Welcome to the latest edition of The Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find four job, two program, one network, and three event opportunities.
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Jobs
Prospective Postgraduate Research
The Open University, UK
Regional RE Networks Ambassador – Part Time
Birmingham, UK
Deadline: 16 November 2018
More information: https://www.retoday.org.uk/news/permalink/530
Assistant Professor in Classical Islamic Religious Thought and Dialogue
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland
Deadline: 3 December 2018
Associate professor in the Study of Religions with a specialization in Islam
University of Bergen, Norway
Deadline: 2 December 2018
More information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/160065/foersteamanuensis-i-religionsvitskap
Programs
Syriac and Coptic Summer School
Dumbarton Oaks and Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML)
7 July – 2 August 2019. Saint John’s Univeristy, Minnesota, USA
Deadline: 15 February 2019
More information: http://hmml.org/dumbarton-oaks-hmml-syriac-coptic-summer-school-july-7-august-2-2019/
Winter/New Year School on “Religion and Human Security in Africa”
21-25 January 2019. University of Cape Coast
More information: https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/winter_schools/winter-schools-2018-2019/religion-and-human-security/
Networks
“Categories of Religion and the Secular in Islam” (CRSI)
Email discussion group
More information: https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/categories-religion-and-secular-islam-crsi#collapse723106
Events
The Triyoga-SOAS lectures: he yoga sūtra in south asian religious + philosophical history + in modern academic research
Dr. Philipp Maas, University of Leipzig
26 November 2018. Triyoga, Camden
More information: https://triyoga.co.uk/workshop-events-schedule/
The Yoga of Reasoning: Soteriology & Spiritual Practice in the Nyāyabhāṣya
Dr. Philipp Maas, University of Leipzig
27 November 2018. SOAS, University of London, UK
Exploring Yogic Language in Kabir
Dr Linda Hess, Emerita Stanford
29 November 2019. SOAS, University of London, UK
