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Episode 1

Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CEST

Yaqub Chaudhary (Cambridge Muslim College): Interacting with and within the Artificial

Episode 2

Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CEST

Beth Singler (University of Cambridge): "Blessed by the Algorithm": Religious Conceptions of AI and Their Impact on Society

Episode 3

Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CEST

Stef Aupers (KU Leuven): 'Things Greater than Thou': AI and a Technical Re-enchantment of the World

Episode 4

New Date! Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Lionel Obadia (University of Lyon 2 and French National Research Agency): Magic of AI, AI for magic? Magical thinking practices and digital Age: Remarks for an opening field of study

Episode 5

Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Inken Prohl (University of Heidelberg): Algorithms as Formations Analogous to Religion: Discourses and Materialities

Episode 6

Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester); The Android and the Fax: AI and Buddhism in Contemporary Japan

Episode 7

Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Oliver Krüger (University of Fribourg); God, the Singularity and the Transcendent Superintelligence: Philosophical Contexts of the Transhumanist Utopia

Episode 8

Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Robert Geraci (Manhattan College); Technological Give-and-Take: Religions of AI in Indian Science and Engineering

Episode 9

Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Zachary Calo (Hamad Bin Khalifa University); Human Dignity after the Human

Episode 10

Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Nachum Dershowitz (University of Tel Aviv) Morality and AI

Episode 11

Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Dominik Balazka (State University of Milan ), joint work with Dario Rodighiero (MIT and Harvard University); Was Blumer Right? Religious Values and Quantified Self in the Petabyte Age

Episode 12

Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield); Artificial Intelligence and Religion

Episode 13

Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET

LeRon Shults (University of Agder); Using multi-agent AI to predict and prevent religious conflict

Final Episode

Wednesday, 21 March 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CET

Margherita Galassini (Independent Researcher), Robert Geraci (Manhattan College), Oliver Krüger (University of Fribourg), Massimo Leone (University of Turin), Inken Prohl (University of Heidelberg); Directions for Future Research in AI and Religion