Thank you for reading this week’s edition of the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find one PhD position, one journal call for papers, 4 jobs, and 3 events.
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PhD Positions
PhD Position/Research Fellow – Center for Islamic Theology
Universität Tübingen, Germany
Deadline: 15 October 2021
More information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CJJ146/phd-position-research-fellow-f-m-div-65-e-13-tv-l
Journal Call for Papers
“Identity Politics and the Study of Religion”
Special issue of Implicit Religion
Deadline for abstracts: 31 November 2021
More information: https://journal.equinoxpub.com/IR/announcement/view/32
Jobs
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Modern Chinese and Sinophone Studies
The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, US
Position open until filled
More information: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/200169
Assistant Professor in Religion, Media, and Technology
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, US
Deadline: 5 November 2021
More information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62058
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and Philosophy
Cabrini University, US
Position open until filled
Assistant Professor in Religious Studies
Davidson University, US
Deadline 1 November 2021
More information: https://employment.davidson.edu/en-us/job/493933/assistant-professor-in-religious-studies
Events
Paradox and prophecy: why the study of Lived Catholicism matters
Lived Catholicism Online Conference
15-16 November 2021, online
More information: https://livedcatholicism.org/
Nichole Flores’s The Aesthetics of Solidarity: Our Lady of Guadalupe and American Democracy Book Event
13 October 2021, online
Register here: https://virginia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n5EbtLGnRoG81ZMOw18M9g
Ancient Spirit, Modern Body: The Rise of Global Shugendō
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum and the Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum
15 October 2021, online
More information: https://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/events/ancient-spirit-modern-body-rise-global-shugendo