Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find three events, nine jobs, one prize, three conference calls for papers, three fellowships and studentships, and two journal calls for papers.
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Events
Book Launch: Religion, Migration and Business: Faith, Work and Entrepreneurialism in the UK
29 June 2021, Online
More information: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=21939
Reflections on the National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors
San Francisco Zen Center
26 June 2021, online
More information: https://www.sfzc.org/calendar/events/online/reflections-national-buddhist-memorial-ceremony-online-626
What to Do When Your Major or Department Is Threatened
American Academy of Religion
13 July 2021, online
More information: https://www.aarweb.org/AARMBR/Events-and-Networking-/Events-and-Opportunities-/2021-/Webinar_What_to_do_When_Your_Major_or_Department_is_Threatened.aspx
Jobs
Professorial Lecturer
American University: College of Arts & Sciences: Department of Philosophy & Religion
Position open until filled
More information: https://apply.interfolio.com/88354
Non-Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Saint Louis University, US
Position open until filled
More information: https://slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Adorjan-Hall/Non-Tenure-Track-Assistant-Professor–Hebrew-Bible-Old-Testament_2021-02608
Non-Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Christian Theology
Saint Louis University, US
Position open until filled
More information: https://slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Adorjan-Hall/Non-Tenure-Track-Assistant-Professor–Christian-Theology_2021-02607-1
Non-Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, World Religions
Saint Louis University, US
Position open until filled
More information: https://slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Adorjan-Hall/Non-Tenure-Track-Assistant-Professor–World-Religions_2021-02609
Hindu Studies Tenure-Track Position
Harvard Divinity School, US
Deadline: 15 September 2021
More information: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10343
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Kings College London, UK
Deadline: 2 July 2021
More information: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/024930/Lecturer-in-Social-Anthropology-Academic-Education-Pathway
Assistant Director Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and Muslim Chapla
Wesleyan University, US
Deadline: 29 June 2021
Assistant Professor in Chinese Buddhism
Department of Chinese Culture, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Deadline: 25 June 2021
More information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61471
Chair/Distinguished/Full Professor in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy
The University of Macau, China
Deadline: 17 July 2021
Prizes
The American Religion Dissertation Prize
Deadline: 15 August 2021
More information: https://www.american-religion.org/home/journal
Conference Calls for Papers
Living with More Than One Tradition
18-21 October 2021, online
Religion in higher educational institutions in Africa and beyond: (Re)Conversion, Power, and Authority from a Comparative Perspective
16-17 November 2021. Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany
Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2021
More information: https://remoboko.hypotheses.org/calls
Education Director, Programs Director, or Operations Manager
Islamic Networks Group (ING)
Remote
Positions open until filled
More information: https://ing.org/employment/
Fellowships and Studentships
Tsadra Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for Tibetan Buddhist Studies
Deadline: 1 September 2021
More information: https://cjbuddhist.wordpress.com/2021/06/16/opportunity-tsadra-foundation-dissertation-fellowship-for-tibetan-buddhist-studies/
Leverhulme Research Leadership Award PhD studentship: Mapping Sumatra’s Manuscript Cultures
SOAS, University of London, UK
Deadline: 9 July 2021
Muslim Storytellers Fellowship
Highlights Foundation
Deadline: 15 July 2021
More information: https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/programs/3003/muslim-storytellers-fellowship/
Journal Call for Papers
“Religion, Animals, and X”
Special issue of Religions
Deadline: 15 November 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7825327/cfp-%E2%80%9Creligion-animals-and-x%E2%80%9D-special-issue-religions
What we Fight For: Examining Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Deadline for Proposals: 1 January 2021
More information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/7845551/call-papers-what-we-fight-examining-marvel%E2%80%99s-agents-shield