Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 2 new job opportunities, 2 grants, 4 awards, 11 Call for Papers, and 9 upcoming conferences/speakers.
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Jobs:
Open-rank position in Sociology (1-year visiting or rolling-track full-time position, subfield and specialization open)
The American University of Sharjah, UAE (classes taught in English)
Deadline: March 31, 2023
More Information: http://www.rraweb.org/sociology-position-american-university-of-sharjah/
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies & Theology (1-year, non-renewable)
Canisius College, USA
Deadline: Until filled
AAR/SBL Job Forum
https://www.aarsbl.org/job-listings-search
Grants:
Social Science Research Council: Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Grants
Deadline: March 20, 2023
More Information: https://www.ssrc.org/programs/religion-and-the-public-sphere/religion-spirituality-and-democratic-renewal-fellowship/
Religious Research Association Annual Meeting Travel Grant
Deadline: April 30, 2023
More Information: http://www.rraweb.org/annual-meeting/rra-travel-grant/
Awards:
AAR Journalism Awards – Best in-depth Newswriting, Best in-depth Multimedia Journalism
Deadline: April 10, 2023
More Information: Journalism Award (aarweb.org)
Ruth Alexander Award
June 1, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12485457/ruth-alexander-award
Peace History Society Book, Article, and Lifetime Achievements Prizes
Deadline: May 1, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12478627/call-nominations-peace-history-society-book-article-and
AAR Book Award
Deadline: April 12, 2023
More Information: https://events.resultsathand.com/aar/1596/speakersubmissions/showform/102-AAR-Book-Award-Nomination-Form
Outstanding Applied Research Award
Deadline: April 1, 2023
More Information: http://www.rraweb.org/outstanding-applied-research-award/
Constant H. Jacquet Research Awards
Deadline: April 30, 2023
More Information: http://www.rraweb.org/constant-h-jacquet-research-awards/
Call for Papers:
Sons & Daughters of Narnia: Tracing CS Lewis’s Literary Influence into the 21st Century.
Deadline: September 4, 2023
More Information: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=172294©ownerid=180112
Weatherford College 5th Annual Philosophy of Religion and Politics
Deadline: March 19, 2023
More Information: https://philevents.org/event/show/108865
Theism in the Language of Humanism: Reincarnations of the Transcendent God in the Secular Subject
Deadline: April 5, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12509621/special-issue-journal-religions-subject-theism-language
Journal of Lao Studies
Deadline: June 1, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12511352/call-papers-journal-lao-studies
Architectures of the Soul. Religious Heritage: Understanding the Past, Shaping the Future
Deadline: March 31, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12499168/call-abstracts-%E2%80%93-architectures-soul-4-religious-heritage
British Association for the Study of Religions: “Environmental Endings and Religious Futures”
Deadline: May 19, 2023
More Information: https://t.co/FDUIfPXRHb
Minds, Persons, and Cosmos
Deadline: May 31, 2023
More Information: https://philevents.org/event/show/108697
“Putting Our Faith in Institutions:” Religion and Literature Permanent Section
Deadline: April 15, 2023
More Information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/03/01/%E2%80%9Cputting-our-faith-in-institutions%E2%80%9D-religion-and-literature-permanent-section
Situating Religious Cognition
Deadline: October 1, 2023
More Information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/7Q488424D1
Rationality and Spirituality: Retrieving Edwards for Understanding Religion and Spirituality in Human Experience
Deadline: March 20, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12325495/global-jonathan-edwards-congress-2023
The Difficulties of Solidarity
Deadline: August 1, 2023
More Information: https://ctjournal.org/call-for-papers-the-difficulties-of-solidarity/
Conferences:
Accessibility, Archives, and Native American Boarding Schools: Pathways for Catholic History
Date: March 24-25, 2023
More Information: http://www.achahistory.org/sharp2023
Women and Sermons in the Early Modern Anglo-Atlantic World
Date: March 22, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12492700/women-and-sermons-early-modern-anglo-atlantic-world
Method Madness: A Graduate Student Roundtable
Date: March 24th, 2023
More Information: https://twitter.com/sohinipillai/status/1632860846752780288?s=12&t=1bnDmUb5FfsZQqiXR0lnJw
Material Religion: Objects, Images, Books
Date: June 25-30, 2023
More Information: https://www.americanantiquarian.org/material-religion-objects-images-books
United Kingdom Association for Buddhist Studies annual conference
Date: June 21-23, 2023
More Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/12484014/conference-ukabs-2023-registration-now-open
Research, Personal Growth, and Finding your Significant Original Contribution to Knowledge
Date: May 15, 2023
More Information: https://t.co/xkci1kgZYs
The Significance of the Menorah in Ancient Judaism
Date: March 8, 2023
More Information: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-jewish-studies/
48th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions
Date: April 21-23, 2023
British Academy/Welcome Conference: Public Health After COVID – Beliefs, Religion, and Competing Epistemologies
Date: May 26-27, 2023
More Information: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/public-health-after-covid/