The religious experience, as a significant and acute human concern, provides a fruitful field for interdisciplinary and interpersonal exploration. However, many religious experiences and their connected scholarship has too often been viewed as adjunct to the architecture of global religious thought. Yet, we believe that because of its situated formation, the strength of these religious contexts lies in the fertile nexus that relates at once to Western sensibility on the one hand and peoples and societies across the world in the throes of colonial and post-colonial subjugation on the other. Thus, at the heart of the International Colloquium Series is a transformative vision: bringing this religious scholarship to the global stage as co-architect, because, we believe that deep research and discussion in and about these religious experiences furnishes rich and fertile ground for dialog and solution-building. As such, ICS invites participants into a vibrant and sustained engagement on religion, justice, and identity across culture, across faiths, and across borders.

• Increase ICS-Europe by two academic institutions per annum and one new public discourse per annum thru 2028;
• Launch ICS-Africa - Fall 2026, with three academic institutions and three public discourses;
• Launch ICS-Asia - Spring 2027, with three academic institutions and two public discourses; and
• Launch ICS-Americas - Fall 2027, with two academic institutions and two public discourses

Activity 1: Academic Institution Planning

• Description: Confirm the 2026 ICS-Europe and the 2026 ICS-Africa Academic Institutions
• Description: Confirmation of general colloquium and event formats
• Responsible Team: Team: ICS Planning Team/Planning Team Coordinator
• Timeline: 3 Months

Activity 2: Selection of Participant Scholars

• Description: Select participating scholars for ICS-Europe and ICS-Africa engagements
• Responsible Team: ICS Planning Team
• Timeline: Month 3 thru 4

Activity 3: Event Logistics and Organization

• Description: Manage event logistics and travel planning for the team
• Responsible Person(s): Planning Team Coordinator
• Timeline: Month 4 thru travel

Activity 4: Program outreach and networking

• Description: Development and management of global ICS outreach platforms
• Responsible Person(s): Social Media Marketing Leads
• Timeline: Ongoing

Activity 5: Event Marketing and Outreach

• Description: Presentation of SIDGE Symposium (Jan. 2026)
• Responsible Person(s): SIDGE Planning Team
• Timeline: Jan. 2026