Welcome to a jam-packed edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find one publication, five conference call for papers, four event, one resource, four fellowship and summer program, one journal call for papers, one funding, one conference and two job opportunities.
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Publications
Religious Individualisation: Historical Dimensions and Comparative Perspectives
Research programme of the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe, University of Erfurt
Available here: https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/498381?rskey=qmtzPy&result=1
Conference Call for Papers
SocRel 2020 annual conference
14-16 July 2020. University of York, UK
Deadline for abstracts: 24 January 2020
More information: https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/bsa-socrel-annual-conference-2020-celebrating-socrel-at-45-beyond-binaries-in-the-sociology-of-religion/
“Religion and the urban, natural and virtual environments”
Bi-Annual Conference of the ESA RN34- Sociology of Religion
26-28 August 2020. Groningen, Netherlands
Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2020
Perception and Reception of Persia research unit
3-6 August 2020. Wuppertal, Germany
Deadline: 20 February 2020
More information: https://www.eabs.net/EABS/Research-Units/Research_Units/Research_Units_2020/Perceptions_and_Receptions_of_Persia.aspx
Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy
3rd ANU Religion Conference
8-10 December 2020. Canberra, Australia
Deadline: 30 April 2020
More information: https://aasr.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=66ad6971e58faa2afa4a0216c&id=7fc8e598cb&e=0f674ac9ff
The Devil 20/20 Conference
12 – 14 November 2020. University of King’s College, Canada
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2020
Events
The Reconstruction of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga with Philip Deslippe
27 January 2020. SOAS, London, UK
More information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-reconstruction-of-yogi-bhajans-kundalini-yoga-with-philip-deslippe-tickets-88845991753
The Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati: A Precursor of Modern Yoga Practice
30 January 2020. SOAS, London, UK
More information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hathabhyasapaddhati-a-precursor-of-modern-yoga-practice-tickets-89766222187?
Immortality: Beliefs and Practices
1 February 2020. King’s College, London, UK
More information: https://inform.ac/seminars
‘Pope Francis: His Interfaith and Environmental Perspectives’
4 February 2020. Melbourne University, Australia
Resources
The Immanent Frame
Interdisciplinary digital forum
More information: http://tif.ssrc.org/
Summer Programs
2020 Religion and the Public Sphere Summer Institute for Early-Career Scholars
16-22 July 2020. Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Deadline for Application: 31 January 2020
Sphere Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowship
Social Science Research Council, NYC, US
Deadline for applications: 16 March 2020
Senior Research Fellows: Multiple Secularities – Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities
Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Leipzig University
2020 Summer in India
International School for Jain Studies
26 June – 24 July or 6 August 2020. Delhi, India
Deadline: 29 February 2020
Journal Call for Papers
Religion & Ecology
Special issue of Religions
Deadline: 31 May 2020
More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/religion_climate
Funding
Travel bursaries for IAHR 2020
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2020
Conferences
“Good & Bad Days. Hemerology across Cultures: Sources, Methods, Functions”
International Consortium for Research in the Humanities
4-5 February 2020. Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Registration: http://www.ikgf.uni-erlangen.de/events/upcoming-events/registration/2020-02-good-and-bad-days.shtml
Jobs
Program Officer in Human Sciences
John Templeton Foundation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
More information: https://www.templeton.org/careers/program-officer-human-sciences
Research Associate
UK Data Service User Support and Training team
University of Manchester, UK
Deadline: 3 February 2020
More information: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=18539