2014
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences
Johns Hopkins University, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Center for Africana Studies: Assistant Professor of Africana Studies in Humanities. Location: Baltimore, Maryland
To apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/25088
Johns Hopkins University, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Center for Africana Studies: Assistant Professor of Africana Studies in the Social Sciences. Location: Baltimore, Marylandhttp://apply.interfolio.com/25088
To apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/25089
2014
Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religions (Contemporary Islam), University College Cork, Ireland
Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religions (Contemporary Islam)
Job Posted: 23 May 2014
Closing Date for Applications: 10 Jul 2014
Department: Study of Religions Department
Contract Type: Permanent Whole-Time
Job Type: Academic
Salary: €65,000 – €88,519
University College Cork wishes to appoint an outstanding and experienced scholar to the role of Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religions focusing on contemporary (19th-21st century) Islam within the Study of Religions Dept. The appointee will contribute at senior level to the development of the Republic of Ireland’s first and very successful department devoted to the non-confessional, multidisciplinary and cross-cultural academic study of religions. We are looking for a highly qualified and strongly motivated individual with: an excellent track record of academic leadership; specialist expertise in teaching and researching Islam; relevant language skills; demonstrated engagement with the wider field of the academic Study of Religions and the capacity to draw local and international students at all levels to the study of religions at Cork.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Brian Bocking, by email in the first instance to b.bocking@ucc.ie . For further information on the Study of Religions Dept. please visit http://www.ucc.ie/en/religion
Appointment will be made on the Senior Lectureship Salary Scale: €65,000 – €88,519.
To Apply:
Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 5pm on Thursday, 10th July 2014 emailing a completed application form to recruitment@ucc.ie. (Late applications will not be accepted)
To download Application Form and Candidate Information Pack, please visit http://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/academic/full-details-477144-en.html
Additional Documentation: Memorandum re Senior Lectureship Posts
University College Cork is an Equal Opportunities Employer
2014
XXIst IAHR Congress, Erfurt, Germany, 23-29 August 2015: Call for Papers
XXIst IAHE Congress,
Erfurt, Germany,
23-28 August 2015
Call for Papers
From: IAHR Congress [iahr-congress@uni-erfurt.de]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 2:46 PM
Subject: Call for Papers – XXI World Congress of the IAHR
The organizers of the XXI IAHR World Congress, Congress presidents Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke (Erfurt) and Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger (Bayreuth) and Congress coordinator Dr. Elisabeth Begemann (Erfurt), invite contributions from all disciplines of religious studies and related fields of research to allow for broad, interdisciplinary discussion of the Congress topic.
Papers should address one of the four thematic Congress areas:
- Religious communities in society: Adaptation and transformation
- Practices and discourses: Innovation and tradition
- The individual: Religiosity, spiritualities and individualization
- Methodology: Representations and interpretations
Papers should be limited to 20 minutes. Individual papers on related topics will be joint into a panel of 120 minutes. Panel chairs will have to make sure that a minimum of 30 minutes is reserved for discussion. We strongly suggest to further academic exchange by forming trans-national and trans-continental panels.
All paper proposals will be evaluated by the Academic Program Committee to ensure a high academic standard of the Congress program. Proposals of papers should not exceed 150 words, as indicated on the proposal form.
The deadline for submission of proposals is Sunday, December 14, 2014. All proposals must be submitted electronically via the IAHR 2015 website (www.iahr2015.org). As part of the submission process, you will be asked to indicate the area in which you would like your proposal considered. Your proposal will then be forwarded to the appropriate member of the Academic Program Committee.
You will receive notice concerning the status of your proposal as soon as possible and certainly before March 1, 2015.
If your paper has been accepted by the Academic Program Committee, please note that you will have to register as Congress participant before May 15, 2015 to be included in the Congress program.
Grants-in-aid for participants to the Congress will also be provided. For more information, visit http://www.iahr2015.org/iahr-registration/1698.html.
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XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR)
August 23-29, 2015
Erfurt, Germany
2014
Journal for the Study of Religion: Call for Papers
JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION (JSR)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Editor Prof. JA Smit would like to invite you to submit an article for consideration in the Journal for the Study of Religion (JSR) 2014. JSR is an accredited journal and the official journal of the Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA).
The theme to be explored in this issue is:
“EMERGING TRENDS AND TRAJECTORIES IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION”
Twelve interrelated focus areas have been identified. Through evidence embedded in narrative and reflection, potential contributors are encouraged to explore emerging trends and trajectories across twelve thematic focus areas, as listed below:
- Multi-Inter-and Trans (MIT) Disciplinary Approaches
- Research Methodologies
- Religion and Education
- Religion, Technology and Civil Society
- Religion in Literature
- Religion and Health
- Religion, Migration and Urbanization
- Religion and the Glocal (Globalization and Localization)
- Religion, De-Colonization and Post-colonialism
- Religion and the Secular
- New Religious Movements and “Unconventional” Religions (in Africa)
- Religion and Materialism
IMPORTANT DATES:
Kindly submit paper by 01st July 2014. All articles will be subjected to a double blinded
peer review process
SUBMIT PAPERS TO:
JSR Chief Editor: Prof. JA Smit
Email: smitj@ukzn.ac.za
(Kindly copy Denzil Chetty – Email: chettd@unisa.ac.za)
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS:
Submission of a research article or a review article implies that it has not been previously
published and is not simultaneously being considered for publication elsewhere.
Responsibility for opinions expressed and for the accuracy of facts published in articles
rests solely with the individual author(s).
The maximum length of articles is 10 000 words.
Articles must be numbered consecutively, double-spaced, and complete with bibliographical references (see below) and any endnotes or tables. Titled tables and captioned figures must be professionally done and legibly cited in the text.
All bibliographical references should be cited in the text with a full stop following the closing bracket (Chidester 2000: 34). Where necessary, use endnotes for more elaborate notes. A full bibliography of “Works Cited” must be provided at the end of the article.
The editor reserves the right to copyedit all articles accepted for publication. Acceptance of the article will imply assignment of copyright by its author(s) to the Journal for the Study of Religion.
Articles submitted must include an abstract of about 150 -200 words summarizing the main contentions of the article, as well as 8-10 keywords.
The journal supports the use of gender-inclusive language.
Articles by authors at South African universities may be subject to a page charge of R50.00 per page. On publication, such authors will receive an invoice for the amount due that should be presented to the appropriate authority at their university for payment.
Articles should be submitted electronically in MSWord format by email attachment to the editor.
FORMAT FOR WORKS CITED
= Journal article
Stark, Rodney. 1999. “Atheism, Faith, and the Social Scientific Study of Religion.” Journal of
Contemporary Religion, 14, 1, pp. 41-62.
= Book
Nock, A. D. 1993. Conversion. New York: Oxford University Press.
= Translated book
Foucault, Michel. 1977. Discipline and Punish. Translated by A. Sheridan. New York: Pantheon.
= Chapter in an edited book
Smart, Ninian. 1985. “The History of Religions and Its Conversation Partners.” In The History of Religions: Retrospect and Prospect, pp. 73-85. Edited by J. M. Kitagawa. New York: Macmillan.
2014
Call for Paper Proposals for the XXIst IAHR Congress at Ehrfurt, Germany, August 23-29, 2015
The Organizers of the 21st IAHR World Congress on the Dynamics of Religions Past and Present, 23-29 August 2015, at the University of Erfurt, Germany, invite paper proposals on one of the four thematic congress areas
- Religious communities in society: Adaptation and transformation
- Practices and discourses: Innovation and tradition
- The individual: Religiosity, spiritualities and individualization
- Methodology: Representations and interpretations
The deadline for submission of proposals is Monday, December 15, 2014. All proposals must be submitted electronically via the IAHR 2015 website. As part of the submission process, you will be asked to indicate the area in which you would like your proposal considered. Your proposal will then be forwarded to the appropriate member of the Academic Program Committee.
