We are delighted to announce that the 10th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion (IACESR) will be held at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, from July 1st-3rd 2026.
This event has been granted Special IAHR Conference status by the International Association for the History of Religions, recognising its thematic focus and international scholarly contribution.
We will be offering an excellent line-up of keynote speakers, events, John McGraw awards for excellent proposals by student/early career researchers and travel support thanks to a generous funding obtained from the IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions).
Call for proposals:
The Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion is an interdisciplinary research area. We therefore encourage empirical and theoretical papers representing state-of-the-art research on religion, evolution, and cognition from all areas of the humanities, social, and natural sciences.
The call for paper and panel proposals is now open. All proposals will be submitted through Microsoft CMT. Note that while the CMT system may ask you for an ID such as ORCID or Google Scholar, these are not necessary to make a submission.
Please submit your talk abstracts here.
The call for both individual presentations and panel proposals will close February 6th, 2026. The individual presentations include individual talks and posters.
Panel abstracts can be up to 500 words while individual abstracts should be between 150 and 200 words.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by February 28th, 2026.
John McGraw Graduate Student/Early Career Award:
This award recognises outstanding work by early career researchers. Eligibility includes current students and researchers within five years of obtaining their PhD. Awardees will be selected based on the quality of their submitted abstract; to receive the award, recipients must present their work at the conference. Awardees will be given a featured presentation slot in the programme.
Travel support for Students / Early Career Researchers:
Thanks to the support obtained from the IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions), the IACESR will be offering a limited number of scholarships to offset travel costs for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars (within 5 years of PhD). A short justification should be provided when applying for this scholarship (maximum length 200 words).
More details to follow. Information about registration will be available on our website in early 2026: https://iacesr.com/conferences/
We hope to see you in Brno next year!
Registration fees:
$100 USD members / $200 USD non-members
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.