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Calls for papers
Conference: Religion and the Crisis of Meaning
October 29–30, 2015
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Conference: Sacred Texts and Human Contexts
May 26–27, 2016
Rochester, NY, USA
Deadline: December 24, 2015
Conference: Religions: Fields of Research, Methods and Perspectives
November 16–18, 2015
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Deadline: September 30, 2015
Conference: Liminal Spaces from Sacred to Urban: The Friday Mosque and the City
Location N/A
Deadline: August 21, 2015
Conference: Life Here and Hereafter: Beliefs and Practices
October 23–24, 2015
Vilnius, Lithuania
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Conference: Research Committee on Sociology of Religion
July 10–14, 2016
Vienna, Austria
Deadline: September 30, 2015
Symposium: The Ontology of Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Scandinavian Folklore
December 11–12, 2015
Tartu, Estonia
Deadline: September 1, 2015
Symposium: The Spirit of Sports
November 5–7, 2015
Baylor Institute, Texas, USA
Events
eConference: Religion: Catalyst for Violence or Peace? Probing the Abrahamic Traditions for Answers
June 23, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. (AEST)
Online
Conference: Women Negotiating Secularism and Multiculturalism Through Civil Society Organisations
June 30 – July 1, 2015
Coventry University, UK
Conference: The Governance of Religious Diversity: More or Less Secularism?
June 10–12, 2015
Firenze, Italy
Conference: Material Religion: Embodiment, materiality, technology
September 11–12, 2015
Duke University, NC, USA
Seminar: Children, Minority Religions, and the Law
October 17, 2015, 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
London School of Economics, UK
Grants, awards, scholarships
The BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World
Deadline: August 1, 2015
Jameel Scholarships
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Cardiff University, UK
Jaina Studies Scholarship
Deadline: July 15, 2015
Jobs
Scientific co-worker
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Deadline: July 1, 2015
Postdoc
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Deadline: July 1, 2015
More information (German)
Lecturer in sociology
UCL, UK
Deadline: June 29, 2015
Senior Lecturer in Social Science
UCL, UK
July 8, 2015
Junior Fellowships
Universität Hamburg, Germany
Deadlines: June 30, 2015; December 31, 2015