Another week, another edition of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! In this edition, you will find five conference calls for papers, three job, one event, and one journal call for papers opportunities.
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Conference Call for Papers
Graduate Workshop on Diversity in the Medieval Middle East
17-21 May, 2021 via Zoom
Deadline: 16 March 2021
More information: http://www.medievalmideast.org/workshop.html
Reassembling Creation: Green Ethics (GE) and Scholarly Disciplines in the Islamic Tradition
12-14 October 2021. Doha, Qatar
Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 2021
More information: https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/extended-deadline-call-research-papers-reassembling-creation-green-ethics-ge-and
Materiality in the Eastern Mediterranean World
CEMS Graduate Conference 2021
28-29 May 2021, online
More information: https://events.ceu.edu/2021-05-28/materiality-eastern-mediterranean-world-cems-graduate-conference-2021
Materiality of Religion in Central and Eastern Europe
24-25 September 2021, online
Religion and Politics in the United States
GIRES (the Global Institute for Research, Education & Scholarship)
17-18 July 2021, online
Deadline for proposals: 10 May 2021
More information: https://www.gires.org/activities/conferences/religion-and-politics-in-the-united-states/
Jobs
Teaching Fellow in Buddhist Studies
University of Edinburgh, UK
Deadline: 6 April 2021
More information: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/689/?utm_medium=jobshare
Post Doctoral Scholar – Indigenous Knowledges
Ohio State University, US
Deadline: 25 April 2021
More information: https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Postdoctoral-Researcher_R8603-1
Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellows Program
University of Virginia, US
Deadline: 12 April 2021
More information: https://graduate.as.virginia.edu/rising-scholars
Events
Animals and Religion
The Joint Annual Conference of The Finnish Society for Human-Animal Studies and the Finnish Society for the Study of Religion
7-8 April 2021
More information: https://ykes.org/elaintutkimuspaivat/?fbclid=IwAR11ROPO9XybmwWcszP2Nl1wP82DSKevXW9t98Vj54Og6Wdy7wRy_-aQRiM
Journal Call for Papers
“Death and Religion”
Topical issue of Open Theology
Deadline: 31 October 2021