Hello all, welcome to this week’s edition of the Religious Studies Project Opportunities Digest! In this edition, you will find two job, two conference call for papers, one scholarship, and seven journal call for papers opportunities.
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Jobs
Internet Officer, Socrel Committee
Deadline: 29 May 2020
Religious Studies Lecturer
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
More information: https://religion.utk.edu/about/job.php?fbclid=IwAR36Zxk5uY6LI-2mE-e-Z5sONeMt7q5c2ed5rxMRpXLtTWsNu53Po-vfH9g
Conference Calls for Papers
The Cold War and the End Times: Apocalyptic and Millenarian Themes in Politics, Society and Culture, 1946-1989.
Virtual Symposium: 4th June 2020
Deadline for Submissions: 12th May 2020
More information: https://mail.censamm.org/conferences/cold-war
3rd ANU Religion Conference – Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy
8-10 December 2020. Canberra, Australia
Deadline: 21 June 2020
More information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0
Scholarships
Jameel Scholarship for MA in Islam in Contemporary Britain
Cardiff University, UK
Deadline: 29 May 2020
More information: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/islam-in-contemporary-britain-ma
Journal Calls for Papers
Special issue: Islamic and Muslim Studies in Australia
Religions
Deadline: 31 May 2020
More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Australia_muslim
Religion & Ecology
Special issue of Religions
Deadline: 31 May 2020
More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/religion_climate
‘Religion and the Coronavirus Pandemic‘
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture
Deadline: 15 June 2020
Jews and Muslims in Europe: Between Discourse and Experience
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
Deadline for Proposals: 30 June 2020
‘The Effects of Pandemics on Religious History’
Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR)
Deadline: 1 July 2020
More information: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/42N4DTvxM#/main
Special Issue on “Historizing Islamophobia”
Journal for the Contemporary Study of Islam
Deadline: February 2021
More information: https://contemporarystudyofislam.org/index.php/jcsi/announcement
From Syncretism to Hybridity: Transformations in African-derived American Religions
“Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society (JRAT)
Deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2020