Join the Conversation: Faith, Healing, and Well-being in East-Central Africa
The 1st Faith & Health Conference, 2025
Theme: “Good Health and Well-Being: The Intersection of Faith and Healing Practices in East-Central Africa.”
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Funding
The conference is partially funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Therefore, there will be no conference
fees. This funding also covers the publication costs for the selected papers from the conference. However, the
conveners are unable to cover individual costs associated with attending the conference, such as airfare and
accommodation.
For Inquiries
Contact the Conference Secretariat
Dr. Alexander Paul Isiko
Email: pisiko@kyu.ac.ug
Phone: (+256) 702 643 086
Dr. Deogratius K. Kannamwangi
Email: dkannamwangi@kyu.ac.ug
Phone: (+256) 772 489 618
Abstract Submission:
Email: faithandhealthconf2025@kyu.ac.ug with a copy to deanarts@kyu.ac.ug
Deadline: November 30th, 2024
Instructions for Abstracts
Abstracts must be submitted by November 30th 2024, and should be sent to
faithandhealthconf2025@kyu.ac.ug with a copy to deanarts@kyu.ac.ug. Please indicate whether the abstract
is for an oral, panel, or poster presentation. Include the name(s), rank, institutional affiliation, and contact
information. Selected papers will undergo rigorous peer review, and if accepted, will be published in an edited
book volume.
About the Conference
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Kyambogo University invites submissions for its annual conference on the theme “Good Health and Well-Being: The Intersection of Faith and Healing Practices in East-Central Africa.” The conference will be held in person at Kyambogo University from March 5th to 7th, 2025. This event is part of an interdisciplinary and institutional collaboration involving the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Kyambogo University, the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, as well as the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Mzuzu University, Malawi. These are in partnership with the Faculty of Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Theology at the University of Livingstonia, Malawi.
We, therefore, invite researchers from across disciplines—humanities, social sciences, and medicine—and practitioners from both conventional backgrounds, such as biomedical healthcare providers, and non-conventional backgrounds, such as exorcists, Koranic healers, herbalists, diviners, bonesetters, and others. We also welcome stakeholders, including local religious leaders, government officials, and representatives from the Ministry of Health, to submit panels, roundtables, and individual abstracts on any of the following areas:
- Histories of Medicine, Disease and Healing
- Faith, Belief, and Trust in State Health Care Interventions
- Doctrine and Medical Knowledge and Practices
- Faith and Activism: Rights, Resistance and Health Care
- Gender Issues in Faith and Medicine
- Faith, Mental Health and Mental Pathologies
- Pandemics and Faith Expressions
- Music, Language, and Faith Expressions
- Religious Objects/Relics in Health Spaces
- Spiritualism and ‘Alternative’ Medicine
- Religion, Food Production, Plant Use, and Well-being
- Artificial Intelligence in Faith and Good Health
- Disability at the Intersection of Faith and Health
- Faith and Health Legal Frameworks
Abstracts must be submitted by November 30th, 2024, and should be sent to faithandhealthconf2025@kyu.ac.ug with a copy to deanarts@kyu.ac.ug. Please indicate whether the abstract is for an oral, panel, or poster presentation. Include the name(s), rank, institutional affiliation, and contact information. Selected papers will undergo rigorous peer review, and if accepted, will be published in an edited book volume.
For inquiries, contact the Conference Secretariat:
- Dr. Alexander Paul Isiko, pisiko@kyu.ac.ug (+256 702 643 086)
- Dr. Deogratius K. Kannamwangi, dkannamwangi@kyu.ac.ug (+256 772 489 618)
- Histories of Medicine, Disease and Healing
- Faith, Belief and Trust in the State Health Care Interventions
- Doctrine and Medical Knowledge and Practices
- Faith and Activism: Rights, Resistance, and Health Care
- Gender Issues in Faith and Medicine
- Faith, Mental Health, and Mental Pathologies
- Pandemics and Faith Expressions
- Music, Language and Faith Expressions
- Religious Objects/Relics in Health Spaces
- Spiritualism and ‘Alternative Medicine’
- Religion, Food Production, Plant Use, and Well Being
- Artificial Intelligence in Faith and Good Health
- Disability at the intersection of Faith and Health
- Faith and Health Legal Frameworks
- Call for Abstracts: September 25, 2024
- Deadline for Submission of Abstract: November 30, 2024
- Abstract Decision Notification: January 10, 2025
- Conference Dates: March 5-7, 2025
- Submission of Full Papers: April 10, 2025
- Issue of the book volume: October 10, 2025
The keynote speakers will be: Prof. Emma Wild-Wood, Co-director Centre for the Study of World Christianity,
University of Edinburgh, Dr. Yahaya Hills Kagali Sekagya PhD a researcher in African Spirituality, Traditional
Medicine and Healthcare, Dr. Sabrina Kitaka, Senior Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University,
Assoc. Prof. James Mugisha, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Kyambogo University.