Another week of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest is upon us! This week, you will find two journal call for papers, one fellowship, six events, two conference calls for papers, three jobs, and one call for program participants.
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Journal Call for Papers
Edited Collection on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/8409610/cfp-edited-collection-chilling-adventures-sabrina
“Representations and Interpretations of the Passion and Death of Christ: Global Perspectives”
Special issue of Religions
Deadline: 15 April 2022
More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/passion_death_Christ
Fellowships
Postdoctoral Opportunities at the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies
Ghent University, Belgium
Deadline: 1 December 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/8456574/fellowships-postdoctoral-opportunities-ghent-centre-buddhist
Events
Creating Connections: when religion makes the news
14 October – 25 November, various UK cities
More information: https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/events/creating-connections/
Seminar: Researching Religion in Museums and Galleries
2 November 2021, via Zoom
More information: https://religioncollections.wordpress.com/events/
Matthew Larsen and Mark Letteney: Seeing Incarceration in Antiquity
13 October 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/matthew-larsen-and-mark-letteney-seeing-incarceration-in-antiquity-tickets-169959189511
MTSP Book Launch: Lineages of the Literary: Tibetan Buddhist Polymaths of Socialist China－ author Nicole Willock in conversation with Gray Tuttle
15 October 2021, online
More information: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EeJbBIGLSIadVnRUSFeW_Q
Dune and Islam: Understanding the Movie
13 November 2021, online
More information: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KbvGyVfZR4iOMjxbd7fZVA
Upcoming Talk by Pierce Salguero: Meditation Sickness and the Ethics of Buddhist Studies
14 October 2021. East Asia Center, University of California Santa Barbra, US
More information: https://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/upcoming-talk-by-pierce-salguero-meditation-sickness-and-the-ethics-of-buddhist-studies/
Conference Call for Papers
Critical Approaches to the Study of Religion Conference
The Center for Critical Research on Religion and The School of Social Sciences, Education, and Social Work
10 June 2022 – 13 June 2022, Queens University Belfast
More information: https://criticaltheoryofreligion.org/meetings/
Buddhism in Britain Research Symposium
15 December 2021, via Zoom
More information: https://religioninpublic.leeds.ac.uk/2021/10/04/buddhism-in-britain-research-symposium/
Jobs
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Black Study
University of California Riverside, US
Deadline: 20 November 2021
More information: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01471
Full Professor for the Chair of Religious Studies
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Deadline: 7 November 2021
Tenure-Track Appointment in Race and Religion
Grinnell College, US
Deadline: 1 November 2021
More information: https://jobs.grinnell.edu/postings/3920
Call for Program Participants
American Examples
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, US
3 workshop series in 2022
Deadline: 31 October 2021
More information: https://americanexamples.ua.edu/2022-call-for-participants/