Hello and welcome to this week’s Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week, you will find three events, one editorial position, one conference call for papers, and one job.
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Events
Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society Keynotes series
20 May, 2021. Online
More information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2021/05/sharia-transformations-cultural-politics-and-the-rebranding-of-an-islamic-judiciary
Conference on the Study of Religions of India
23-26 June 2022. Colby College in Waterville, Maine, US
More information: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/csri/
“The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa” Book Launch Conference
15 May 2021. Online
More information: https://religiousstudies.duke.edu/events/palgrave-handbook-islam-africa-book-launch-conference-0
Editorial Positions
Reading Religion Editorial Board Interest
American academy of Religion
More information: https://aar.wufoo.com/forms/reading-religion-editorial-board-interest/
Conference Calls for Papers
Panel: The Future of Learning and Teaching Religious Studies in the UK – Practitioner perspectives
BASR Conference 2021
6-7 September 2021. School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Deadline: 12 May 2021
Jobs
Senior Research Fellow Position for Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Nanzan University, Japan
Deadline: 27 August 2021
More information: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=3&ln=1&id=D121042077&ln_jor=1