Welcome to another edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! In this edition, you will find four conference call for papers, five journal call for papers, two job, two PhD position, three online events, and one call for essays opportunities.
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Conference Calls for Papers
36th ISSR/SISR ‘Religion in Global/Local Perspectives: Diffusion, Migration, Transformation’ Conference
12-15 July 2021, Taipei, Taiwan
Deadline for papers: 15 November 2020
More information: https://www.sisr-issr.org/en/conferences/conference-2021
Critical Approaches to the Study of Religion
Center for Critical Research on Religion
11-14 June 2021. Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2021
More information: https://criticaltheoryofreligion.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CCRR-Conf-Belfast.pdf
3rd ANU Religion Conference – Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy
8-10 December 2021. Canberra, Australia
Deadline for proposals: 21 May 2021
More information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0
18th EASR Conference
30 August-3 September 2021. Pisa, Italy
Deadline: 31 January 2021
More information: https://www.easr2021.org/how-to-submit-a-proposal/
Journal Call for Papers
International Journal for the Study of New Religions
More information: https://journal.equinoxpub.com/IJSNR
Religion, Law and Politics
Religions Special Issue
Deadline: 18 December 2020
More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/rlp
Emic Categories and New Paths / Case Studies in the Scholarly Use of Indigenous Concepts (working title)
Thematic issue of Religion
Deadline: February 2021
More information: https://stevenengler.ca/cfp/
Special Issue on “Historizing Islamophobia”
Deadline February 2021
More information: https://contemporarystudyofislam.org/index.php/jcsi/announcement
Call for Papers: Original Research Articles, Research Notes, Review Articles, and Applied Research Abstracts.
Review of Religious Research (RRR)
More information: http://www.rraweb.org/2020/10/call-for-papers-review-of-religious-research/
Jobs
Language Editor
Open Theology
Deadline: 7 November 2020
Assistant Professor/Tenure Track, Department of Religious Studies
New York University (NYU)
Deadline: 15 December 2020
More information: https://as.nyu.edu/religiousstudies/employment.html?fbclid=IwAR24Jg_ctwGazUMTJ4F3jUIoeyduDftcuVwJ8ASJzUznSmRFp9ER9IGIldg
PhD Positions
Arts and Humanities Research Council PhD Studentships
Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership
Deadline: 12 January 2020
Uncover the history of inter-religious relations in Coventry
Coventry University, UK
Deadline: 13 January 2021
More information: https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Uncovering-the-History-of-Inter-religious-Relations-in-Post-war-Coventry.pdf, https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-opportunities/research-students/midlands4cities/, https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/apply/
Online Events
Roehampton Study of Religion Research Seminars 2020-2021
22 October 2020-18 March 2021. Online
2nd IAHR WSN webinar “Senior Women Scholars of Religion Reflect on their Academic Journeys”
22 October 2020, 13.00 (UTC) on Zoom
“Fall Fridays” Virtual Program
23 October 2020-13 November 2020
Call for Essays
Religion and Horror Comics
Religion and Comics series, published by Claremont Press
Deadline: 1 December 2020
More information: https://popularcultureandtheology.com/2020/09/12/call-for-papers-religion-and-horror-comics/?fbclid=IwAR1orAmTplM_kAlneMbOp9Wp0_uXIA9tGsORiw54Wf-wVMZPNWfS-Ijk07s