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Conferences
2018 EASR Conference
Multiple Religious Identities – Individuals, Communities, Traditions
16th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR)
17–21 June 2018, Bern, Switzerland
The 2018 EASR conference deadline for pre-arranged panels has been extended. The new deadline is on December 1, 2017.
More information: http://www.easr2018.org/
BSA Annual Conference 2018
British Sociological Association. The theme for the 2018 Annual Conference is – Identity, Community and Social Solidarity.
10-12 April 2018, Northumbria University, UK
Deadline 13 October 2017.
More information: https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/bsa-annual-conference/
BSA SOCREL 2018 Conference
Theme: Religion and Education
10–12 July 2018, University of Strathclyde, UK
Deadline: 11 December 2017
Islam, Muslims, and education in Britain: A one day symposium
15 January 2018, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK (Islam UK Centre), Cardiff University
Deadline for abstracts: 5th November 2017
2018 Symposium Classicum Peregrinum
Theme Blessings and Curses in Antiquity
June 21-24 2018, Lonato del Garda, Italy
Deadline: 1 March 2018
Journals
New Journal – The Journal of CESNUR
The first issue of The Journal of CESNUR has been published. It includes five articles on MISA, the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute (including one on their erotic movies), by J. Gordon Melton, PierLuigi Zoccatelli, Raffaella Di Marzio and Massimo Introvigne.
Check out the Journal at www.cesnur.net
Free Webinars
UK Data Service Webinars
The UK Data Service provide “the UK’s largest collection of social, economic and population data resources suitable for research and teaching.” To help you navigate the data that we hold we run introductory webinars on key data.
More information: https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/events