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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Further to the events announced in previous issues (see NUMEN XXV, Fasc. I and 3), the following should be noted: 3-6 May, ig7g The i4th International Congress of Mediaeval Studies will be held at the traditional venue, the Mediaeval Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49008, U.S.A. zo-zs Septeynber, 1979 The date of the Warsaw Colloquium (see NUMEN XXV, Fasc. 3) has now been definitively fixed for September 10-15. The address of the Organizing Committee is: Polskie Towarzystwo Religionawcze (att'n Prof. W. Tyloch), Palac Kultury i Nauki p. xvi, pok. 1603, Warszawa, Poland. 20-22 September, ig7g The European Association for Japanese Studies will hold its next conference in Florence, Italy, in the latter half of September 1979; the general theme is "Tradition in Modern Japan". The richness and interest of the "religion" section are apparent from the report of the 1976 Zurich meeting, given in NUMEN XXV, Fasc. 3. The acting Convenor for Section 4, Religion and Philosophy, is Professor O. Lidin, East Asian Institute, University of Copenhagen, Kejser- gade 2, I 155 Copenhagen K, Denmark. a¢-28 Septeynber, I979 An international colloquium on "The Soteriology of the Oriental Cults in the Roman Empire" will be held in Rome, Sept. 24-28, 1979. The colloquium, organized by the Assoziazione Raffaele Pettazoni in conjunction with the Chair of the History of Religions at the Uni- versity of Rome, and co-sponsored by the IAHR, will be directed by Professors U. Bianchi and A. Bausani. Contact address: Prof. U. Bianchi, via Principe Amedeo 75, I-ooi85 Roma, Italia. December ig7g The Second Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies will be held, at the invitation of the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, at Nalanda (Bihar, India) on or about the 20th to the 23rd of the month. Information from the General Secretary of the Association, Prof. A. K. Narain, Dept. of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, U.S.A. 127 August rg8o The Program Committe of the I.A.H.R. invites scholars to submit proposals for papers or research reports to be read at the XIVth Con- gress of the International Association for the History of Religions at the University of Manitoba, August 17-21, ig8o. The general theme of the Congress is TRADITIONS IN CONTACT AND CHANGE. The program of the Congress will be carried in twenty sections as listed below. Proposals should reach the section coordinators not later than I September, 1979. Submissions should be sent directly to the appropriate section co- ordinator. The paper should be submitted in as complete a form as possible and be accompanied by a 200 word abstract. (Official lan- guages of the Congress are English, German, French and Italian,) Those making submissions may expect to hear from section coordina- tors by January i, ig8o. African Religions Benjamin C. Ray, Department of Religious Studies, Cooke Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2ac?o3. Near Eastern/Mediterranean Antiquity William Klassen, Department of Religion, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2. Buddhism Leslie S. Kawamura, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N iN4. Christianity Michel Despland, Department of Religion, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec H3G iM8. East Asian Religions Y3n-hua Jan, Department of Religious Studies, Mc- Master University, i28o Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4KI. Indian Religions K. K. Klostermaier, Department of Religion, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2. Islam Earle H. Waugh, Department of Religious Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T2G 2E6. Judism Alan F. Segal, Centre for Religious Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S IAI. Native Traditions in the An;ericas Peter J. C. Hordern, Department of Religion, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9. Methodology and Hermeneutics Willard G. Oxtoby, School of Graduate Stu- dies, Centre for Religious Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario M5S IAI. Comparative and Phenorraenological Studies Yvon Desrosiers, D6partement des Sciences Religieuses, Université du Quebec a Montreal, C.P. 888, suc- cursale A., Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8. Anthropology of Religions Gustav Thaiss, Chairman, Department of Anthro- pology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview, Ontario M3J iT3. Linguistic & Textual Interpretations Eugene Combs, Department of Reli- gious Studies, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4KI. Psychology of Religion Harold G. Coward, Faculty of Humanities, Uni- versity of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N iN4. Sociology of Religions R. Lemieux, Centre de Recherches en Sociologie Reli- gieuse, Université Laval, Quebec, P.O. .