On November 1-2, 2025, the Department of Peace Studies, International College, Payap University and the Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication, Saint John’s University jointly organized the 15th ARC International Roundtable on the theme “The Media and Religion & Spirituality in Asia” onsite at Payap University. There were 35 paper presentations by 55 authors and co-authors from 11 countries including Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, U.S.A, and Vietnam. At the opening session, there were 94 participants onsite and 14 participants online. The conference created an academic forum for international scholars to exchange and discuss a wide range of topics such as AI, technology and spirituality; media, ecology and social ethics; texts, theology and digital hermeneutics; religion, community and public sphere.
