkish History of Religions Congress is is scheduled to take place in Bursa on October 16-17, 2025, in collaboration with the Turkish History of Religions Association and Uludağ University Occidental Studies Application and Research Center.

The Congress is generally open to all topics in the history of religions. Since it is the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Congress will also include sessions dedicated to this topic.