Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find one fellowship, three events and workshops, one grant, two journal calls for papers, four jobs, and one conference call for papers.
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Fellowships
2021 Religion Journalism Fellowship
Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) and Religion News Service (RNS)
Deadline: 30 June 2021
More information: https://religionnews.com/ifyc-rns-2021-religion-journalism-fellowship/
Events and Workshops
Buddhism, economy and value(s)
Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies
12-13 August 2021. Copenhagen, Denmark
More information: https://centerforcontemporarybuddhiststudies.wordpress.com/2021/06/21/buddhism-economy-and-values/
Buddhism & Trauma, Nightly Dialogue Series
20-23 July 2021, online
More information: https://ngakpainternational.secure.retreat.guru/program/jim-hopper-elizabeth-call/
Traditions, Translations and Transitions in the Cultural History of Tibet, the Himalayas and Mongolia
Associazione Italiana di Studi Tibetani Himalayani e Mongoli, “Sapienza” Università di Roma
7-9 July 2021. Online
More information: https://8c4aa4cd-4f18-47b6-b251-ca6d9e6987b5.filesusr.com/ugd/831829_cde703b65b8b4508977938aa00219fee.pdf
Grants
Call for Proposals: Course Development Grants in Science and Theology
“New Visions in Theological Anthropology” project at the University of St Andrews
Deadline: 31st October 2021
More information: https://set.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/course-development-grant/
Journal Call for Papers
The Return of the ‘Cult’: Bad Religion in the Age of Trump and COVID”
Special Issue of Implict Religion
Deadline for Abstracts: 30 August 2021
‘Power, Bodies & Regulation within the context of Religion & Sexuality’
Special issue of Society and Social Change
Deadline for Abstracts: 3 September 2021
Jobs
Social Anthropology Lecturer role: any area of Anthropology of Religion or similar
Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London, UK
Deadline: 2 July 2021
More information: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/024930/Lecturer-in-Social-Anthropology-Academic-Education-Pathway
Assistant Professor – English Literature, British History, British Philosophy or Religion
The Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies (GIS), Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: 19 August 2021
More information: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=3&ln=1&id=D121061130&ln_jor=1
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
California Lutheran University, US
Deadline: 17 July 2021
More information: https://careers.callutheran.edu/postings/7174
Assistant Professor, Race and Religion
The University of Chicago Divinity School
Deadline: 15 September 2021
More information: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/350674/assistant-professor-race-and-religion/
Conference Calls for Papers
16th IATS Seminar 2022 – Call for Submissions
3-9 July 2022. Prague, Czech Republic
Deadline: 15 September 2021
More information: http://www.iats.info/2021/04/16th-iats-seminar-2022-call-for-submissions-eng/