Another week, another edition of the week’s Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! You will find one PhD position, ten events, five jobs, one fellowship, and one summer program.
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PhD Positions
Buddhist pilgrimage in the Anthropocene
The Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Deadline: 1 September 2021
More information: https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=154191
Events
“The Sadhana of Araminta Ross: Learning from the life and work of Harriet Tubman”
Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls
17 June 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-shante-paradigm-smalls-the-sadhana-of-araminta-ross-tickets-155551331219
Abuse, Sex and the Sangha: Conversations for Healing
26 June, 8 August, 19 September 2021.
Online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/abuse-sex-and-the-sangha-conversations-for-healing-tickets-151565078229
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tai Zawti of the Myanmar-China border
Olivia Porter (King’s College London)
After the Rains – Theravada Studies Talks
18 June 2021, online
More information: https://theravadastudies.org/after-the-rains-theravada-studies-talks/
The Milindapañha and the Fifth and Sixth Councils in Myanmar
Tony Scott (University of Toronto)
After the Rains – Theravada Studies Talks
16 July 2021, online
More information: https://theravadastudies.org/after-the-rains-theravada-studies-talks/
STEMM & Belief in Diverse Contexts
7-9 July 2021, Online Conference
More information: https://scienceandbeliefinsociety.org/2021/05/24/open-for-registration-insbs-conference/
“Word, Image, Object, Performance.”
United Kingdom Association for Buddhist Studies (UKABS) conference
1-2 July 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukabs-2021-tickets-150183702497
Buddhism in the Sea of Islands Webinar series
17 June – 21 October 2021, online
More information: https://www.nantien.edu.au/buddhism-in-the-sea-of-islands-webinar-series/
Buddhism & Breath Summit
The Jivaka Project
Fall 2021, online
More information: http://www.jivaka.net/buddhism-breath-summit/
Islam in Black and White: An American Intrafaith Conversation on Race
Zakat Foundation of America
17 June 2021, online
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/islam-in-black-and-white-an-american-intrafaith-conversation-on-race-tickets-157923273763?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
Redressing religious inequality for people with disability
Institute of Development Studies
21 July 2021
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/redressing-religious-inequality-for-people-with-disability-tickets-157642901161?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1
Jobs
Weinstein-Rosenthal Chair in Faith, Ethics & Global Society
University of Richmond, US
Deadline: 1 October 2021
Visiting Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
Fairfield University, US
Deadline: 25 June 2021
More information: https://ffd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EmploymentOpportunities/job/Fairfield-CT/Visiting-Assistant-Professor–Religious-Studies_JR0000943?source=HigherEdJobs
Tenured or Tenure-track Faculty Appointment in African American Religious Studies
Harvard University’s Faculty of Divinity, US
Deadline: 30 September 2021
Assistant Dean, Muslim Life
Princeton University, US
More information: https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177508063&Title=Assistant%20Dean%2C%20Muslim%20Life
Assistant Professor – Religious Studies
University of South Florida, US
Deadline: 28 June 2021
Fellowships
Writing fellowships for scholars of religion
Sacred Writes and The Revealer
Deadline: 15 July 2021
More information: https://therevealer.org/media-partnership-application-with-sacred-writes-2/
Summer Programs
Annual ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute for Curriculum Development in Critical Antisemitism Studies
Pembroke College, Oxford, UK
1-5 August 2021, online and in-person
Applications accepted on a rolling basis
More information: https://isgap.org/summer-institute/
Mentorship Programs
Status Committee Mentorship Program
American Academy of Religion (AAR)
Deadline: 15 July 2021
More information: https://www.aarweb.org/AARMBR/About-AAR-/Mentoring/Status-Committee-Mentorship-Program.aspx