2016
Religion, Gender and Sexualities One-Day Conference
Religion, Gender and Sexualities One-Day Conference, Friday 1st July 2016, 10.00-16.30, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Deadline for abstracts: May 27th 2016. Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to Dr Sarah-Jane Page (s.page1@aston.ac.uk) and Dr Katy Pilcher (k.pilcher@aston.ac.uk).
2016
Fellowships for Early Career African Researchers
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in Stellenbosch, South Africa, has launched a new programme: the Iso Lomso (3-years) Fellowships for Early Career African Researchers. The programme provides an exceptional early career opportunity for Africa’s brightest minds in academia. Applications are now open. Competition for these prestigious fellowships is likely to be fierce.
For more information, check the webpage: http://stias.ac.za/iso-lomso/.
2016
Assistant professor Religious Studies (1,0 FTE), Utrecht University
Job description
The position is attached to the subject area Religious Studies within the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. The subject area Religious Studies offers a dynamic, research-oriented context with a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and curriculum development. Research and teaching in Religious Studies at UU is carried out in collaboration with the subject area Islam and Arabic, as well as with other programs within the Faculty of Humanities and beyond.
Candidates are expected to be versatile in both Dutch and English; non Dutch-speaking candidates will need to be proficient in the Dutch language within two years.The application deadline is 11/03/2016
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2016
Christians and Muslims in Africa: Towards a Framework for the Study of Multi-Religious Settings
Christians and Muslims in Africa. Towards a Framework for the Study of Multi-Religious Settings
Summer School, ZMO, Berlin, 14-20 July 2016
Convened by Birgit Meyer (Utrecht University/ZMO), Abdoulaye Sounaye (ZMO), Marloes Janson (SOAS), Kai Kresse (Columbia University/ visiting fellow BGSMCS)
See the full Call for Applications
Persons interested to attend are required to send a letter of motivation, a cv, a writing sample (for instance a chapter of their dissertation or an article) and an abstract of the paper they intend to present. The deadline is 15 February 2016. Applicants will be notified by 1 March. Please send your application to Birgit Meyer (b.meyer@zmo.de).
2016
CfP AAR Sociology of Religion Group, San Antonio, Texas, USA, November 19-22, 2016
The AAR Sociology of Religion Group serves as a bridge between religious studies and the subdiscipline of sociology of religion. It functions as a two-way conduit not only to import sociological research into religious studies but also to export the research of religious studies into both the subdiscipline and the broader field of sociology.
Critics of sociology of religion have pointed out that the field is dominated by North Americans scholars primarily interested in Protestantism. The discipline of religious studies provides a clear antidote to these perceived limitations. Therefore, we encourage contributions from academics who study the various religious traditions around the world as well as those studying North American religious communities. In particular, we would like submissions from scholars from all academic ranks across the lines of nationality, region, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.
The Sociology of Religion Group (SOR) invites both panel and paper proposals across a wide range of topics of interest to both the sociology of religion and religious studies and are particularly interested in papers, which speak to both thereby encouraging increased dialogue between them.
