Welcome back to Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! In this edition, you will find two postgraduate programs, three jobs, two fellowships, four conference calls for papers, one journal call for paper, one research prize, and one conference.
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Postgraduate Programs
Jameel Scholarships – MA and PhD Funding
The Islam-UK Centre at Cardiff University, UK
Deadline: 21 May 2021
More information: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-the-study-of-islam-in-the-uk/study/jameel-scholarships
Religion in the Public Sphere
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Deadline: 31 May 2021
More information: https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/religion-in-the-public-sphere-double-degree-track-1/
Jobs
Queen’s National Scholar (QNS) in Black Religions
Queen’s University, Canada
Deadline: 15 May 2021
More information: https://www.queensu.ca/religion/faculty-position-queens-national-scholar-qns-black-religions
Teaching Associate in the field of Anthropology of Religion (Fixed Term)
The Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK
Deadline: 17 May 2021
More information: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/29394/
Assistant Teaching Professor and Monsignor James Supple Scholar of Catholic Studies
Iowa State University, US
Deadline: 30 April 2021
More information: https://isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaStateJobs/job/Ames-IA/Assistant-Teaching-Professor-and-James-Supple-Scholar-of-Religious-Studies_R4520
Fellowships
ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships
Deadline: 6 May 2021
More information: https://www.acls.org/Competitions-and-Deadlines/Leading-Edge-Fellowships
2021 BASR Teaching and Learning Fellowship
Deadline for nominations/applications: 1 June 2021
Conference Calls for Papers
Sufism and Gender in Contemporary Societies
3 December 2021. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
Deadline: 1 June 2021
More information: https://www.cini.it/en/events/sufism-and-gender-in-contemporary-societies
Wellbeing, Harm, and Religion
9-11 September 2021. Brno, Czech Republic
Deadline for active participation (with a paper):30 April 2021
More information: https://religionistika.phil.muni.cz/where2021
Society for Phenomenology and the Human Science 2021 Virtual Conference
17-18, 24-25 September 2021
Deadline: 30 April 2021
Occultism and Politics in East-Central Europe
4th CEENASWE conference
27 – 29 September 2021. Prague, Czech Republic
Deadline: 30 July 2021
Journal Call for Papers
“Death and Religion”
Topical issue of Open Theology
Deadline: 31 October 2021
Research Prizes
Donner Research Prize – annual prize for outstanding research into religion
Deadline for nominations: 31 May 2021
More information: https://www.donnerinstitute.fi/en/current-1/nominate-a-candidate-for-the-2021-donner-research-prize/
Conferences
5th Islamicate Digital Humanities Network Virtual Conference
6 May 2021
More information: https://idhn.org/conferences/