PilNet

PiLNet attended the EASA2026 conference in Poznań 21-24 July with the panel "Pilgrimage through Conflict(s): Laterality, Movements and Scales", convened by Anna Niedźwiedź and Hannah Kristine Lunde, with Simon Coleman as the discussant. The network was also represented through the panel "Pilgrimage Cosmopolitics: Gods, Technologies, and the Environment", convened by Mario Katić and Tatsuma Padoan, with John Eade as the discussant. We were happy to gather new and old members of the network in person and in hybrid format!

EASA 2026 in Poznań – Call for Papers is now open! Consider submitting a proposal for the PILNET panel: P175: Pilgrimage through Conflict(s): Laterality, Movements and Scales. Convenors: Hannah Kristine Lunde, Anna Niedźwiedź; Discussant: Simon Coleman
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2026 #18351

The EASA will soon announce panels accepted for the Poznań 2026 congress. Stay tuned - and check for the PILNET panel when the Call for Papers is open!

We have received an incredible 369 panel proposal submissions for EASA2026 Poznań! The scientific committee will evaluate proposals throughout November.

10 November: Calls for films open
1 December: Calls for papers & labs open

Thank you for all your panel proposal submissions!

Soundscapes of pilgrimage – the PILNET workshop, 16-18 October 2025, University of Szeged.
Thanks to our host Kinga Povedák and other colleagues from Szeged, the Scientific Committee and all PILNET members who participated (also on-line!) and shared their research on various soundscapes. Köszönöm!!

In the Psychology of Pilgrimage YouTube podcast, Dr. Heather Warfield talked with our prominent member Prof. John Eade about his knowledge and influence in the field.

Episode 32: Keeping the Flame Going, with John Eade In this conversation, Heather A. Warfield speaks with John Eade, a prominent figure in pilgrimage studies. He shares his journey into anthropology and early ...

Some of the panel presenters and other PilNet members attending the IAHR World Congress in Krakow last week, including the new PilNet-convenors: Anna Niedźwiedź (second from the left) and Hannah Kristine Lunde (third from the left).

PilNet panel for the IAHR World Congress in Krakow, titled "Domesticating Pilgrimage: On Sense and Presence in Tracing Oikonomies of Sacred Travel".

Povodom Dana europske baštine i 20 godina Odjela za etnologiju i antropologiju, pozivamo vas na otvorenje izložbe "Jadranska maritimna hodočašća" 7. listopada s početkom u 17:00 sati u Muzeju betinske drvene brodogradnje.

PilNet panel on EASA Barcelona conference titled Doing anthropology of pilgrimages through images.

Some PilNet members in Barcelona before our panel