Welcome back to the first 2020 edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! This week you will find eight conference call for papers, two journal call for papers, four PhD fellowships and scholarships, and one job opportunities.
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Conference Call for Papers
Religion and the urban, natural and virtual environments
2020 RN34-Sociology of Religion biennial conference
26-28 August 2020. University of Groningen, Netherlands
Deadline: 31 January 2020
More information: rug.nl/research/centre-for-religious-studies/research/esa-rn34-sociology-of-religion/
‘The Impact of Impact: Partnership Working and the Humanities’ – exploring the problem of impact assessment across the Humanities.
18 June 2020. University of Huddersfield, UK
Deadline: 17 February 2020
World in Crisis: Reflections and Responses from Antiquity to the Present
British Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference
13-15 July 2020. University of Southampton, UK
Deadline: 15 January 2020
Spiritual Abuse: Coercive Control in Religions
4-5 September 2020. University of Chester, UK
Rethinking Media, Religion and Secularities
Conference of the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture
4-7 August 2020. Sigtuna, Sweden
Deadline: 14 January 2020
More information: https://www.ismrc.org/
Navigating the non/confessional in university Islamic studies
20-22 April 2020. University of Birmingham, UK
Deadline: 17 January 2020
More information: http://www.mbrn.org.uk/call-for-papers-navigating-the-non-confessional-in-university-islamic-studies/
Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy
3rd ANU Religion Conference
8-10 December 2020. Canberra, Australia
Deadline for Proposals: 30 April 2020
More information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0
“Superasque Evadere ad Auras (Aen. 6.128): Improbable/Difficult Journeys Home
2020 Symposium Peregrinum
12-14 June 2020. Messina, Italy
Journal Call for Papers
Digital Visibilities of the Religious
Deadline: 15 January 2020
More information: https://digitalreligion.tamu.edu/news/wed-10302019-1500/call-papers-digital-visibilities-religious
Religion & Ecology
Special issue of Religions
Deadline: 31 May 2020
More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/religion_climate
PhD Fellowships and Scholarships
Atlas of Religion Project PhD Scholarships
University of Queensland, Australia
More information: https://hpi.uq.edu.au/project/queensland-atlas-religion
Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict Research Scholarships
Arizona State University, US
More information: https://csrc.asu.edu/content/open-positions
The Center for Religion and the Human (CRH)
Indiana University
Deadline: 10 January 2020
More information: https://crh.indiana.edu/projects/religion-science-technology/post-doctoral-fellowship.html
Multiple Secularities – Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities Research Scholarships
Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Leipzig, Germany
Deadline: 30 January 2020
Jobs
Lecturer in Philosophy and Religion
University of Leeds, UK
Deadline: 9 January 2020
More information: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=AHCPR1033