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Designing and Transforming Capitalism

February 9-10, 2012

Aarhus University, Denmark

Call for papers deadline has ended

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Control’s Other Side: 4th Interdisciplinary Annual Seminar of the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology

February 9-11, 2012

Bielefeld University, Germany

Call for papers deadline has ended

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From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia

February 10-12, 2012

Franke Institute of Humanities, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Call for papers deadline has ended

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Religion, Conflict, Violence and Tolerance in Global Perspectives

January 27-30, 2012

Abuja, Nigeria

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Special Issue: Social Work, Religion and Spirituality

Call for papers deadline is February 2012

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Youth, Gender and Sexuality: Contemporary debates

January 25, 2012

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

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The Power of Sacrifice: Contexts and Representations

January 18-19, 2012

Cardiff University

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Post-Doctoral Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies

Description:

Beloit College invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies to begin August 15, 2012. The successful candidate will hold a PhD, preferably in one of the following fields: Arabic language and literature, political science, religious studies, history, or anthropology. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to teach first-year Arabic and have teaching and research interests in a field related to Islamic Studies or an area of the world in which Islam is widely practiced. Funded by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest/Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Teacher Scholar program, this full-time position offers a two-year appointment with a teaching load of three courses per year. This interdisciplinary position will be housed in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, but will contribute to disciplines beyond modern languages as appropriate to the fellow’s disciplinary field. The Fellow will receive one-on-one mentoring from a senior member in Modern Languages and Literatures, as well as ample opportunity to pursue professional development as both a teacher and scholar.

Located in a diverse community close to Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, Beloit College is a highly selective liberal arts college of approximately 1250 students from 48 states and 40 countries. The college emphasizes excellence in teaching, learning beyond the traditional classroom, international perspectives, and collaborative research among students and faculty. Recognized as one of the Colleges that Change Lives, Beloit is committed to the educational benefits of diversity in our learning community and encourages all interested individuals meeting the criteria of the described position to apply.

Applicants should send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of reference, one of which must address the candidate’s performance as a teacher in the language classroom, to Kristen Gonstead, 700 College Street, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511. Email inquiries can be directed to gonstead@beloit.edu. Application deadline: January 12, 2012.

Community Dialogue’ on creed/religion-based human rights in Ontario, Ontario Human Rights Commission

January 12-13, 2012

University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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The International Conference on Digital Religion

January 12-15, 2012

University of Colorado at Boulder, United States of America

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Laïcités en sociétés majoritairement musulmanes et musulmans en contextes laics

January 13-14, 2012

Université du Maine, Le Mans, France

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The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences- Special Issue: Muslims and Political Change

Call for submissions deadline is January 16, 2012

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Women of the Islamic World, 19^th and 20^th Centuries

December 21-22, 2011

Tehran, Iran

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Ontario Human Rights Commission Legal Workshop: Creed Based Human Rights and Freedom of Religion

TBA

Call for papers deadline is January 1, 2012

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Call for Chapters: Intersecting Contradiction? Queering Religion, Religious Queers

Deadline for abstracts is January 6, 2012

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Two Postdocs in Cultural Transformations & Globalisation

1.0 FTE (38 hours per week, for 2 years)

vacancy number W11-210

The study of globalization from the perspective of the humanities is particularly focused on how cultural practices – including literature, film, new media, the visual and performative arts and philosophical and other kinds of theorizing – engage with the increasingly transnational orientation and organization of contemporary society. Of special concern are the ways in which everyday experiences of transnationalism generate new forms and expressions of subjectivity and collectivity. Within this context, we are looking for a 2-year postdoctoral project that connects one or more of the four main research clusters of the Faculty’s globalization program: mobility, sustainability, aesthetics, and/or connectivity. The project is expected to be theoretically driven by an interdisciplinary humanities approach, while engaging with clearly defined objects of analysis and/or conceptual problems. Preference may be given to candidates working in one or more of the following disciplines: art history, literary studies, film and media studies, philosophy, or theatre and performance studies.

Tasks

The postdoctoral researchers will execute their research projects within the broader context of the research priority area and will occasionally be called upon to participate in teaching and supervision tasks. The researchers will cooperate with other members of the priority program that have backgrounds in various relevant fields, and contribute to organizing an international conference. Furthermore, candidates are expected actively to apply for external funding related to the research priority area.

Requirements

* Completed Doctoral degree in a relevant field;

* Publications in peer-reviewed journals or with established

academic publishers;

* Excellent academic writing and presentation skills;

* Excellent social and organizational skills;

* Experience with external fundraising is an advantage.

Further information

A detailed description of the Research Priority Area can be found on the website, please see the 'Refer To'-section below. For further information about the positions please contact Jeroen de Kloet (b.j.dekloet@uva.nl<https://email.jyu.fi/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx>), or the Faculty’s research department at onderzoek-fgw@uva.nl<https://email.jyu.fi/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx>.

Appointment

The Postdoc positions will be on a temporary basis for the period of two years. The starting date will be March 1st 2012 at the latest. The gross monthly salary will be between € 3195 and 4374 (‘Onderzoeker 3’; salary scale 11, according to the collective labour agreement Dutch

universities) in the case of a full-time position (38 hours/week).

Depending on experience and date of completion of the PhD an appointment as ‘Onderzoeker 4’ (between € 2379 and € 3755; salary scale 10, according to the collective labour agreement Dutch universities) may

(initially) be necessary. A contract of 0.8 fte is possible as well.

Secondary benefits at Dutch universities are attractive and include holiday pay and an end of year bonus.

Job application

Applications including a cover letter, complete academic CV, and project proposal (maximum 1800 words in length) should be submitted at the latest on Monday November 28th 2011, 08.00 hrs.

Please send your documents to

onderzoek-fgw@uva.nl<https://email.jyu.fi/OWA/UrlBlockedError.aspx>.

Interviews with selected candidates will be held on Wednesday December 14.

Please state the vacancy number and ‘strictly confidential’ in the upper left corner of the envelope or in the subject field of your e-mail.

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Harold Coward India Research Fellowship: Religion and Society in Modern India

University of Victoria

The University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, invites applications from Indian scholars for a visiting research fellowship in Victoria during the fall of 2012. The successful candidate will hold joint appointments at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.

(CSRS) and the Centre for Asia‐Pacific Initiatives (CAPI).

Purpose: The purpose of the fellowship is to provide the visiting scholar with a stimulating academic environment conducive to research and writing, and the opportunity to participate in the organization of a fall 2012 symposium that will explore comparative perspectives on the governance of religious diversity in India, China and Canada. This fellowship recognizes the academic contributions of Professor Harold Coward, a prominent Canadian scholar of Hinduism, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and founding director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.

Topics: The fellowship is targeted at scholars whose work addresses religion in contemporary Indian society. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcomed as long as projects concern the academic study of religion. No expertise in religion in China or Canada is expected. However, preference will be given to scholars with the ability to engage in broad, interdisciplinary dialogue on religion and religious diversity in comparative national contexts.

Eligibility: Resident citizens of India who are completing doctoral work, engaged in post‐doctoral research, or who hold a regular academic appointment in India.

Value: The fellowship will fund a monthly subsistence allowance and return travel to and from Victoria, Canada, to a total maximum value of CAD$12,000. Applicants are encouraged to consult the Shastri Indo‐Canadian Institute (www.sici.org/) for details regarding opportunities for additional financial support. In addition, the fellowship provides private office space at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society along with library and university privileges.

Term: Four to five months beginning August 2012.

Conditions: Fellows are expected to conduct their work on site at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society and to participate in the day‐to‐day programs and activities of the CSRS and CAPI. The fellow will give at least one public presentation of her or his research and will also participate with CAPI and the CSRS in the planning and hosting of a threeday symposium tentatively scheduled for the late fall of 2012.

Application Procedure: Applications should include the following: 1) a descriptive project title, 2) a detailed statement (maximum 5 pages) that clearly explains the objectives and methodology of the research project as well as its scholarly relevance to the topic described above,

3) an up‐to‐date curriculum vitae, and 4) two letters of reference from scholars with subject expertise in the area of research (to be forwarded to the CSRS under separate cover). The selection panel may also solicit the opinions of other referees.

Please submit completed applications by e‐mail to:

Dr. Paul Bramadat, Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society University of Victoria, Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2 CANADA

E‐mail: csrs@uvic.ca

Final selection will be determined by a CSRS‐CAPI selection committee based on the academic merit of the proposal, and is contingent upon receipt of a grant from the Canadian government to be confirmed by spring 2012.

Deadline: Wednesday, November 30, 2011.

For information visit CSRS at www.csrs.uvic.ca, CAPI at www.capi.uvic.ca, University of Victoria at www.uvic.ca

Visiting Research Scholar Post in Secularism/Belief/Unbelief at Princeton

During the academic years 2012/13 and 2013/14, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies will focus on belief and unbelief and how they have interacted in history. How has the line been drawn between religion and other forms of deeply held conviction: secularism, secular religions, political theologies, and the like? At issue are not just questions of demarcation and definition but processes: secularization, proselytizing, conversion. How does belief manifest itself in lived experience, in ritual, observance, and daily-life practices? How have people and cultures moved across the borderline between belief and unbelief? How has belief itself become a subject of study, whether from a secular or theological point of view? As always, we hope to address these questions from a wide variety of periods and places, from prehistory to the present and from all parts of the world.

The deadline for receipt of applications and letters of recommendation for fellowships for 2012/2013 is December 1, 2011. Please note that we will not accept faxed applications. Applicants must apply online and submit a CV, cover letter, research proposal, abstract of proposal, and contact information for three references.

For further information about the Davis Center, please go to http://www.princeton.edu/dav

Essential Qualifications: The Center will offer a limited number of research fellowships for one or two semesters, running from September to January and from February to June. Early career scholars must have their doctoral degrees in hand at the time of the application. Fellows are expected to live in Princeton in order to take an active part in the intellectual interchange with other members of the Seminar. Funds are limited, and candidates are, therefore, strongly urged to apply to other grant-giving institutions as well as the Center if they wish to come for a full year.

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New Directions in the Study of Prayer

The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce the launch of a major new project and grants program entitled “New Directions in the Study of Prayer.” The project aims to generate innovative research on practices of prayer and to foster the development of an interdisciplinary network of scholars engaged in the study of prayer. Supported with funding from the John Templeton Foundation, and developed in conjunction with the SSRC's program on Religion and the Public Sphere, the project will be led by a multi-disciplinary advisory committee, to be chaired by Columbia University's Courtney Bender.

The project invites proposals from scholars in all disciplines for studies that will enhance knowledge of the social, cultural, psychological, and cognitive dimensions of prayer, and of its origins, variations, and correlations in human life. Approximately twenty to twenty-five research grants, ranging from $50,000 to $200,000, will be awarded. Both individual and collaborative projects will be considered, and a small number of journalism grants, of up to $50,000 each, will also be awarded. All grantees will be asked to participate in a series of interdisciplinary workshops, conferences, and online initiatives organized in conjunction with the project. The SSRC has issued detailed requests for proposals from both researchers and journalists.

The deadline for Letters of Intent is December 1, 2011.

Click here for more information: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/new-directions-in-the-study-of-prayer/

Research fellowship 2012/2013

Belief and Unbelief

Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies www.princeton.edu/dav

During the academic years 2012/13 and 2013/14, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies will focus on belief and unbelief and how they have interacted in history:

• How has the line been drawn between religion and other forms of deeply held conviction: secularism, secular religions, political theologies, and the like? At issue are not just questions of demarcation and definition but processes: secularization, proselytizing, conversion.

• How does belief manifest itself in lived experience, in ritual, observance, and daily-life practices?

• How have people and cultures moved across the borderline between belief and unbelief?

• How has belief itself become a subject of study, whether from a secular or theological point of view?

As always, we hope to address these questions from a wide variety of periods and places, from prehistory to the present and from all parts of the world.

The Center will offer a limited number of research fellowships for one or two semesters, running from September to January and from February to June. Early career scholars must have their doctoral degrees in hand at the time of the application. Fellows are expected to live in Princeton in order to take an active part in the intellectual interchange with other members of the Seminar. Funds are limited, and candidates are, therefore, strongly urged to apply to other grant-giving institutions as well as the Center if they wish to come for a full year.

To apply please link to: http://jobs.princeton.edu, requisition # 0110383. The deadline for receipt of applications and letters of recommendation for fellowships for 2012/2013 is December 1, 2011. Please note that we will not accept faxed applications. Applicants must apply online and submit a CV, cover letter, research proposal, abstract of proposal, and contact information for three references. For further information about the Davis Center, please go to http://www.princeton.edu/dav Daniel T. Rodgers, Director

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Gordon F. Henderson Post doctoral Fellow 2012

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) was created by the Faculties of Common Law, Civil Law and Social Sciences. The Centre strives to bring together educators, researchers and students from not only the faculties of Law and Social Sciences, but also from other disciplines as well. The HRREC has a two-fold mission: research and education in the area of human rights.

The mandate of the HRREC presumes an acceptance of the need to approach issues regarding human rights from a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective, both in order to respect such rights and to explore that which they require in a complex, interconnected world. To this end, the Centre places a particular emphasis on public policy questions concerning peace, migration and immigration, health, environment, international trade and investment, poverty and vulnerable groups.

The HRREC benefits from a bilingual and bijuridical environment.

The HRREC privileges research and education partnerships, with civil society organizations, as well as other research and education units within the University of Ottawa.

For further information see : http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/index.php.

Description of Scholarship

The Gordon F. Henderson Post Doctoral Scholarship is offered to a young researcher with a promising and innovative research project which falls within mandate of the Centre and who will benefit from developing that project at the HRREC. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to the proposed research project will be given preference.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate:

• Will have obtained a doctoral degree no more than five years prior to December 31, 2011. Thesis defence successfully completed before May 31, 2011.

Candidates who have obtained their doctorate from the University of Ottawa or through a joint degree program with the University of Ottawa are not eligible for the program;

• Agrees to work at the HRREC for the full period of the scholarship;

• Agrees to contribute to the development and scholarly activities of the HRREC by engaging in an original research program which is distinct from the research he or she has previously undertaken.

The scholarship competition is open to both Canadian citizens and non-citizens. Candidates must demonstrate that they are likely to obtain permission to reside in Canada for the period of one year.

The scholarship of a value of $42,000 will be paid according to terms to be agreed between the post doctoral fellow and the HRREC. The scholarship is considered to be revenue by the Canadian Revenue Agency. The successful candiate will not, however, be considered be a salaried employee of the institution. A research fund of $5000 will be made available to the post doctoral fellow.

Closing Date: December 31, 2011

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Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni

This form of grant offers researchers who have only recently completed their doctorates the opportunity to develop their ideas during three years.

Researchers who have recently been promoted, with a maximum of three years after having completed their doctorates (calculated from the date on which the doctorate was formally awarded to the deadline for the relevant round of Veni grant applications).

The maximum amount of grant will be € 250,000.

Closing date for applications was 6 January 2011.

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Special Issue of Journal of Global Buddhism: Secular Buddhism

Call for submissions deadline is December 13, 2011

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Teaching and Studying Religion: Choices and Challenges

December 15, 2011

BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London

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Streetnotes 20: “Fashioning the Global City”

Call for papers deadline is December 15, 2011

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Migration and the State: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Transnationalism

December 1-2, 2011

University of Warsaw, Poland

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Theoretical turbulence - A paradigm shift in the field of intercultural communication? -- Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC) Symposium

December 1-3, 2011

Helsinki, Finland

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INFORM Seminar XLVII: Legal cases involving minority religions

December 3, 2011

London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom

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Volunteering, Religion and Social Capital

December 7-9, 2011

University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Religion and Neoliberalism

December 8, 2011

Åbo, Finland

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Al-Ghazali & His Influence

December 9-10, 2011

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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Beyond the ‘patriarchal family’: Forms of uxori - /matrilocality and matrifocality in Isalmic Societies. Past and Present

December 9-10, 2011

University of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

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2011 CILS/ NCEIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference

November 28-29, 2011

University of Melbourne, Australia

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Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception. Special Issue: Histories of the End

Call for papers deadline is December 1, 2011

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Temporalities of Sexuality, Gender and Justice

November 16-20, 2011

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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The History of Migration in Museums: Between History and Politics

November 17-19, 2011

Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France

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American Academy of Religion's Sociology of Religion Consultation

November 18-21, 2011

San Francisco, California, United States of America

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Religion and Social Action

November 19, 2011

BSA, Imperial Warf, London United Kingdom

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Young, British and Muslim: Academic Research and Real Lives

November 22, 2011

Manchester Town Hall, United Kingdom

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International Conference: The Value(s) of Europe

November 23-25, 2011

Tilburg University, the Netherlands

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Oxford Law and Religion Conference

November 24, 2011

Oxford University, United Kingdom

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International Doctoral Symposium on Arab and Muslim Media Research

November 12, 2011

London, United Kingdom

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Annual Review of Sociology of Religion. Special Edition: Prayer in Religion and Spirituality

Call for papers deadline is November 15, 2011

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Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125

Date: Friday February 11, 2011

Time: 16h

Speaker:

Kim Knott

Spaces of Religious Diversity and Encounter: Research, agenda-setting and policy intervention.

Based at the University of Leeds in the UK, Kim Knott is director of the Research Programme on Diasporas, Migration and Identities, a multimillion-dollar research program funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. Together with Sean McLoughlin, she is co-editor of the recently published book Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities (Zed 2010). Knott is currently preparing both publications and events that bring together and analyze the theoretical and empirical advances of the Diasporas program and will maximize the impact of the program. Alongside this work, her personal research focuses on the development of a spatial methodology for locating religion; for examining its engagement with other social and cultural institutions, activities and issues; and for breaking open the “secular.” In her book The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis (Equinox 2005), she considers the application of socio-spatial theory in the study of religious, secular and post-secular relations, and applies her methodology to the first of several case studies, the left hand. Subsequent studies have included an examination of the location of religion and secular values in an English medical centre, in urban multicultural landscapes and in the disciplinary relationship between theology and religious studies. She is currently directing research on British media portrayals of religion and the secular sacred, a longitudinal study that compares media coverage and representations from the early 1980s with those of today. She was involved in the creation of and was actively involved in the early development of the European Association for the Study of Religion and has participated in a variety of national and international research projects and consultations on religion, migration, communities and diversity.

À l’Université de Leeds, au Royaume-Uni, Kim Knott est la directrice du programme de recherche sur les diasporas, la migration et l’identité, une initiative de recherche de plusieurs millions de dollars financée par l’Arts and Humanities Research Council du RU. Elle a codirigé, avec Sean McLoughlin, la publication de l’ouvrage Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities (Zed 2010). La professeure Knott vise à réaliser des publications et des événements pour réunir et analyser les progrès théoriques et empiriques du programme sur les diasporas et pour en maximiser l’impact. De plus, ses recherches personnelles sont axées sur la création d’une méthodologie spatiale pour la localisation de la religion, pour l’examen de son engagement avec d’autres institutions, activités et questions sociales et culturelles, et pour l’éclosion du monde laïque. Dans son ouvrage The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis (Equinox 2005), M^me Knott considère l’application de la théorie sociospatiale à l’étude des relations religieuses, laïques et post-laïques, et elle applique sa méthodologie à une première étude de cas, la main gauche. D’autres études ont porté sur la localisation des valeurs religieuses et laïques dans un centre médical anglais, dans les paysages urbains multiculturels et dans la relation disciplinaire entre théologie et études religieuses. Ses recherches actuelles examinent les représentations que font les médias de la religion et du sacré « laïque », soit une étude longitudinale comparant la couverture et les représentations médiatiques du début des années 80 à celles d’aujourd’hui. Elle a participé à la création et au développement de la European Association for the Study of Religion ainsi qu’à divers projets de recherche et consultations, à l’échelle nationale et internationale, sur la religion, la migration, les communautés et la diversité.

All are welcome!
Lecture will be followed by a reception.

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Varieties of Religious Establishment: Public Session

Location: St. Thomas University, Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 101

Date: Friday November 12, 2010

Time: 15h30-17h30

Speakers:

Beyer, Peter

University of Ottawa

Privileging Religion in a ‘Post-Westphalian’ State: Shadow Establishment, Organization, Spirituality, and Freedom in Canada

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Danchin, Peter

University of Maryland

Freedom of Religion and the Claims of Religious Minorities in South Africa

Reception to Follow

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Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125

Date: Friday November 26, 2010

Time: 16h

Speaker:

Hervieu-Léger, Danièle

La fabrique des identités religieuses dans des sociétés de haute modernité

Danièle Hervieu-Léger est diplômée de l'Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, licenciée en Droit (Faculté de Droit de Paris), Docteur en sociologie (EPHE Vie section), Docteur d'État en Lettre et Sciences Humaines, elle a commencé sa carrière au Groupe de Sociologie des Religions du CNRS, comme chargé, puis directrice de recherche, de 1974 en 1992. Directrice d'études à l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales à partir de 1992, elle y dirige le Centre d'Études Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux de 1993 à 2004. Elle a été rédactrice en chef de la revue Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions de 1986 à 2004. Elle a été Présidente de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de 2004 à 2009. Actuellement membre du Centre d'Études Sociologiques et Politiques Raymond Aron, elle est présidente du Conseil d'Administration de l'Institut National d'Études Démographiques depuis 2009. Parmi ses nombreux ouvrages et articles consacrés à l'exploration sociologique de la modernité religieuse, et spécifiquement du christianisme contemporain, on peut citer : Le pèlerin et le converti. La religion en movement (1999) ; La religion en miettes ou la question des sectes (2001) ; Catholicisme, la fin d'un monde (2003). Elle travaille aujourd'hui à une sociologie du temps chrétien en modernité, à partir du dossier des (re)fondations, réformes et créations monastiques contemporaines en Europe.

Danièle Hervieu-Léger holds degrees from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, a licentiate in law (Faculty of Law, Paris), a doctorate in sociology (EPHE Vie section), and a doctorate in the humanities. Hervieu-Léger began her career in the Group de Sociologie des Religions du CNRS and was director of research from 1974 to 1992. Director of studies at L'Écoles des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales from 1992, Hervieu-Léger ran le Centre d'Études Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux from 1993 to 2004, and was the president of EHESS from 2004 to 2009. Currently a member of Centre d'Études Sociologiques et Politiques Raymond Aron, Hervieu-Léger is president of the Conseil d'Administration de l'Institut National d'Études Demographiques since 2009. The following are some of her many publications which explore the sociology of modernity and religion, specifically contemporary Christianity: Le pèlerin et le converti. La religion en mouvement (1999); La religion en miettes ou la question des sectes (2001); Catholicisme, la fin d'un monde (2003). Dr. Hervieu-Léger's recent work concentrates on the process of dislocation and the remodelling of the Christian cultural matrix of European societies.

All are welcome! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une
réception.

Are There no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada: Public Lecuture


Location: Kinsella Auditorium McCain Hall, St Thomas University

Date: Friday November 26th, 2010

Time: 15h30-17h30  

Speaker: 

Lori Beaman 

University of Ottawa

Are there no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada

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Out of the Past, Into the Future: Reflections on the Middle East and Africa

November 3-5, 2011

Washington, D.C.

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Gender, Migration and Religion

November 4, 2011

Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, London

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Religion and their Despisers: Criticism and Vilification of Religions and Believers

November 4-5, 2011

Kontakt der Kontinenten, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

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Migration, Globalisation and New Social Formations

November 9-11, 2011

IMER Bergen, Norway

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Making European Muslims: Islam and the Struggle over Beliefs, Perceptions and Identities among Children and Young People in Western Europe

October 28-29, 2011

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting 2011: ‘Research in the Scientific Study of Religion: from the Local to the Cross-National’

October 28-30, 2011

Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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Special Issue of the Australian Journal of Communications-Media and Religion: The changing landscape

Date for submission of full papers October 31, 2011

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Extremism, Nationalism and Transgression

Call for chapters deadline is October 31, 2011

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Social Identities between the Sacred and Secular

Edited by Abby Day and Christopher R. Cotter

Call for paper deadline is October 31, 2011

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Cross-Currents in Language and Culture

October 26-28, 2011

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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Negotiating Identity in Migration Processes

October 26-28, 2011

Madrid, Spain

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World Views and local encounters in Early Scientific Expeditions 1750-18-50

October 27-28, 2011

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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The Postsecular in International Politics ESRC-sponsored international conference

October 27-28, 2011

University of Sussex, Brighton United Kingdom

Call for papers deadline has ended

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Contextualising Community – Diasporas of the Modern Middle East

October 27-28, 2011

University of Edinburgh, UK

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Postdoctoral Fellowship with a focus on the study of Muslim Societies

The Georg Eckert Institut for International Textbook Research in Braunschweig (Brunswick), a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Association (WGL), is seeking applicants to fill the following vacancy, starting on 1 January 2012

Postdoctoral Fellowship with a focus on the study of Muslim Societies

This full-time position is subject to a funding application, and corresponds to the standard pay scale within the German public sector (in this case, TVL E-13). The contract will initially be limited to a three-year period, in line with the regulations on fixed-term academic contracts but may, if circumstances allow it, be extended.

Duties and responsibilities

The holder of this fellowship will be asked to develop a project about educational media that addresses the relationship between Muslim societies and Europe by taking into account the ethnic and religious diversity in Europe. The project will be part of a new Research Department that explores the position of educational media within the contexts of globalisation. The main parts of the fellow’s activity will consist of independent research, leading towards further academic qualification and the supervision of a junior research group, dealing with topics related to the fellow’s research areas. International comparative perspectives are particularly welcome. In addition, the fellow will be asked to take over to a certain degree general administrative duties of the Institute. A fellow who is not a German native speaker will be required to take lessons to acquire basic knowledge of German.

Required Qualifications

Essential

- An outstanding doctoral degree (PhD, DPhil) in the social sciences, the arts and humanities

- Skills in designing and writing applications for research projects

- The ability to take on leadership roles and the supervision of junior researchers

- Excellent spoken and written English

- Self-confidence in international arenas

- Attention to high quality, reliability and the ability to work in a team

- Strong commitment to the aims of the Institute, the ability to work under pressure, and flexibility in time management

Desirable

- Work experience in research teams at universities or research institutes/ academies

- Knowledge of Arabic

The post

This is an extremely interesting and multi-faceted position in a non-university research institution, operating on an international level, which combines research and knowledge transfer with regards to the study of school textbooks and educational media, with a special focus on applying cultural sciences (Kulturwissenschaften). The Georg Eckert Institute cooperates with the universities of Braunschweig and Göttingen allowing its members of staff to supervise doctoral and post-doctoral students. The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research actively implements equality of opportunity policies.

Applicants with severe disabilities who hold equal qualifications and skills will be given preferential consideration. The fellowship is not meant to be taken as a part-time position. The location of work is Braunschweig. Please send your application (in German or English) via email as one PDF document (max. 3 MB) with the subject keyword ‘postdoc’

to: sekretariat@gei.de. The closing date is 31 October 2011.

For further information please contact Sabine Lucia Müller (sabine.lucia.mueller@gei.de, tel. 0531-590 99 49).

The Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Program

The Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Program invites applications from researchers at participating Ontario universities for the 2012-13 Faculty Research Exchange. The application deadline for the 2012-13 competition is November 1, 2011.

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Post-Doctorial Research Associate Position

A post-doctoral Research Associate position has become available at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund's College, Cambridge [www.faraday-institute.org]. The post involves working with Prof. John Wood [Imperial College, London] on a project entitled "Restoring Spiritual Values to European Research". The overall object is to compare the current status of the European Research Area and its underlying values with those of the founders of the concept of European partnership, with particular reference to religious values. The successful candidate will have independent research experience and an interest in international research policy and outcomes, and must be in agreement with the ethos and aims of The Faraday Institute.

The salary for this three-year position will be up to £32,161 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience, plus benefits. Applications quoting Position FP2/6 should include a c/v, naming three referees, together with a covering letter summarising the relevance of the applicant's background and experience for this position. Applications (preferably by e-mail) should be sent to: The Faraday Institute Administrator, Mrs Polly Stanton, St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, CB3 0BN, UK ps400@cam.ac.uk by Tuesday 1st November 2011. A job description may also be requested from Mrs Stanton. Interviews will be held in early November. -- Dr Zoë Binns Events Manager The Faraday Institute St. Edmund's College Cambridge CB3 0BN, UK. Tel: 01223-741283

Fax: 01223 741285 zcl21@cam.ac.uk www.faraday-institute.org

Two PhD research fellowships in Religion, Ethics and Society

University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Education

The University of Agder invites applications for two full-time PhD research fellowships for a period of three years. The PhD research fellows will be associated with the PhD Programme in Religion, Ethics and Society at the Department of Religion, Philosophy and History, which is part of the Faculty of Humanities and Education. (More information about the programme may be found at http://bit.ly/cX1tC3). The starting date will be determined in agreement with the Faculty. The positions are currently located in Kristiansand, in the south of Norway. Kristiansand is Norway's fifth largest city, a lively port and regional centre with good transport links.

The Department of Religion, Philosophy and History offers an active and exciting academic environment with a scholarly emphasis on empirical religious studies. At present, the department has over 35 persons in the academic staff, including six full time PhD research fellows. In addition there are eight external research students, who also play an important role in the monthly PhD seminar. All PhD research fellows benefit from a full and internationally recognised programme of training in research methods, theory and ethics.

The programme supports research in the areas of sociology of religion, religion and ethics, and theology, with an emphasis on religion in the contemporary world. For these positions we welcome applications in any of these areas, and interdisciplinary proposals which work across them. The language of instruction on the PhD programme is English. PhD theses may be submitted in English or a Scandinavian language. The PhD seminars are held in Norwegian and English, depending on the language of the paper presented. PhD students are encouraged to learn Norwegian (free classes are available), but this is not a requirement of the programme.

The successful applicants must have a master’s degree within a relevant academic field.

Informal enquiries from English speaking applicants may be addressed to Professor David Herbert, david.herbert@uia.no

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Mellon Graduate Fellowships for Sociology of Religion at Notre Dame

As the premier university in North America for the academic study of religion, the University of Notre Dame has scores of faculty members, centers, and institutes across departments and schools whose scholarship focuses on religion. Among them is the Center for the Study of Religion and Society (http://csrs.nd.edu/), housed in the Department of Sociology. The Center is pleased to announce Mellon Graduate Fellowships for incoming graduate students.

In order to continue attracting outstanding doctoral students who can take advantage of Notre Dame’s distinction in the study of religion, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $657,000 to ND to support an initiative in religion across the disciplines. The funding includes generous support for incoming graduate students whose records are outstanding and who will work on religious topics in their academic disciplines. Funding will be awarded to the best students in competition across eight departments, including Sociology. Strong applicants in sociology of religion will be highly competitive for fellowships.

Support for Mellon Fellows includes continuing summer stipends, research funding, and special interdisciplinary workshops. Mellon Fellows will receive a normal graduate stipend plus four years of summer funding at $5,000 each summer. Presidential Fellows who are Mellon Fellows will receive, in addition to their already higher stipends, five summers of additional support at $3,000 per summer

Nominations for Mellon Fellowship are made by departments, based on the strength of graduate school applications. Details are available at http://rmellon.nd.edu.

In addition to its notable strengths in sociology of religion, noted above, the University of Notre Dame has centers of excellence in politics and religion, law and religion, religion and international development, religion and peace-building, literature and religion, medieval studies, religious and intellectual history, sacred music, the philosophy of religion, and other related areas. Notre Dame also has one of the best theology departments in the world.

Exceptionally strong prospective graduate students interested in the sociology of religion are encouraged to apply to the Sociology graduate program at Notre Dame and to express interest in these fellowships.

Prospective applicants with questions may contact Christian Smith, chris.smith@nd.edu, or the Department of Sociology’s Director of Graduate Studies, William Carbonaro, wcarbona@nd.edu.

Fellowship for Research on Islam in Early Modern and Modern Times

Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.

April 2012-March 2013

Deadline is October 15, 2011

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Fellowship for Research on the Philosophy of Religion

Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.

April 2012-March 2013

Deadline is October 15, 2011

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APRA Foundation Berlin

Multi-Disciplinary Fellowship.

The APRA Foundation Berlin supports research that exemplifies, models, analyzes and/or theorizes the divergent multi-disciplinary expressions of the self encouraged by globalization and cross-cultural journeying.

For further information, please visit

http://adrianpiper.com/foundation/fellowship_menu.shtml

Doctoral Scholarship - Institute for Culture and Society

The University of Western Sydney’s newly-formed Institute for Culture and Society (which incorporates the Centre for Cultural Research) invites applications for PhD Scholarships.

About the Institute

The Institute for Culture & Society encourages theoretically-directed empirical research on the transformations in culture and society in the global era. The Institute is home to a number of internationally renowned scholars, contributing to the University of Western Sydney receiving the highest ranking for research quality—well above world standard—in Cultural Studies (as part of the Excellence in Research for Australia 2010).

Headed by Director, Distinguished Professor Ien Ang, and Research Director, Professor Tony Bennett, the Institute for Culture & Society is especially interested in projects in the following areas:

· Cities and Urban Cultures

· Intercultural Dialogue and Transnational Culture

· Institutions, Governance and Citizenship

· Cultural Economy and Globalisation

· Heritage, Environment and Society

· Digital Research and Cultural Transformation

· Australian Cultural Fields

· Culture and Education

Candidates with backgrounds in cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, human geography, cultural history, media and communication studies, Asian studies and other disciplines are encouraged to apply. International applications are welcome, although fees may apply.

Essential Criteria

Good Bachelor Honours degree (Class 1 or 2.1), or equivalent qualifications and/or experience
Research or professional experience in a relevant field of the humanities and social sciences.

What does the scholarship provide?

Tax-free stipend of $32,860 per annum and a funded place in the doctoral degree for domestic candidates. International applicants may have to pay fees.

Need more information?

To discuss a potential project please contact Dr Megan Watkins at m.watkins@uws.edu.au OR Professor Deborah Stevenson at d.stevenson@uws.edu.au
Contact the Research Training, Policy and Programs Officer, Mrs Sandra Lawrence to discuss enrolment and scholarships: sg.lawrence@uws.edu.au
Find out more about the research being undertaken in the CCR and ICS at http://www.uws.edu.au/centre_for_cultural_research/ccr

How to apply:

Submit an application form, research proposal and CV by the closing date. The application form can be downloaded from the web: www.uws.edu.au/research/scholarships

APPLICATIONS CLOSE 21 October 2011

History, Classics and Archaeology: 3 x Career Development Post-Doctoral Fellowships

These awards have been made possible through generous funding from the Scottish Government in support of expansion of research activity associated with the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Applications are invited from scholars of the highest calibre with a strong record of publication and research in Diaspora History or Diaspora Studies who hold a doctorate or will be awarded their doctorate by December 2011.

The appointments are tenable for two years, from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2013.

Salary Scale: £29,972 - £35,788

http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3014862

CALL FOR SCHOLARS

The Joint European Master’s in International Migration and Social Cohesion (MISOCO) is a two-year international Master's with the support of the Erasmus Mundus programme of the European Union which offers students the unique opportunity to study international migration in three European countries.

Scholar Profile

The MISOCO consortium is welcoming outstanding migration scholars who are interested in contributing to the MISOCO master programme and strengthening academic partnerships with the consortium.

Academics in the field of migration studies are hosted for a period of up to three months in one of the consortium’s institutions. During this period they are expected to teach or develop elements of the MISOCO course, supervise thesis projects of MISOCO students and/or engage in independent research or other activities aimed to enhance the quality of MISOCO. Interested academics are invited to elaborate on their proposed contribution to MISOCO in the application form. Scholars are selected on their academic merit (e.g. publications, research projects) and what they can bring to the joint Master’s programme.

Erasmus Mundus Scholar Scholarships

Erasmus Mundus Scholar Scholarships are € 1200 per week, with a minimum duration of two weeks and a maximum duration of three months.

· Non-EU/EEA scholars: Scholars may visit any European partner in the consortium for the activities listed above.

· EU-EEA scholars: Scholars from the European MISOCO partners are eligible for scholar mobility to the programme’s third-country partners.

For more information visit www.misoco.org

For further enquiries please contact the MISOCO programme manager, Ms.

Emilie van Tol at (misoco@uva.nl)

The Resilience of People in Motion: Processes of immigration, transmigration, and remigration in the wider Europe today

October 13-15, 2011

University of Trier, Germany

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Ethics, Religion, and Civil Discourse

October 13-15, 2011

California State University, Fresno, California

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Second Annual Conference of the Centre for Area Studies: Multiple Secularities and Global Interconnectedness

October 13-15, 2011

University of Leipzig, Germany

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Religions as Brands. The Marketization of Religion and Spirituality

October 13-15, 2011

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Researching Religion: Methodological Debates in Anthropology and the study of Religion

October 18-19, 2011

Aarhus University, Denmark

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Otherness, Subjectivity and Representation

October 21-22, 2011

Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

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Civil Society and Faith in Europe Today

October 5-7, 2011

Holland House, Cropthorne, Pershore, Worcester, United Kingdom

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Symposium on Digital Religion

October 5-7, 2011

University of Texas A & M, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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Transnational Religion, Missionization and Refugee Migrants in Comparative Perspective

October 6-7, 2011

Göttingen, Germany

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Issues in Critical Investigation: The African Diaspora

September 29 – October 1, 2011

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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Muslim Britain

September 14-16, 2011

SOAS, London, United Kingdom

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Migrant Labour: Contested Integration, Prospects for Citizenship

September 15-16, 2011

Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Migration Letters Special Issue: Mapping Social Remittances

Call for papers deadline is September 20, 2011

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Atheism and Anthropology: Researching Atheism and Self-searching Belief and Experience

September 21, 2011

University College London, United Kingdom

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Ethnography, Diversity and Urban Space

September 22-23, 2011

COMPAS, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Looking Beyond 9/11: Islam in the West and Democratic Trends in the Middle East and North Africa

September 23, 2011

Binghamton University, New York, United States of America

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Journey of the Universe

September 23-24, 2011

St Paul University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Islam in America

September 23-24, 2011

DePaul University, Chicago, United States of America

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Journal of Law and Religion Symposium on Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

September 23, 2011

Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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How to Study transnational social movements: A networking workshop for social movement researchers

September 28-29, 2011

Campus Haga, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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European Consortium for Political Research General Conference: ‘Religious/Secular Politics: Local, National and Global’

August 25-27, 2011

University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

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Religion and Belief in Professional Practice

September 7-9, 2011

University of Bradford, England

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Research Workshop: ‘The Expanding Surveillance Net: Ten Years after 9/11’

September 8-9 2011

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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International Conference on Sociology of Law

September 10-12, 2011

Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India

Call for papers deadline is July 31, 2011

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Migrant Labour: Contested Integration, Prospects for Citizenship

September 15-16, 2011

Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Journal of Law and Religion Symposium on Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

September 23, 2011

Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Religion and Belief in Professional Practice

September 7-9, 2011

University of Bradford, England

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Dynamics of European Migration Space: Economy, Politics and Development

September 7-9, 2011

Warsaw, Poland

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Research Workshop: ‘The Expanding Surveillance Net: Ten Years after 9/11’

September 8-9 2011

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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International Conference on Sociology of Law

September 10-12, 2011

Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Finding Faith in Digital Gaming

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Canadian Journal of Sociology Special Issue on The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Centenary: Contemporary Engagements

Call for papers deadline is August 15, 2011

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Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) 2011 Annual Meeting: ‘Socially Engaged Religion in Global Context’

August 18-20, 2011

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

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International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) 2011 Congress

August 21-25, 2011

Bari, Italy

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European Consortium for Political Research General Conference: ‘Religious/Secular Politics: Local, National and Global’

August 25-27, 2011

University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

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The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue – Special Issue: Role of Religion in Revolution

Call for submissions deadline is September 1, 2011

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Covering the Arab Spring: The Middle East in the Media—the Media in the Middle East

September 1-2, 2011

Copenhagen, Denmark

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BASR Annual Conference: Ritual Knowledge

September 5-7, 2011

Durham University, United Kingdom

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25th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association: ‘Power and Participation’

August 4 - 7, 2011

University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Finding Faith in Digital Gaming

Call for papers deadline is August 10, 2010

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Weak Theory, Bad Data?

Heuristics Roles and Practical Limits of Concepts in Fieldwork

Special issue of the African Review of Social Sciences Methodology/Revue africaine de méthodologie des sciences sociales

Call for papers deadline is July 31, 2011

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Law and Religion: Legal Regulation of Religious Groups, Organisations and Communities

July 15-16, 2011

Melbourne Law School, Australia

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The Power of Religion: Towards Peace and Moderation or Violence and Extremism?

June 28-30, 2011

London, United Kingdom

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The Memphis Theological Seminary Journal: Call for papers, ‘Rhetoric and Religion’

Spring 2012 issue

Call for papers deadline is June 30, 2011

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International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR): ‘Religion and Economy in a Global World’

June 30 – July 3, 2011

Aix-en-Provence, France

Proposals for Thematic Sessions and Working Groups due June 15, 2010

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Australian Association for the Study of Religions: 2011 Annual Conference

July 1-2 2011

Tweed Gold Coast, Australia

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The 8th Annual Conference on the Social Scientific Study of Religion in China: Spiritual Capital and Public Gods

July 1-2, 2011

Fuzhon University, Fujian, China

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Multiculturalism and Muslim Leaderships in the UK: New Labour and After

July 7, 2011

Bristol, United Kingdom

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Political Theology Agenda Symposium 2011

July 12-13, 2011

Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the University of Geneva, Château de Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland

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Foundations for the Future: Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies annual conference 2011

July 13-14, 2011

Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

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International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR): ‘Religion and Economy in a Global World’

June 30 – July 3, 2011

Aix-en-Provence, France

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Australian Association for the Study of Religions: 2011 Annual Conference

July 1-2 2011

Tweed Gold Coast, Australia

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Empowerment and the Sacred, An Interdisciplinary Conference

June 24-26, 2011

Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, University of Leeds, England

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CRONEM 7th Annual Conference; Joint international multidisciplinary conference with VU Institute for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society (VISOR): ‘Global Migration and Multiculturalism: Religion, Society, Policy and Politics’

June 28-29, 2011

University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, England

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Two-way integration in Policy and Practice: The Role of Migrant Religious Communities in the EU

June 9, 2011

Brussels, Belgium

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Mediating Modesty: Fashioning Faithful Bodies

June 15, 2011

London College of Fashion, London, United Kingdom

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Workshop on Respondent Driven Sampling

June 16-17, 2011

Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom

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Applying Sharia to the West

June 20-21, 2011

Leiden, Netherlands

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Eleventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations

June 20-22, 2011

University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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Religion, Gender and Human Rights: Challenges for Multicultural and Democratic Societies

June 21-25, 2011

Scandic Linköping Vast, Sweden

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The International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) and the Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: ‘Chinese Overseas: Culture, Religions and Worldview’

June 21-22, 2011

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The People’s Republic of China

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Teaching Islam in the Social Sciences

June 24, 2011

University of Birmingham, United kingdom

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Religion and American Culture

June 2-5, 2011

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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Spiritual Diversity Conference and Fair

June 2-3, 2011

St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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The Politics of Living Religion/Spirituality and Gender/Sexuality in Everyday Context

May 24, 2011

London, UK

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Teaching Theology/Religion and Gender

24 May, 2011

University of Leeds, United Kingdom

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Multiculturalism and Gender in France, Catalonia, Britain, Canada and the U.S.

May 26-27, 2011

Université du Havre, France

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Cultural Encounters: Researching Ethnicities, Identities, and Politics in a Globalised World

May 21-22, 2011

Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

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Re-enchantment of Arab Television: Audience responses and identity constructions

May 27-29, 2011

Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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The 11th ConIH, Graduate Student Conference on International History: ‘Mobilities, Flows and Networks in Global History’

March 10-11, 2011

Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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PhD studentships in Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law

University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Application deadline is March 30, 2011

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Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology

University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Application deadline is April 1, 2011

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Islam and Muslims in a plural world: the local and the global in the Middle East, Europe and North America

April 4-15, 2011

2nd Islam Graduate Research School, Damascus, Syria

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Interdisciplinary conference on migration jointly organised by the NORFACE Research Programme on Migration and the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM): ‘Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge’

April 6-9, 2011

University College London, London, England

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British Association for South Asian Studies Annual Conference 2011: ‘Embodied power and bodily memories’

April 11-13, 2011

University of Southampton, Guildford, United Kingdom

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Symposium on Religion and Politics

April 28-30, 2011

The Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

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McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Student Symposium: ‘Critical Theory and Islamic Studies’

April 29-30, 2010

McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Call for papers deadline is January 7, 2011

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Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN) Conference

May 17, 2011

Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

Call for paper deadline is March 21, 2011.

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Race and Immigration in the American City: New Perspectives on 21st century Intergroup Relations

May 20, 2011

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Call for papers deadline is March 25, 2011

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Cultural Encounters: Researching Ethnicities, Identities, and Politics in a Globalised World

May 21-22, 2011

University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Call for paper deadline is March 25, 2011

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Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Annual Conference 2011

May 28-31, 2011

University of New Brunswick & St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Call for papers deadline is January 31, 2011

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Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 129

Date: Friday, March 4, 2011

Time: 16:00

Speaker:

Jeff Spinner-Halev

Religiously Justified Discrimination

Jeff Spinner-Halev, professeur éminent Kenan en éthique politique à l’Université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill aux États-Unis, est titulaire d’un B.A. et d’un Ph.D. de l’Université du Michigan. Il est l’auteur des ouvrages The Boundaries of Citizenship Race, Ethnicity and Nationality in the Liberal State (Johns Hopkins, 1994) et Surviving Diversity: Religion and Democratic Citizenship (Johns Hopkins, 2000), corédacteur de Minorities within Minorities: Equality, Right and Diversity (Cambridge, 2005), et auteur de nombreux chapitres de livres et articles de revues spécialisées. Il travaille actuellement à un livre intitulé Enduring Injustice. Jeff

Spinner-Halev a été professeur invité Laurance-S.-Rockefeller au University Center for Human Values de l’Université de Princeton, professeur invite Lady-Davis à l’Université hébraïque de Jérusalem et professeur invité à l’Institute for Advanced Studies, aussi à l’Université hébraïque.

Jeff Spinner-Halev is the Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics at UNC–Chapel Hill. He received his BA and PhD from the University of Michigan. He is author of The Boundaries of Citizenship Race, Ethnicity and Nationality in the Liberal State (Johns Hopkins, 1994) and Surviving Diversity: Religion and Democratic Citizenship (Johns Hopkins, 2000) and co-editor of Minorities within Minorities: Equality, Right and Diversity (Cambridge, 2005) and also responsible for many book chapters and journal articles. He is currently working on a book called Enduring Injustice. Spinner-Halev has been a Laurance S. Rockefeller Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, a Lady Davis Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, also at the Hebrew University.

All are welcome! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une
réception.

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125

Date: Friday February 11, 2011

Time: 16h

Speaker:

Kim Knott

Spaces of Religious Diversity and Encounter: Research, agenda-setting and policy intervention.

All are welcome!
Lecture will be followed by a reception.

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Quebec's English-speaking communities: a new research agenda

May 9-13, 2011

Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop’s University, Québec, Canada

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African New Religions in the West

May 14, 2011

London School of Economics, United Kingdom

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Religare Seminar – Public Funding to Religion in Europe

May 15, 2011

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN) Conference

May 17, 2011

Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

Call for paper deadline is March 21, 2011.

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Children and Religion

May 18-19, 2011

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Race and Immigration in the American City: New Perspectives on 21st century Intergroup Relations

May 20, 2011

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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Cultural Encounters: Researching Ethnicities, Identities, and Politics in a Globalised World

May 21-22, 2011

University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

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The Religion, Culture and Conflict Research Group in Partnership with S-Vox: ‘Christians and the Middle East Conflict’

March 24-26, 2011

Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration Call for Article Manuscripts for a Special Issue on ‘Integration Assemblages’

Call for papers deadline is March 31, 2010

Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration

Link

Religion and Communism: Comparative Perspectives (Workshop/Book Project)

May 6-7, 2011

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Goettingen, Germany

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands: International Indigenous Policy Journal Special Issue

Call for submissions deadline is March 31, 2011

Link

Global Media Journal -- Canadian Edition: Call for papers, ‘Multi-cultural, Multi-ethnic, and Multi-faith Communication’

2011: Volume 4, Issue 1

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

52^nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA): ‘Global Governance: Political Authority in Transition’

March 16-19, 2011

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

The Religion, Culture and Conflict Research Group in Partnership with S-Vox: ‘Christians and the Middle East Conflict’

March 24-26, 2011

Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Coming to Our Senses: Theorizing the Contexts and Impacts of Making the Census Long-Form Voluntary - A Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

March 26, 2011

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

‘Social Policy and Religion in the Middle East: Questioning Existing Paradigms’, to be held as part of the 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting of the European University Institute

April 6-9, 2011

European University Institute, Florence, Italy

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Interdisciplinary conference on migration jointly organised by the NORFACE Research Programme on Migration and the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM): ‘Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge’

April 6-9, 2011

University College London, London, England

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

British Association for South Asian Studies Annual Conference 2011: ‘Embodied power and bodily memories’

April 11-13, 2011

University of Southampton, Guildford, United Kingdom

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Update:

We regret to inform you that Dr. Leila Ahmed's public lecture as part of the Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory lecture series, scheduled for April 8 2011 at 4pm, has been canceled. We hope to reschedule Dr. Ahmed's presentation at the University of Ottawa in the near future.

Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125

Date: Friday, April 8, 2011

Time: 16:00

Speaker:

Leila Ahmed

Contemporary Trends in Muslim Women’s Activism

Leila Ahmed is the Victor S. Thomas Chair at Harvard Divinity School. Her book A Border Passage has been widely acclaimed. Additional publications include the books Women and Gender in Islam: The Historical Roots of a Modern Debate and Edward William Lane: A Study of His Life and Work and of British Ideas of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century, as well as many articles, including “Arab Culture and Writing Women’s Bodies” and “Between Two Worlds: The Formation of a Turn of the Century Egyptian Feminist.” Her current research focuses on Islam in America and issues of women and gender. Her newest book, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America, will be released this spring.

Leila Ahmed est titulaire de la Chaire Victor-S.-Thomas à la Harvard Divinity School. Son livre A Border Passage lui a valu des éloges généralisés. Au nombre de ses autres publications figurent les ouvrages Women and Gender in Islam: The Historical Roots of a Modern Debate et Edward William Lane: A Study of His Life and Work and of British Ideas of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century, ainsi que de nombreux articles dont « Arab Culture and Writing Women’s Bodies » et « Between Two Worlds: The Formation of a Turn of the Century Egyptian Feminist ». Actuellement, elle concentre ses recherches sur l’Islam en Amérique et sur les problématiques touchant les femmes et l’égalité des sexes. Son plus récent livre, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America, paraîtra au printemps.

All are welcome! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.

Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une réception.

Sixteenth Annual History in the Making Conference: ‘The Immigrant Experience: The History of Communities in Transition’

March 4-5, 2011

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society

February 15-17, 2011

University Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Center for Islamic Studies National Conference

February 17-19, 2011

Crowne Plaza Executive Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

The Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law (JMEIL)

Spring 2011 edition

Berkeley School of Law, University of California, California, United States of America

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Culture Change in Rapidly Developing Modern Societies

Memorial University of Newfoundland invites applications for the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Culture Change in Rapidly Developing Modern Societies. The Chairholder will be appointed to a tenure-track position at the Associate Professor rank in a relevant department within the Faculty of Arts. The Jarislowsky Chair will be held for an initial five-year term and may be renewed. We seek candidates

The deadline for applications is January 14, 2010.

Click here for more information.

Approaches to the Occident: Western Perspectives on Buddhism

January 27-29, 2011

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Call for papers deadline has ended

Religion and Gender: Online Journal for the Systematic Study of Religion and Gender in an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Forthcoming Issue ‘Gender and Religiosity in Multicultural Societies’

Call for papers deadline is February 1, 2011

Link

Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration Call for Article Manuscripts for a Special Issue on ‘Integration Assemblages’

Call for papers deadline is March 31, 2010

Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration

Link

Religious Diversity in the European Workplace

January 13, 2011

University of Leuven, Belgium

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Revealed Through the Veil: Changes or Challenges to the Liberal Polity

January 19, 2011

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Link

The Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture

December 16-19, 2010

Notre Dame University, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Call for papers deadline has ended

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The 9th Conference of the ISORECEA (International Study of Religion in Central and Eastern Europe Association): ‘Twenty Years After: Secularization and Desecularization in Central And Eastern Europe’

December 16-19, 2010

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Upcoming Lectures

Varieties of Religious Establishment: Public Session, November 12, 2010, St. Thomas University

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, November 26, 2010, University of Ottawa

Are there no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada, November 26, 2010, St. Thomas University

Varieties of Religious Establishment: Public Session

Location: St. Thomas University, Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 101

Date: Friday November 12, 2010

Time: 15h30-17h30

Speakers:

Beyer, Peter

University of Ottawa

Privileging Religion in a ‘Post-Westphalian’ State: Shadow Establishment, Organization, Spirituality, and Freedom in Canada

and

Danchin, Peter

University of Maryland

Freedom of Religion and the Claims of Religious Minorities in South Africa

Reception to Follow

Click here for the poster.

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125

Date: Friday November 26, 2010

Time: 16h

Speaker:

Hervieu-Léger, Danièle

La fabrique des identités religieuses dans des sociétés de haute modernité

Are There no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada: Public Lecuture


Location: Kinsella Auditorium McCain Hall, St Thomas University

Date: Friday November 26th, 2010

Time: 15h30-17h30  


Speaker: 

Lori Beaman 

University of Ottawa

Are there no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada

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The Distributive Family: Dismantling Law's Secular Impulse and Religion's Sacred Aspiration: Public Lecture

Location: Fauteux 202, University of Ottawa

Date: Thursday December 9, 2010

Time: 11:30-13:00

Speaker:

Pascale Fournier

University of Ottawa

The Distributive Family: Dismantling Law's Secular Impulse and Religion's Sacred Aspiration

Reception to Follow

Revealing Democracy: Bill 94 and the challenges of religious pluralism and ethnocultural diversity in Quebec

November 18-20, 2010

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Link

Religion and Life: A Christian-Islamic Dialogue

November 22-25, 2010

VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Call for papers deadline is September 20, 2010

Link

The International Journal for the Study of New Religions

May and November Editions

Published by Equinox in association with the International Society for the Study of New Religions, Sweden

Call for papers ongoing

Link

The Australian Sociological Association: Social Causes, Private Lives

December 6-10, 2010

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Link

The 2010 Piet Akkermans Lecture and the 2010 Bruges Conference on ‘Religion, Beliefs, Philosophical Convictions and Education: From Passive Toleration to Active Appreciation of Religious Differences’

December 7-9, 2010

Bruges, Belgium

Link

The second IFSSR (International Forum for the Study of Society and Religion) conference: Religious Coexistence and Tolerance: Challenging Borders in a Global Context

December 11-13, 2010

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Application deadline is October 1, 2010

Link

CentreLGS PECANS Visiting Fellowships

CentreLGS PECANS welcomes applications from early career scholars (postgraduate research students and academics up to 5 years post-PhD) wishing to visit CentreLGS at either Keele University or the University of Kent for a limited period of time (between 1 and 3 weeks and preferably between November and March) during the UK academic year of 2010-2011. Applicants should be early career researchers with a strong interest in critical, interdisciplinary, theoretically engaged and policy relevant research relating to law, gender and sexuality (broadly defined).

Applications must be submitted by 31 August 2010. The committee will make a decision by 30 September 2010 and visits can take place from November 2010.

Link

Post-doctoral Fellowship - Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship

The Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC) invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship from candidates with demonstrated research interests in elections and electoral behaviour, political communication, political participation, or diversity and democratic citizenship.

The deadline for applications is June 15, 2010 or until the position is filled. Click here for more information.

The 12th International Academic Conference on Islamicjerusalem Studies (2010): “ORIENTALIST APPROACHES TO ISLAMICJERUSALEM”

November 6, 2010

Brunei Gallery – SOAS, University of London, London, England

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

La Religion dans la Sphère publique: Perspectives comparatives

Conférences publiques

Location: Université Montreal, Local #1020, Pavillion Marguerite d’Youville, 2375, chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal

Date: Thursday 4 November, 2010

Time: 16h00 – 18h00

Speakers:

Marie-Claire Foblets

Université de Louvain, Belgique

Diversité religieuse et modèles de laïcités en Europe : Le projet RELIGARE

and

Lori Beaman

Université d’Ottawa

How Much is Too Much? Governing Religion in the Public Sphere

Click here for the poster.

International Conference of the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (INTEGON) of the Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University: ‘Contesting Religious Identities’

October 13-15, 2010

Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Call for papers has ended

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Quest and Conquest: Spiritual Symbols and Myths in the Indo-Mediterranean and European Worlds, University of British Columbia's 39th Annual Medieval Studies Workshop

October 14-16, 2010

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

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The Finnish Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration: ‘Negotiating the Local and Global: Values, Citizenship and Education’

October 21-22, 2010

University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Call for papers deadline is September 1, 2010

Link

Religious Research Association 2010 and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) Annual Meeting: ‘Religion in Unsettled Times’

October 29-31, 2010

Sheraton Baltimore City Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Call for papers has ended

Link

American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting

October 30-November 1, 2010

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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Multiculturalism and Religious Identity: Perspectives from Ottawa and Delhi Public Session

Location:University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 129 (60 University Avenue)

Date: Thursday September 24, 2010

Time: 15h30-17h30 (lectures will be followed by a small reception)

Lectures:

Rajeev Bhargava, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

What can the North Atlantic and Europe learn from the Indian conception of secularism?

and

Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa

Multiculturalism, Religious Pluralism and the Secularization of the Canadian State

All are welcome!

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Public Lecture Lectures critiques sur la religion, le droit, et la théorie en sciences sociales conférence publique

Speakers:

Melissa Williams, University of Toronto: “Multiculturalism in Retreat: From Democratic Inclusion to the Security State.”

Gurpreet Mahajan, Jawaharlal Nehru University: “Religious Diversity and Multicultural Accommodation.”

Friday September 24, 2010

vendredi le 24 septembre 2010

16h

Simard Hall, Room 125

pavillon simard, salle 125

60 Université

ALL ARE WELCOME! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.

Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une

réception.

On October 7, 2010, the University of Ottawa will host James K.A. Smith for the presentation Post-Secular and Beyond Atheism: Postmodernism and the Future of God. Click here to see the poster for Post-Secular, and click here to see the poster for Beyond Atheism.

ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies

Fall 2010 Edition

McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

The Politics and Religious Journal, established by the Center for Studies of Religion and Religious Tolerance

2010 Special Edition on the topic 'British Politics and Religion'

Belgrade, Serbia

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas: ‘Savage Thoughts: Interdisciplinarity and the Challenge of Claude Lévi-Strauss’

September 24-26, 2010

McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Call for papers has ended

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Muslims and Political Participation in Europe

October 6-8, 2010

University of Strasbourg, Copenhagen, Denmark

Call for papers deadline is September 1, 2010

Link

Global Conference on Human Rights and Diverse Societies

October 7-9, 2010

McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Link

Diversity and Tolerance in Europe: Policies in Public Institutions and Private Organisations

September 22, 2010

CIDOB Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

Call for paper deadline has ended

Link

Enjeux de la pluralisation religieuse de la population carcérale: Perspectives croisées sur les usages du religieux en milieu carcéral

September 24-25, 2010

Université de Lausanne, Colloque international, Amphimax, Switzerland

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International Conference: ‘Religious Pluralism: Uncovering Gender’

September 8-10, 2010

Maison d'analyse des processus sociaux, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Link

IMISCOE 7th Annual Conference: New Migration in Industrial Cities and Regions of Europe

September 13-14, 2010

University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Link

American Sociological Association and the Association for the Sociology of Religion 2010 Annual Meeting

August 14-17, 2010

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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XXth International Association for the History of Religions Quinquennial World Congress: 'Religion: A Human Phenomenon'

August 15-21, 2010

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Call for papers deadline has ended

Link

An International Forum: Interaction, Adaptation and Integration - Muslim Minorities in China and Europe

July 5-6, 2010

London School of Academics, London, United Kingdom

Call for papers deadline has ended

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XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology: ‘Sociology on the Move’

July 11-17, 2010

Gothenburg, Sweden

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Islam and Religious Freedom Seminar

July 25-30, 2010

Witherspoon Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Call for papers deadline has ended

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3rd Annual Multidisciplinary Conference: 'Cultural Diversity and Spirituality in Critical Care, Chronic Care and Mental Health Care'

June 17-18, 2010

St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Workshop: 'Legal Practice and Accommodation in Multicultural Europe'

June 3-4, 2010

The International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL), Oñati, Spain

Veiled Constellations: The Veil, Critical Theory, Politics, and Contemporary Society

June 3-5, 2010

York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Call for papers has ended

Link

2010 Annual Meeting/Conference of the CSSR (Canadian Society for the Study of Religion), held in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and the Social Sciences: 'Connected Understanding'

May 29-June 1 2010

Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Call for papers has ended

Link

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) Grants and Awards

Click here for more information on the following SSSR grants and awards, or visit their website at http://sssrweb.org

Distinguished Article Award

“To recognize the most outstanding article published by a SSSR member or members within the past year.” Nominated articles must be sent by May 15, 2010.

Jack Shand Research Awards

“A generous bequest from Jack Shand, a long–term member of SSSR until his death in 2001, has made it possible for SSSR to offer Jack Shand Research Awards to support research in the social scientific study of religion.” Proposal deadline is May 1, 2010.

Jack Shand International Travel Awards

“SSSR is an international association and seeks to promote the scientific study of religion worldwide. To this end, the Society offers travel awards to help defray the cost of attendance at its annual meetings for scholars living outside the United States and Canada. Awards are given on the basis of financial need and quality of proposal. Applications from scholars in less developed countries and from those who have not previously attended are particularly welcome.” Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

SSSR Student Research Awards

“The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion offers annual research awards to assist graduate students in their research. Although these awards are normally used for dissertation support, other significant research is eligible. The ordinary maximum award is $3,000. Awards are intended to cover research expenses, travel, research assistance, and up to $1500 in stipend for the researcher's own time. Grant recipients have two years to spend their awards and are expected to submit a brief report on their research.” Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

SSSR Student Travel Awards

“Travel assistance to help defray the costs of attending the annual meetings is available for graduate students.” Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

8th Annual Research in Religious Studies Conference

May 1-2, 2010

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Link

8th Annual Research in Religious Studies Conference

May 1-2, 2010

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Link

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) Student Research Awards

Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

Link

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) Student Travel Awards

“Travel assistance to help defray the costs of attending the annual meetings is available for graduate students.”

Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

Link

The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, in collaboration with Concordia University present the Fourth International Max and Iris Stern Symposium: “ART + RELIGION”

April 15 - 17, 2010

Place des Arts' Cinquième Salle and UQAM's Agora du Coeur des sciences, Québec, Canada

Link

5th Annual Conference on Palliative and End of Life Care: 'Caring for Persons with Terminal Illness: Living with the Dying in Multicultural Canada'

April 23, 2010

Don Valley Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Link

INFORM Seminar XLIV: ‘CULTS AND CRIME’

April 24, 2010

London School of Economics, London, England

Link

The 2010 McGill-CREOR (The Centre for Research on Religion/Centre de Recherche sur la Religion) Graduate Students' Conference: 'Sites of Transformation: New Perspectives on Religion as Revolution'

March 26-27, 2010

McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Call for papers has ended

Link

University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Religion's Annual Graduate Symposium: 'Fighting Religion: Expressions of Violence and Resistence'

April 16, 2010

University of Toronto, Toronto,Ontario, Canada

Call for papers has ended

Link

Public Lecture, Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: James Tully

Title: On Responsible Citizenship.

Speaker: Professor James Tully, Professor at the University of Victoria

Friday April 9, 2010

16h

The University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125

James Tully is the University of Victoria Distinguished Professor of Political Science. His recent publications include Public Philosophy in a New Key (2 Volumes, 2008), with Alain-G. Gagnon, ed., Multinational Democracy (2001), and Strange Multiplicity: Constitutionalism in an Age of Diversity (1996). Tully, who teaches and studies contemporary political thought and its history, is working on a collection of essays on peace and freedom he also co-edits, with Quentin Skinner, the Ideas in Context Series at Cambridge University Press.

ALL ARE WELCOME!
Lecture will be followed by a reception.

CSRS Wednesday Public Lecture Series

Location: University of Victoria, British Colombia, Canada

Date: Various

Speakers: Mary Anne Waldron, Anne MacDonald, Erin Campbell, Sarah Kinsley, Melanie Siebert, Eric Palmer, Paul Teel, John Sandys-Wunsch, Andrew Wender, Mona Goode, Christa Hunfeld, Irina Novak, Avigail Eisenberg

Contact: 250-721-6325

This series features weekly presentations by the various faculty, visiting and graduate student fellows in residence at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. The lectures are free and open to all members of the public and university community.

All lectures Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 pm, David Strong Building, Room C116.

2010 Religion and Public Life Conference: 'Religion and Globalization'

February 26, 2010

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Call for papers has ended

Link

Public Lecture : Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Conférence publique: Lectures critiques sur la religion, le droit, et la théorie en sciences sociales

Title: Constitutionalizing Secularism, Alternative Secularisms or Liberal Democracy?

Speaker: Professor Veit Bader, Professor Emeritus at the University of Amsterdam

Friday March 12, 2010
vendredi le 12 mars 2010
16h
Simard Hall, Room 125
pavillon simard, salle 125
60 Université

Veit Bader is professor emeritus of sociology and professor emeritus of social and political philosophy. He is currently involved in the IMES research line on the Governance of Ethnic and Religious Diversity. He is also the coordinator of the Dutch partnerships in the FP7-funded projects Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion: Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century in Europe (TAPIS) and RESECEURIA (Religious Diversity and Secular Models in Europe–Innovative Approaches to Law and Policy).

Veit Bader est professeur émérite de sociologie et professeur émérite de philosophie sociale et politique. Il participe en ce moment à l’axe de recherche de l’IMES (Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies) sur la gouvernance de l’ethnie et de la diversité religieuse. Il est également coordonnateur des partenariats néerlandais pour deux projets financés par le septième programme-cadre (7e PC) : TAPIS (Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion: Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century in Europe), ainsi que RESECEURIA (Religious Diversity and Secular Models in Europe–Innovative Approaches to Law and Policy).

ALL ARE WELCOME! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus. Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivi par une réception.

William Connolly to speak at the University of Ottawa

William E. Connolly is Krieger Eisenhower Professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches political theory. His recent books include Neuropolitics: Thinking, Culture, Speed; Pluralism; and Capitalism and Christianity, American Style. His book The Terms of Political Discourse won the Lippincott Award a few years ago for a book "of exceptional quality that is still considered important at least fifteen years after its date of publication". A new book now in production is entitled A World of Becoming.

Professor Connolly will be speaking as part of the Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory lecture series being hosted at the University of Ottawa over the next year.

Ann Pellegrini to speak at the University of Ottawa

Professor Ann Pellegrini is Associate Professor of Performance Studies and Religious Studies at New York University, where she also directs NYU's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. She is the author of Performance Anxieties: Staging Psychoanalysis, Staging Race (1997); co-author, with Janet R. Jakobsen, of Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance (2003); co-editor, with Daniel Boyarin and Daniel Itzkovitz, of Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (2003); and co-editor, with Jakobsen, of Secularisms (2008). Her essays have appeared in such journals as GLQ, Critical Inquiry, Camera Obscura, American Quarterly, and American Imago.

Professor Pellegrini will be speaking as part of the Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory lecture series being hosted at the University of Ottawa over the next year.

Religion and the Public Sphere

Location: McGill University

Date: October 7 - November 19, 2009

Speakers: Margaret Somerville, Oliver O'Donovan, Charles Taylor, Douglas Farrow, Lori Beaman, Preston Mannning, Daniel Cere

Contact: gs.conted@mcgill.ca

Come hear subject-matter experts discuss questions such as “What is the place of religion in the public sphere? What, if any, is the role of religion in political life and institutions? Should the citizens of a modern liberal democracy keep secular and religious considerations wholly and entirely separate?” Offered as a series of seven lectures of 50 minutes to one hour in length followed by a half-hour open discussion.

Interrogating Religion: Etiology, Politics and Social Consequences of a Problematic Concept

April 17-19, 2009,

University of Ottawa

A multidisciplinary and international group of scholars from law, political science, religious studies, anthropology, philosophy and sociology, gathered at the University of Ottawa to interrogate the fundamental problems regarding the category known as "religion."

From the Workshop description...

The concepts of religion and religious identity are rapidly becoming core organizing principles in contemporary nation-states. However, they are used with little or no critical reflection about the assumptions underlying their construction or the effects they have within and across social and cultural contexts. Religion is increasingly essentialized, that is, it is treated as a self-evident, universal and inevitable phenomenon instead of as a concept with complex, but nevertheless traceable historical roots. The acceptance of religion as a paradigm applied to cultures throughout the globe might in fact be one factor fueling misunderstanding and conflicts as groups and individuals strive to represent and empower themselves with reference to confusing, yet potentially explosive vocabulary. Our workshop aims to interrupt the uncritical deployment of religion both as a descriptive term and as a principle of public policy.

Trialogue: Boundary, Barricade and Bastion - Religion, State & the Challange of Pluralism

Location: King's University, Alberta, Canada

Date: November 3, 2009 (7:00-8:30)

Speakers: James Payton, Jr, Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, Ibrahim Abu-Rabi

Contact: david.goa@ualberta.ca

How do religion and state relate to each other? What are the sources to help religious people think clearly and reshape the various historic relations we find in Christian and Muslim experience? We have entered a new era of relations between religious communities and the modern state. New boundaries are being drawn, religious and secular barricades erected and, in some cases, religious privilege invoked as a bastion to fend off the challenge of the new pluralism.

Our conversation will focus on the sources for thinking about religion and state found in the Reformed and Orthodox traditions of Christianity and in Islam.

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law, and Social Theory

Location: The University of Ottawa

Date: Various

Speakers: Rajeev Bhargava, Ann Pellegrini, William Connolly, Winnifred Sullivan, Veit Bader, James Tully

Contact: beamancrc@uottawa.ca

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law, and Social Theory brings a diverse range of internationally known scholars to the University of Ottawa who can speak to contemporary debates about religious diversity in the context of broader issues such as multiculturalism, pluralism, democracy, and liberalism. Six speakers will contribute to the discussion over the course of the academic year, bringing diverse disciplinary perspectives including law, sociology, political science, and religious studies to the conversation.

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Designing and Transforming Capitalism

Control’s Other Side: 4th Interdisciplinary Annual Seminar of the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology

From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia

Religion, Conflict, Violence and Tolerance in Global Perspectives

Special Issue: Social Work, Religion and Spirituality

Youth, Gender and Sexuality: Contemporary debates

The Power of Sacrifice: Contexts and Representations

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies

Community Dialogue’ on creed/religion-based human rights in Ontario, Ontario Human Rights Commission

The International Conference on Digital Religion

Laïcités en sociétés majoritairement musulmanes et musulmans en contextes laics

The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences- Special Issue: Muslims and Political Change

Women of the Islamic World, 19th and 20th Centuries

Ontario Human Rights Commission Legal Workshop: Creed Based Human Rights and Freedom of Religion

Call for Chapters: Intersecting Contradiction? Queering Religion, Religious Queers

Two Postdocs in Cultural Transformations & Globalisation

Harold Coward India Research Fellowship: Religion and Society in Modern India

Visiting Research Scholar Post in Secularism/Belief/Unbelief at Princeton

New Directions in the Study of Prayer

Research fellowship 2012/2013

Gordon F. Henderson Post doctoral Fellow 2012

Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni

Special Issue of Journal of Global Buddhism: Secular Buddhism

Teaching and Studying Religion: Choices and Challenges

Streetnotes 20: “Fashioning the Global City”

Migration and the State: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Transnationalism

Theoretical turbulence - A paradigm shift in the field of intercultural communication? -- Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC) Symposium

INFORM Seminar XLVII: Legal cases involving minority religions

Volunteering, Religion and Social Capital

Religion and Neoliberalism

Al-Ghazali & His Influence

Beyond the ‘patriarchal family’: Forms of uxori - /matrilocality and matrifocality in Isalmic Societies. Past and Present

2011 CILS/ NCEIS Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference

Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception. Special Issue: Histories of the End

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Temporalities of Sexuality, Gender and Justice

The History of Migration in Museums: Between History and Politics

American Academy of Religion's Sociology of Religion Consultation

Religion and Social Action

Young, British and Muslim: Academic Research and Real Lives

International Conference: The Value(s) of Europe

Oxford Law and Religion Conference

International Doctoral Symposium on Arab and Muslim Media Research

Annual Review of Sociology of Religion. Special Edition: Prayer in Religion and Spirituality

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Varieties of Religious Establishment: Public Session

Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture

Are There no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada: Public Lecuture

Out of the Past, Into the Future: Reflections on the Middle East and Africa

Gender, Migration and Religion

Religion and their Despisers: Criticism and Vilification of Religions and Believers

Migration, Globalisation and New Social Formations

Making European Muslims: Islam and the Struggle over Beliefs, Perceptions and Identities among Children and Young People in Western Europe

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting 2011: ‘Research in the Scientific Study of Religion: from the Local to the Cross-National’

Special Issue of the Australian Journal of Communications-Media and Religion: The changing landscape

Extremism, Nationalism and Transgression

Social Identities between the Sacred and Secular

Cross-Currents in Language and Culture

Negotiating Identity in Migration Processes

World Views and local encounters in Early Scientific Expeditions 1750-18-50

The Postsecular in International Politics ESRC-sponsored international conference

Contextualising Community – Diasporas of the Modern Middle East

Postdoctoral Fellowship with a focus on the study of Muslim Societies

The Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Program

Post-Doctorial Research Associate Position

Two PhD research fellowships in Religion, Ethics and Society

Mellon Graduate Fellowships for Sociology of Religion at Notre Dame

Fellowship for Research on Islam in Early Modern and Modern Times

Fellowship for Research on the Philosophy of Religion

APRA Foundation Berlin

Doctoral Scholarship - Institute for Culture and Society

History, Classics and Archaeology: 3 x Career Development Post-Doctoral Fellowships

CALL FOR SCHOLARS

The Resilience of People in Motion: Processes of immigration, transmigration, and remigration in the wider Europe today

Ethics, Religion, and Civil Discourse

Second Annual Conference of the Centre for Area Studies: Multiple Secularities and Global Interconnectedness

Religions as Brands. The Marketization of Religion and Spirituality

Researching Religion: Methodological Debates in Anthropology and the study of Religion

Otherness, Subjectivity and Representation

Civil Society and Faith in Europe Today

Women of the Islamic World, 19^th and 20^th Centuries