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Global Religion Research Initiative Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunity: Global Religion Research Initiative The Center for the Study of Religion and Society in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to announce the Global Religion Research Initiative (GRRI), directed by Christian Smith and funded by the Templeton Religion Trust of Nassau, Bahamas. The GRRI will fund over 150…
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CFP: “Of God and Monsters” – Nov 1 Deadline (TSU at San Marcos, TX)
Of God and Monsters April 5th -7th 2019 Texas State University San Marcos, TX Judith Halberstam famously claimed that monsters are “meaning machines” that can be used to represent a variety of ideas, including morality, gender, race, and nationalism (to name only a few). Monsters are always part of the project of making sense of the world…
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CFP: Contemporary Icons of Nonviolence in the Cultural and Religious Context
CONTEMPORARY ICONS OF NONVIOLENCE IN THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT I invite faculty members, researchers and practitioners to submit a proposal to an edited volume on CONTEMPORARY ICONS OF NONVIOLENCE IN THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT to be published with an academic press in 2019. This volume is open to numerous disciplines such as: Sociology, Cultural…
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BRAIS-De Grutyer Prize in Islamic Studies (Oct 1 deadline)
Submissions are being accepted for the Fourth Round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the fourth round of the BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the…
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CFP: Africa Conference (UT Austin)
19th Annual Africa Conference at The University of Texas at Austin March 29-31, 2019 Department of History, UT Austin IDENTITIES Africa’s intertwined historical trajectories signal at the imbricated nature of identities in the continent. At the same time, politicization of different identities for the mobilization of diverse population groups adds another dimension to this complex…
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Call for Articles: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
The Journal of Early Modern Christianity (JEMC) is inviting submissions for the 2018 and 2019 issues. JEMC intends to contribute to interdisciplinary, interconfessional, and comparative research on early modern Christianity. The journal bears out its interdisciplinary character by including a variety of relevant disciplines, such as church history, social history, cultural history, art history, literary history, history of ideas, history…
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CFP: Christianity and Social Activism in Chinese Societies
The Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University invites papers that examine the relationship between Christianity and social activism in Chinese societies. We welcome both scholarly research papers of empirical or historical studies and personal reflection papers by Christian social activists. Christianity is a minority religion in China, but one that has served…
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Publication Opportunity: Islam and the Category of “Religion”
AAR-SW Friends, Dr. Hussein Ahmad Kahn has announced that the Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies (Indiana University Press) is seeking articles for a guest edited issue of the journal to be published in the summer of 2019. The theme is ‘Islam and the Category of “Religion.”‘ Below is the full CFP. We are seeking papers on…
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CFP: Sacred Troubling Topics in Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur’an
AAR-SW Friends, Dr. Roberta Sabbath is seeking panelists to participate in the upcoming American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting on Mar 7-10 at Georgetown University. The proposed seminar topic focuses on the Sacred Troubling Topics in Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur’an. Potential participants are advised to contact Dr. Sabbath at [email protected]. Formal paper proposals may be…
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ACLS Scholars & Society Research Fellowships
AAR-SW Friends, The American Council of Learned Societies for Advancing the Humanities is now accepting applications for their 2019-2020 research fellowships. Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS online fellowship and grant administration system no later than 9 pm EST, October 24, 2018. Fellowship requirements and application information is available on their website: http://www.acls.org/programs/scholars-society/
