Religious Studies Opportunities Digest – 18 January 2021

Welcome to this week’s of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! In this edition, you will find three conference call for papers, two post-doctoral position, and one summer fellowship opportunities.

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Conference Calls for Papers

“Buddhism and Language – A Twofold Perspective: The Role of Language in Buddhist Teachings and the Role of Buddhist Sources in Linguistic Research”

22-23 October, 2021. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

Deadline: 20 March 2021

More information: https://www.en.buddhismus-studien.uni-muenchen.de/currentissues/cfp_workshop2021/index.html

The Resilience of Religious Visions: A Discursive Approach to Change and Resistance to Change

EASR 18th Annual Conference

30 August – 3 September, 2021. Pisa, Italy.

Deadline: 25 January 2021

More information (PDF)

Orthodox Christianity, Alterity, and World making

The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) Spring Virtual Conference

12-16 May 2021

Deadline: 1 February 2021

More information (PDF)

Post-Doctoral Positions

2 year Post-doc Fellow at The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab

Brandeis University, Boston, US

Deadline: 18 January 2021

More information: https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/2021/01/job-opening-in-the-lab-postdoctoral-fellowship-2-years

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Black Religious Studies

The Crossroads Project: Black Religious Histories, Communities and Cultures

Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion

Deadline: 26 February 2021

More information: https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=19001

Summer Fellowships

Science-Engaged Theology

New Visions in Theological Anthropology (NViTA) 

University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Deadline: 14th February 2021

More information: https://set.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/fellowship/