Helsingin yliopisto
Program for the symposium Grammar of Religion
12 December 2018, Helsinki, Finland
Venue: University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33 (Main building), 2nd floor, Consistorium Hall
9:30 Coffee
9:45 – 10:00 Opening of the Symposium, Janne Saarikivi & Kaius Sinnemäki (UH)
Session 1 Chair: Kaius Sinnemäki
10:00 – 10:45 Maria Khachaturyan (University of Helsinki): Religion in language variation and change
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
Session 2 Chair: Ulla Vanhatalo
11:00 – 12:00 Anna Wierzbicka (Australian National University): Rethinking the Nicene Creed through Minimal English: How far can conceptual analysis take us? (VIDEO presentation)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
Session 3 Chair: Timo Kaartinen
14:00 – 14:45 Robert H. Nelson (University of Maryland): Christianity in the Language of Economics
14:45 – 15:30 Riikka Nissi (University of Tampere): Me Inc. is work the truth and the life: The recycling of religious discourse in the representation of contemporary working life
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
Session 4 Chair: Kaius Sinnemäki
16:00 – 16:45 Katja Ritari (University of Helsinki): The Sacred in Medieval Ireland
16:45 – 17:30 Janne Saarikivi (University of Helsinki): Origin of holy, God and religion. An Etymological perspective.
17:30 – 18:00 Summing up + final discussion: Kaius Sinnemäki