Hello and welcome to this week’s Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find seven events and conferences, three jobs, and two fellowships.
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Events and Conferences
Dabru Emet: 20 Years Later Roundtable Discussion
Institute for Islamic Christian Jewish Studies (ICJS)
16 June 2021, online
More information: https://icjs.org/de-roundtable/
Tracing Christians in Global Late Antiquity
30 May – 2 June 2021, online
More information: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/glas/tcgla-2021/registration/
Queering Religious Paradigms: Critical Approaches to Gender & Sexuality/-ies in Religious Thought and Practices
28 – 30 June 2021, online and in-person
More information: https://queeringparadigms.com/2021/02/03/queering-paradigms-hybrid-virtual-symposium/
‘Cult’ Rhetoric in 21st Century
Inform Seminar Series
24 Thursday June, online
More information: https://inform.ac/seminars
A year after George Floyd’s murder: How Black Interfaith can give hope to America
2 June 2021, online
More information: https://ifyc-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2SuP0unaRYqyxRp7NpODlQ
Body and Soul: Sex and Spirituality in Diverse Religious Communities
The 6th Annual Social Work and Religious Diversity Conference
Online conference: 15 June 2021
Movie screenings: 14, 16 June 2021
More information: https://interfaithcenter.org/social-work-conference/
What is South China Sea Buddhism?
3 June 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/what-is-south-china-sea-buddhism-tickets-153753794739
Jobs
Assistant or Associate Professor in Old Testament
Westmont College, California, US
Open until filled
More information: https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=177498050
Hindu Studies Tenure-Track Position
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US
More information: https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=177499442
Professorial Lecturer: Department of Philosophy and Religion
American University, DC, US
Open until filled
More information: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/344730/professorial-lecturer-department-of-philosophy-and-religion-/
Fellowships
Jews and Modern Legal Culture
Fellowship Opportunity for 2022-2023 Academic Year
Katz Center, Pennsylvania, US
Deadline: 18 October 2021
More information: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/343046/2022-2023-fellowships-at-the-katz-center-jews-and-modern-legal-culture-/
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship with The Transmission of Religion Across Generations project
University of Ottowa, Canada
Deadline: 15 June 2021
More information: https://twitter.com/religionag/status/1398637429653921793?s=21