Foundations and justification of the Latin American Postgraduate Programme in History of Religions (PPHR)
In most Latin American countries, religion has played a determining role in shaping culture, society, politics, economy and history. Religion has permeated social and political relations, culture, laws, institutions, ethics, education, and social exclusion.
During the last five millennia, polytheistic and monotheistic religions have influenced the configuration of historical-social formations in the world, and have attempted to respond to the great cosmogonic and anthropological questions of humanity. Particularly for the past 17 centuries, Christianity and Islam, through expansion and conquest, often violently, have shaped countless societies worldwide.
The first chair in the history of religions was created at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, in 1876.
Latin American universities, unlike the main universities in the world, have failed to integrate critical studies of religion into their teaching and research agendas, both from the point of view of a broad academic debate, as well as high-level university education and research.
The Latin American Postgraduate Program in History of Religions (PPHR) focuses on the centuries-old relations of power, domination and control in Latin America, from the perspective of the Political Economy of social formations and the State, and of the Social Sciences and Philosophy.
The object of study of the PPHR are the interrelationships between science, culture, society, economy, politics, the state and religion.
Objectives of the Latin American
Postgraduate Programme in History of Religions (PPHR)
Train specialists regarding the research and learning of the History of Religions, who can influence the holistic, transdisciplinary and critical conceptualization, and the analysis and development of socio-cultural and political processes in Latin America
Generate a critical academic space and contribute and participate in the holistic reflection, the construction of knowledge, and the study, analysis and debate on the historical-social, political, economic, cultural and religious processes in Latin America
Develop critical, transcendent and transdisciplinary research on the interrelationships between science, culture, society, economy, politics, the state and religion
Contribute to developing a life trajectory towards an integral human being; expand social and political consciousness; promote social transformation, ecological and equitable sustainable development, and anti-colonial and anti-patriarchal thinking; foster awareness of identity, the human condition and pacifism; awaken a sense of responsibility towards society
Train specialists regarding the research and learning of the History of Religions, who can influence the holistic, transdisciplinary and critical conceptualization, and the analysis and development of socio-cultural and political processes in Latin America
Generate a critical academic space and contribute and participate in the holistic reflection, the construction of knowledge, and the study, analysis and debate on the historical-social, political, economic, cultural and religious processes in Latin America
Develop critical, transcendent and transdisciplinary research on the interrelationships between science, culture, society, economy, politics, the state and religion
Contribute to developing a life trajectory towards an integral human being; expand social and political consciousness; promote social transformation, ecological and equitable sustainable development, and anti-colonial and anti-patriarchal thinking; foster awareness of identity, the human condition and pacifism; awaken a sense of responsibility towards society
Phases and Structure of the Latin American Postgraduate Programme in History of Religions
Phases of the Latin American Postgraduate Programme in History of Religions
The Latin American Postgraduate Programme in History of Religions (PPHR) comprises two phases:
- Phase 1 (January 2026): the Latin American Master’s Programme in History of Religions (MPHR)
- Phase 2 (January 2028): the Latin American Doctoral Programme in History of Religions (DPHR)
Phases of the Latin American Postgraduate Programme in History of Religions
The Latin American Postgraduate Programme in History of Religions (PPHR) comprises two phases:
- Phase 1 (January 2026): the Latin American Master’s Programme in History of Religions (MPHR)
- Phase 2 (January 2028): the Latin American Doctoral Programme in History of Religions (DPHR)
Structure of the Latin American Master’s Programme in History of Religions (MPHR)
The Latin American Master’s Programme in History of Religions (MPHR) is structured based on:
- Active, Critical, Collaborative and Transdisciplinary Learning (ACCTL)
- Hybrid Digital Learning [B-Learning]
- Duration of the Master’s Programme: 4 Quarters
- Time dedication: Master’s Programme Students must formally commit to full-time dedication
- Maximum period to finish studies: six consecutive academic Quarters (3 years)
- Quarterly Propaedeutic Courses (introductory):
- Science, society, state and religion [Digital Learning]
- English language (intermediate/advanced))
Structure of the Latin American Master’s Programme in History of Religions (MPHR)
The Latin American Master’s Programme in History of Religions (MPHR) is structured based on:
- Active, Critical, Collaborative and Transdisciplinary Learning (ACCTL)
- Hybrid Digital Learning [B-Learning]
- Duration of the Master’s Programme: 4 Quarters
- Time dedication: Master’s Programme Students must formally commit to full-time dedication
- Maximum period to finish studies: six consecutive academic Quarters (3 years)
- Quarterly Propaedeutic Courses (introductory):
- Science, society, state and religion [Digital Learning]
- English language (intermediate/advanced))
- Quarterly Courses/Seminars:
- 8 Mandatory Courses
- 6 Elective Courses
- 4 Advanced Research Seminars (preparation of the Degree Thesis)</li
- Academic load:
- Quarters 1 y 2: 4 mandatory courses and an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)
- Quarters 3 y 4: 4 elective courses and an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)
- 4 Advanced Research Seminars (preparation of the Degree Thesis)
- Classes per week:
- 5 sessions of 90 minutes each per week [Tuesday 4:00-8:30pm, Thursday 4:00-7:00pm
- 4 Digital Learning Sessions (virtual), 90 minutes each per week
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- Academic Cycle: August to November and February to May
- Cohort: 20 students per group (maximum) [80% estimated terminal efficiency]
- Professors-Researchers: local Professors and International Visiting Professors
- Cost of the Master’s Programme: 4 Quarterly Registration Fees of US$150 and 24 monthly fees of US$150
- Financial Support: 4 PMHR students are expected to have access to funds to cover their tuition and living expenses
Each student is assigned an Academic Advisor from among the PMHR professor-researchers.
- Quarterly Courses/Seminars:
- 8 Mandatory Courses
- 6 Elective Courses
- 4 Advanced Research Seminars (preparation of the Degree Thesis)
- Academic load:
- Quarters 1 y 2: 4 mandatory courses and an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)
- Quarters 3 y 4: 4 elective courses and an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)
- 4 Advanced Research Seminars (preparation of the Degree Thesis)
- Classes per week:
- 5 sessions of 90 minutes each per week [Tuesday 4:00-8:30pm, Thursday 4:00-7:00pm
- 4 Digital Learning Sessions (virtual), 90 minutes each per week
-
- Academic Cycle: August to November and February to May
- Cohort: 20 students per group (maximum) [80% estimated terminal efficiency]
- Professors-Researchers: local Professors and International Visiting Professors
- Cost of the Master’s Programme: 4 Quarterly Registration Fees of US$150 and 24 monthly fees of US$150
- Financial Support: 4 PMHR students are expected to have access to funds to cover their tuition and living expenses
Each student is assigned an Academic Advisor from among the PMHR professor-researchers.
Hybrid Digital Learning, half in-person modality
The PMHR will be taught based on the Hybrid Digital Learning model, half in-person modality.
Hybrid Digital Learning is a blended learning model that combines in-person learning methods with Digital Learning [eLearning] activities to achieve an integrated approach to learningHybrid Digital Learning Modules:
- In-person Learning Sessions (in the classroom) conducted by a professor-researcher
- Online Learning Sessions facilitated by a professor-researcher, including Digital Learning materials (courses and videos -curricular content and materials-, audio-visual supports, interactive materials)
- Structured independent study time based on the knowledge and skills developed during the classroom experience and Digital Learning materials
The PMHR will be taught based on the Hybrid Digital Learning model, half in-person modality.
Hybrid Digital Learning is a blended learning model that combines in-person learning methods with Digital Learning [eLearning] activities to achieve an integrated approach to learning
Hybrid Digital Learning Modules:
- In-person Learning Sessions (in the classroom) conducted by a professor-researcher
- Online Learning Sessions facilitated by a professor-researcher, including Digital Learning materials (courses and videos -curricular content and materials-, audio-visual supports, interactive materials)
- Structured independent study time based on the knowledge and skills developed during the classroom experience and Digital Learning materials
International Academic Collaboration
International Collaborative Postgraduate Programmes and Research Projects
In Latin America, most higher education institutions carry out their activities in the same way as they did during the past two centuries: looking inward, focused on the national dimension, separated from each other, without organic links that unite them, not even with neighbouring countries.Some initiatives of the International Academic Collaboration Programme include:
- International Collaborative Postgraduate Programmes
- International Collaborative Research Projects
- Academic and Research Networks in Latin America
- Study and research internships for professors-researchers and students in the region
- Visiting professor-researcher chairs
- Digital Learning Academic Alliances and Collaborative Programmes with other universities at a national and international level
- International publishing, especially digital
- International forums and colloquium that promote reflection about the identities and categories of culture, politics and religion constructed in Latin American societies
International Collaborative Postgraduate Programmes and Research Projects
In Latin America, most higher education institutions carry out their activities in the same way as they did during the past two centuries: looking inward, focused on the national dimension, separated from each other, without organic links that unite them, not even with neighbouring countries.
Some initiatives of the International Academic Collaboration Programme include:
- International Collaborative Postgraduate Programmes
- International Collaborative Research Projects
- Academic and Research Networks in Latin America
- Study and research internships for professors-researchers and students in the region
- Visiting professor-researcher chairs
- Digital Learning Academic Alliances and Collaborative Programmes with other universities at a national and international level
- International publishing, especially digital
- International forums and colloquium that promote reflection about the identities and categories of culture, politics and religion constructed in Latin American societies
Latin American and European University Academic Collaboration Programme
The Latin American Postgraduate Program in History of Religions (PPHR) has a single Curriculum, with common mandatory courses and partially different elective courses (proposed by each academic centre and approved by the PPHR).Both mandatory courses and elective courses will gradually be available Online.Each Postgraduate Programme that participates in the PPHR assumes the responsibility of locally in-person teaching 2 quarterly courses (4 quarterly courses each year):
- Quarters 1 y 2: 2 mandatory courses [+ an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)]
- Quarters 3 y 4: 2 elective courses [+ an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)]
Latin American and European University Academic Collaboration Programme
The Latin American Postgraduate Program in History of Religions (PPHR) has a single Curriculum, with common mandatory courses and partially different elective courses (proposed by each academic centre and approved by the PPHR).Both mandatory courses and elective courses will gradually be available Online.Each Postgraduate Programme that participates in the PPHR assumes the responsibility of locally in-person teaching 2 quarterly courses (4 quarterly courses each year):
- Quarters 1 y 2: 2 mandatory courses [+ an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)]
- Quarters 3 y 4: 2 elective courses [+ an Advanced Research Seminar (preparation of the Degree Thesis)]
Each Postgraduate Programme participating in the PPHR decides which mandatory courses (4) and which elective courses (4) will be taught during the 4-Quarter period of the Master’s Programme (2 years).Each Postgraduate Programme participating in the Latin American and European University Academic Collaboration Programme assumes responsibility for the local academic component of the PPHR, including the In-person Learning Sessions (8 courses), and for the issuance and granting of the corresponding Master’s Diploma.
Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion and International Conference on Critical Studies of Society and Religion
Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion (SocRel)
- Objectives of the Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion
- Create an academic publishing space in Latin America related to the studies of society and religion in order to disseminate recent and ongoing research, and strengthen academic networks
- Build a platform for critical, holistic and transdisciplinary reflection and discussion about the studies of society and religion
- Disseminate critical, transcendent and transdisciplinary studies and facilitate an open and constructive dialogue between academics, researchers, educators and graduate students on the interrelationships between science, culture, society, economics, politics, the state and religion
- Contribute to holistic reflection, analysis and debate on historical-social, political, economic, cultural and religious processes in Latin America
- Promote reflection on the identities and categories of religion, religiosity and culture constructed in Latin American societies from a transdisciplinary and secular perspective
Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion (SocRel)
- Objectives of the Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion
- Create an academic publishing space in Latin America related to the studies of society and religion in order to disseminate recent and ongoing research, and strengthen academic networks
- Build a platform for critical, holistic and transdisciplinary reflection and discussion about the studies of society and religion
- Disseminate critical, transcendent and transdisciplinary studies and facilitate an open and constructive dialogue between academics, researchers, educators and graduate students on the interrelationships between science, culture, society, economics, politics, the state and religion
- Contribute to holistic reflection, analysis and debate on historical-social, political, economic, cultural and religious processes in Latin America
- Promote reflection on the identities and categories of religion, religiosity and culture constructed in Latin American societies from a transdisciplinary and secular perspective
- Characteristics of the Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion (SocRel)
- Critical, holistic and transdisciplinary journal
- Biannual publication
- Digital format
- SocRel International Editorial Board
- Internationally Peer-reviewed articles
- Articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese
- Copyright-free
- Free or sold at a moderate price or as a subscription (can be sponsored through academic, NGOs, public sector advertising)
- Characteristics of the Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion (SocRel)
- Critical, holistic and transdisciplinary journal
- Biannual publication
- Digital format
- SocRel International Editorial Board
- Internationally Peer-reviewed articles
- Articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese
- Copyright-free
- Free or sold at a moderate price or as a subscription (can be sponsored through academic, NGOs, public sector advertising)
International Conference on Critical Studies of Society and Religion (ICSR)
- Objectives of the Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion
- Create an academic space in Central and Latin America regarding the studies of society and religion aimed at disseminating recent and ongoing research and strengthening of academic networks
- Build a platform for critical, holistic and transdisciplinary reflection and discussion about the studies of society and religion
International Conference on Critical Studies of Society and Religion (ICSR)
- Objectives of the Journal of Critical Studies of Society and Religion
- Create an academic space in Central and Latin America regarding the studies of society and religion aimed at disseminating recent and ongoing research and strengthening of academic networks
- Build a platform for critical, holistic and transdisciplinary reflection and discussion about the studies of society and religion
- Disseminate critical, transcendental and transdisciplinary studies and facilitate an open and constructive dialogue between scholars, researchers, educators and postgraduate students regarding the interrelationships between science, culture, society, the economy, politics, the state and religion
- Contribute to holistic reflection, analysis and debate on the historical-social, political, economic, cultural and religious processes in Central America.
- Encourage reflection on the identities and categories of religion, religiosity and culture built in Latin American societies from a transdisciplinary and secular perspective.
- About the International Conference on Critical Studies of Society and Religion (ICSR)
- Critical, holistic and transdisciplinary international meeting
- Digital format (Digital/Online)
- Annual frequency [tentatively in October]
- Duration, month, schedule, time zone
- Duration:3 days
Month: October, Thursday to Saturday
09:00-13:00 and 14:00-16:00, UTC-6 (Latin America)
- Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese
- Disseminate critical, transcendental and transdisciplinary studies and facilitate an open and constructive dialogue between scholars, researchers, educators and postgraduate students regarding the interrelationships between science, culture, society, the economy, politics, the state and religion
- Contribute to holistic reflection, analysis and debate on the historical-social, political, economic, cultural and religious processes in Central America.
- Encourage reflection on the identities and categories of religion, religiosity and culture built in Latin American societies from a transdisciplinary and secular perspective.
- About the International Conference on Critical Studies of Society and Religion (ICSR)
- Critical, holistic and transdisciplinary international meeting
- Digital format (Digital/Online)
- Annual frequency [tentatively in October]
- Duration, month, schedule, time zone
Duration:3 days
Month: October, Thursday to Saturday
09:00-13:00 and 14:00-16:00, UTC-6 (Latin America)
- Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese
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