Hello and welcome to a packed week of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find three journal call for papers, five conference call for papers, three post-doctoral fellowships and research positions, five jobs, six events, two book calls for papers, one summer program, and one essay award.
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Journal Call for Papers
Religion and Victorian Popular Literature and Culture
Special issue of the Victorian Popular Fictions Journal
Deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2021
More information: https://victorianpopularfiction.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CFP-Religion-and-Popular-Literature.pdf
Call for innovative scholarship, reviews, and creative work that engages with the categories of “Religion” and “America”
American Religion
More information: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/americanreligion
“Apostasy and Other Forms of Leaving Religion”
Special Issue of Religions
Deadline for manuscripts: 31 January 2022
More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Apostasy_Leaving_Religion
Conference Calls for Papers
“Authority and Normativity in and Between Buddhist Traditions”
2021 Virtual Graduate Student Symposium, Institute of Buddhist Studies
Deadline: 15 August 2021
More information: https://www.shin-ibs.edu/call-for-papers-2021-virtual-graduate-student-symposium/
“Monsters, Hexes, Nightmares: An Exploration into the Dar Side of Islamic Art” Panel
The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Annual Meeting 2022
30 March – 2 April 2021. Dublin, Ireland
Deadline for abstracts: 5 August 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7906555/monsters-hexes-nightmares-exploration-dar-side-islamic-art-rsa
Call for Papers in Jesuit Studies
The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Annual Meeting 2022
30 March – 2 April 2021. Dublin, Ireland
Deadline: 1 August 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7904108/call-papers-jesuit-studies
“Japonisme and Eastern Thoughts (Religion, Philosophy, Aesthetics): From the 19th to 20th Centuries”
The Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium 2021
4 December 2021. Online
Deadline for Abstracts: 31 July 2021
Theravada Studies Group Panel
Association for Asian Studies 2022 Annual Conference
24 March 24 – 27 March 27, 2022. Honolulu, Hawai’i
Deadline: 28 July 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/7920527/cfp-theravada-studies-group-panel-association-asian-studies-2022
Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Research Positions
Postdoctoral Fellowships – Heritage
Wolf Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, US
Deadline: 15 October 2021
More information: https://apply.interfolio.com/87518
Post-Doctoral Research Positions on “The Early History of the Codex”
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo, Norway
Deadline: 1 August 2021
More information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/205997/research-fellowship
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Position in Mormon Studies
Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, US
Position open until filled
More information: https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/hiring-post-doctoral-research-associate-position/
Jobs
Directors for research, study, and innovations in one of the following areas: Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) and Religious Studies (FBK-ISR)
The Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Japan
Deadline: 30 July 2021
More information: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/355345/call-for-the-selection-of-directors-for-research-study-and-innovation-religious-studies-fbk-isr-/
Visiting Scholar – Religious Studies
The Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Houston, Texas, US
Position open until filled
More information: https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC001842&tz=GMT%2B09%3A00&tzname=Asia%2FTokyo
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Judaic Studies
George Mason University, Virginia, US
Position open until filled
More information: https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/50665
Permanent Faculty Position “Religion in international relations, or Comparative family studies”
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Deadline: 3 September 2021
More information: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=1&ln=1&id=D121070830&ln_jor=1
Educator
The Sydney Jewish Museum, Australia
Deadline: 16 August 2021
More information: https://mgnsw.org.au/sector/jobs/educator/
Events
“Resilient Religion”
2021 EASR Pisa Conference
30 August – 3 September 2021. Online and in-person (Pisa, Italy)
Registration open until 10 August 2021
More information: https://www.easr2021.org/conference/registration/
International Conference on Buddhist Studies and Philosophy of Religion
16-17 August 2021. Online
More information: https://waset.org/buddhist-studies-and-philosophy-of-religion-conference-in-august-2021-in-tokyo
RSIS Book Launch Webinar of “Understanding Religion: Theories and Methods for Studying Religiously Diverse Societies by Dr Paul Hedges”
5 August 2021. Online
More information: https://www.rsis.edu.sg/event/rsis-book-launch-webinar-by-dr-paul-hedges/#.YPSh_uhKg2y
Scientology – Aled Thomas
21 September 2021
Alt-AC Talk Series
More information: https://alt-ac.uk/talks
Animism – Graham Harvey
19 October 2021
Alt-AC Talk Series
More information: https://alt-ac.uk/talks
Demons – S. Jonathon O’Donnell
23 November 2021
Alt-AC Talk Series
More information: https://alt-ac.uk/talks
Book Calls for Papers
“Christianity and Conversion in Scandinavia and the Baltic Region, c. 800-1600” Series
Edited By Mihai Dragnea
More information: https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/CCSB
“Theology and the Riordanverse” Book Chapters
Theology and Pop Culture series
Deadline for Proposals: 1 August 2021
More information: https://popularcultureandtheology.com/2021/05/11/call-for-papers-theology-and-the-riordanverse/
Summer Programs
The 3rd International Intensive Summer School of Sufi Studies
02-08 August 2021
Application deadline: 26 July 2021
More information: https://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/international-summer-school
Essay Awards
Lucretia Mott Student Essay Award
The Quaker Studies Program Unit of the American Academy of Religion
Deadline: 31 October 2021
More information: https://twitter.com/IsaacBarnesMay/status/1415769584376942592/photo/1