Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will five conference calls for papers, four fellowships, five jobs, six events, two journal calls for papers, one book call for chapters, and two awards and scholarships.
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Conference Calls for Papers
Gendering Labor in Contemporary Asian Religions
21-23 June 2022, in person (if feasible and safe)
Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden
Deadline: 15 October 2021
More information: https://genderingreligiouslabor.wordpress.com/
Heidelberg Indology Doctoral Symposium Disruption Hybrid symposium
13-13 November 2021. South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany
Deadline for abstracts: 16 August 2021
More information: https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/pdf/2021_HeiIDS_CfP.pdf
“Space for the Sacred in Care of the Sick”
13-15 March 2022. Portland, Oregon, US
Deadline for abstracts: 17 October 2021
More information: http://www.medicineandreligion.com/
Holy Waters: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Religion and Alcohol
4-6 March 2022. Western Michigan University, US
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2021
More information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/07/27/holy-waters-an-interdisciplinary-examination-of-religion-and-alcohol
Dissenting Beliefs: Heresy and Heterodoxy in Fantasy
The Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow
11 December 2021. Online.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2021
More information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/07/20/dissenting-beliefs-heresy-and-heterodoxy-in-fantasy
Fellowships
Solmsen Fellowships in the humanities on European history, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, art and culture
Institute for Research in the Humanities Fellowships, University of Wisconsin – Madison, US
Deadline: 28 October 2021
More information: https://irh.wisc.edu/irh-fellowships/
Kingdon Fellowship in the humanities in the historical, literary, artistic, and/or philosophical studies of Christian and/or Jewish religious traditions
Institute for Research in the Humanities Fellowships, University of Wisconsin – Madison, US
Deadline: 28 October 2021
More information: https://irh.wisc.edu/irh-fellowships/
PRRI Public Fellow Program in American Politics and religious, racial, and ethnic pluralism; religion and white supremacy; immigration policy and migration studies; and LGBTQ rights
Public Religion Research Institute, Washington, DC, US
Deadline: 15 August 2021
More information: https://religioninpublic.blog/2021/07/28/prri-public-fellow-program-apply-now/
Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World
NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
Deadline: 1 October 2021
More information: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/faculty-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html
Jobs
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Religion, focus on Classical Islam and Minority Muslim Communities
August College, US
Deadline: 26 August 2021
Part Time Associate Editor with a focus on Latinx Buddhist voices, views, achievements, and challenges
Lion’s Roar (remote)
Deadline: 20 August 2021
More information: https://www.lionsroar.com/lions-roar-is-hiring-an-associate-editor-2-2/
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies with Specialization in Buddhist Studies
University of San Diego, California, US
Deadline: 5 October 2021
More information: https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/2206405/assistant-professor-of-religious-studies-with-specialization-in-buddhist-studies/
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Smith College: Massachusetts, US
Deadline: 1 October 2021
More information: https://apply.interfolio.com/91367
Research Associate – Becoming Citizens of ‘Post-secular’ Britain: Religion in Primary School Life
University of York – Heslington Campus, UK
Deadline: 5 September 2021
More information: https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=452791
Events
Behold the Men: Conversations about Men, Masculinities, and Theology
2 October 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behold-the-men-registration-163722806321
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
Seeing the World in ‘Triangulation’: Research on Africa and Islam via Japan, in the wake of Junzo Kawada and Ippei Tanaka
26-27 August 2021. Online and in-person at Campus Condorcet, France
More information: http://ffj.ehess.fr/upload/Actualites/Events/2021/2021-08-26-27_FFJ%20events%20for%20ICAS%2012%20web.pdf
Living Archives in the Catholic Church
16 September 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/living-archives-in-the-catholic-church-tickets-162535998547?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1
Saffron Salaams: Why Hindu nationalists need Muslim friends
9 August 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saffron-salaams-why-hindu-nationalists-need-muslim-friends-tickets-165077512283?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1
Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition
2-5 August 2021, online
More information: https://tricycle.org/secularizing-buddhism/
Journal Calls for Papers
The Humanities and Technology Review
Deadline: 1 September 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7979916/humanities-and-technology-review-spring-2022-issue
Religious Dispute and Toleration in Early Modern English Literature and History
Caliban
Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2021
More information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2021/07/22/cfp-peer-reviewed-journal-issue-religious-dispute-and-toleration-in-early-modern
Book Calls for Chapters
Anime, Philosophy and Religion
Deadline: 31 December 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/20904/discussions/7993242/call-book-chapters-anime-philosophy-and-religion
Scholarships and Awards
PhD Voice Scholarship 2021/22
Scrintal
Deadline: 15 September 2021
More information: https://phdvoice.org/phd-voice-scholarship/
Small Grant Awards for Research on Religion and Politics
APSA and R&P
More information: https://twitter.com/apsa_section11/status/1421884333510598658?s=21