Monthly Archives: January 2016

Conference: Oral Histories and Contributions of Intellectual and Religious Movements in Philippines

Oral Histories and Contributions of Intellectual and Religious Movements in Philippines

2nd PASCHR International Conference

Philippine Association for the Study of Culture, History and Religion

A National Association of IAHR(International Association of History of Religions) under the auspices of the CIPSH , affiliated to the UNESCO

Hosted by

ILOILO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY (ISAT-U)

Lapaz, Iloilo City

&

GUIMARAS STATE COLLEGE

Buenavista, Guimaras

First Announcement

The nation-states’ narratives and social histories have always been monopolized by the epical tales of great men and heroes usually in records of combats among the powerful and in accounts of conquests of the weak by the strong. Meanwhile nation building and state formations are recounted as stories of industrial movements and of civilizations progressing towards modernity such that the national narratives and social histories are silent on alternatives streams of histories. Societies in the margins, the conquered peoples and communities who have remained traditional have no accounts of these histories, where memories of their own histories remain undocumented narratives. To reconstruct their histories, one has to excavate them from the side assays of colonial journals and travelogues and exhume from footnotes of world almanacs and atlases. The oral accounts and peoples’ anecdotal testimonies are however rich resources that are little explored. Oral traditions and histories from the ground are important resources complementing that of accounts of oft-sidelined accounts byintellectual movements and religious and cultural reformisms thatare off-stream processes in societal progress through time.

OBJECTIVES:

There is need to capture the multiple-narratives and reconstruct myriad diversities of experiences in political and state formations by reclaiming the voices of the margins. This conference will highlight the following:

1. Accounts of inter-religious and cultural processes in social change by accessing historical resources from the alternative vantage of intellectual and religious movements;

2. Intellectual dialogue and active adherence to cross-cultural linking-back and in opening new modalities of cultural exchanges

SUBTHEMES:

- Political Reformism and Counter-Hegemony in Philippines

- Local Histories and/of the Indigenous People

- Religion, Histories of Religions and Religious Movements

- Rituals, Symbolism and Indigenous Material Culture

- Cross-borders, cross-cultural exchanges and Globalization

Other papers are also welcomed covering the study of culture and religion in the region.

Submission and review

All Proposal should be submitted to Dr. Lilian Diana B. Parreno, VP for Research and Extension, Guimaras State College

MclainBuenavista, Guimaras

Email add: 2ndpasharintercon@gmail.com

 

Copy to:

Dr. Richard De Leon

Research Director

ISAT- U

Lapaz, Iloilo, City

email add: richardcdeleon@gmail.com

 

Dr.Emeralda Sanchez

President, PASCHR

UST, Manila

email add: esmeraldasanchez297@gmail.com

Registration fee can be made either on-site at the start of the conference ,or through the PASCHR account with the BDO Dapitan,Cor. Lacson. account No. PASCHR 007280035776 Deposit receipt / proof of payment should be presented upon registration at the conference


Dates Other Details

Conference Date:
 

Registration and other pertinent details—to include information regarding lodging facilities and travel to and from the conference venue — will be available online which will be announced later thru the Conference email address at email add: 2ndpasharintercon@gmail.com

March 2-4, 2016

Early Registration Feb. 4 2016
Late Registration February 23 ,2016 or On-site Registration
Last Submission of Abstract Feb. 25, 2016
Submission of Full Paper Feb. 26 , 2016

Registration Fees

Foreign (Professionals) 400 USD Coverage:

- 2 lunch, 5 snacks, kit and souvenir, for 3 days

- with single-room hotel accommodation.

- hotel to airport service.

- Kit and souvenirs

 

1. Local (Professional) – 4,000.00

Coverage:

- 2 lunch, 5 snacks, kit and souvenir, for 3 days

- (without accommodation)

2. Local (Students) – [TBA]

 

Prof . Esmeralda Sanchez Dr. Raul F. Muyong Dr. Rogelio T. Artajo

Conference Chair Co-Chairperson Co-Chairperson

Call for Abstracts: Nordic Conference for the Sociology of Religion – deadline March 15th

NCSR Abstract submission opened!

We invite you to submit your paper abstract to the 23rd Nordic Conference for the Sociology of Religion. The conference will be held on the 17th–19th of August in 2016 at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

You can access the abstract submission form directly via this link
or at the conference web page: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/ncsr-2016/

Before submitting, please view the call for papers, and the list of available sessions!

The deadline for submitting an abstract is March 15th!

More information about the conference program, the venue and travel is continuously being updated to our web page.

Stay on top of the latest news by subscribing to our mailing list!

Looking forward to the summer and meeting you in Helsinki!
Kati Tervo-Niemelä
Jenni Spännäri and the whole conference team

CFP: Conference Freedom of Religion or Belief in Situations of Crisis (16-19 06 2016, Tallinn, Estonia)

The University of Tartu Faculty of Law in cooperation with its international partners is organizing an international conference entitled “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Situations of Crisis: Why Can’t We Get Along?” on 16 – 19 June 2016 in Tallinn. It is an interdisciplinary conference intended for academics, professionals and students interested in human rights issues in the current migration crisis.

The aim of the conference and its future publication is to tackle these issues in a multidisciplinary manner. Contributions are not required to be written from a legal perspective. The theme itself is interdisciplinary and allows contributions from scholars from multiple backgrounds, including law, history, religion studies and political science. A combination of theory and practice is also encouraged.

We specifically call for contributions that address above themes that will be addressed in separate panels during the conference:

1. Freedom of Religion or Belief of Refugees and Migrants
2. Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Conflict Zone
3. Hate Speech and Migration
4. Religious Symbols in Public Space
5. Accommodation of Diversity
6. Secular State as a Gate and Peace Keeper?
Authors are also welcome to address interrelated issues such as combating terrorism and extremism. For example, to some degree we can talk about ‘securitization of rights’ or security as a meta-right.

During the conference there is also a session for students to introduce their work, get feedback from international scholars and test their ideas in a less formal academic environment.
Important Deadlines
01 February 2016 Title and abstract of proposed contributions to the Conference Lead
14 February 2016 Organizing committee decision on acceptance of the contributions to the conference
01 May 2016 Draft paper or outline of main thesis and points to the Conference Lead (to support distribution to conference attendees for feedback and discussion)
01 November 2016 Final revised, peer reviewed contributions to the editorial team

All expressions of interest and questions can be sent to Dr. Merilin Kiviorg (Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law) at the University of Tartu, Faculty of Law (merilin.kiviorg@ut.ee).

CFP EASA 2016: Alternative Religiosities in the Communist East-Central Europe and Russia

Dear colleagues,

We invite papers for the panel ‘P128 Alternative Religiosities in the Communist East-Central Europe and Russia: Formations, Resistances and Manifestations’ at the upcoming EASA conference in Milan, 20-23 July 2016. Please find the CFP information bellow; also feel free to contact the convenors if you have any questions.

Best,

Rasa Pranskeviciute
Convenors

Rasa Pranskevičiūtė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Egle Aleknaitė (Vytautas Magnus University)

Short Abstract

In the communist East-Central Europe and Russia, underground activities, including access to alternative spiritual and esoteric ideas and practices, mainly existed in parallel with the official culture and institutions and appeared as a form of resistance to the Soviet regime and communist ideology.

Long Abstract

The panel addresses alternative religiosities in the communist East-Central European region and Russia, which due to Soviet control, mostly existed underground and could remain only if they acted in secret. Beside the officially established Soviet culture, connected with the Communist Party’s aim to control all aspects of the public sphere, there was an unofficial cultural field that was very accepting arrival, formation, spread and expressions of diverse alternative religiosities and spiritual ideas. The disappointment with the existing narrowness of the official communist ideology and the loss of the absolute allegiance to it led to the formation and rise of unofficial socio-cultural alternatives within the system. The underground activities, including access to alternative spiritual and esoteric ideas and practices, generally existed in parallel with, or even jointly with, the official culture and institutions. In the panel, we invite both empirical and theoretical anthropological as well as interdisciplinary papers including, but not limited to the following topics:

• Networks and inter-community connections

• Flows of ideas within the communist East-Central Europe and Russia and from the outside

• Centers and peripheries of alternative religiosity milieu in the communist East-Central European region and Russia

• Politics and actions of regime towards alternative religiosity

• Restrictions, repressions and survival strategies of practitioners of alternative religiosity

• Milieu of alternative religiosity as a space of resistance

• Relationships of communities of alternative religiosity with dominant religious traditions

• Theoretical frameworks and methodological problems in research on alternative religiosity of the communist East-Central European region and Russia
Propose a paper via:

https://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4377

Online application deadline: 15 February 2016

General instructions and rules
https://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/cfp.shtml

General information on the conference
https://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2016/

Please feel free to spread this message.

CFP: Lived Religion. An ethnographical insight - 6th Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We would like to inform you that the the deadline for submitting your
abstract to the 6th Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference
which will be held in Bergamo (Italy) on June, 8-11 2016
(https://www.etnografiaricercaqualitativa.it/) has been postponed to
January 24, 2016.

We are organising the session Lived Religion. An ethnographical insight

Religion today lies at the heart of a cultural and political debate,
related to immigration, human rights, the role of women and democracy in
general.

Since the 1980s, the concept of “lived religion” has expressed a living,
fluid, pluralistic and everyday dimension of religions: religion is part
of daily life; religiosity is expressed through a variable set of
collective and individual, institutionalised and informal, hybrid and
codified practices.

We invite contributions in an ethnographical prospective dealing with
the theme of religion in daily life – lived religion – based on solid
empirical analysis.
The areas in which the theme may be declined include:
- Native religions in today’s world;
- Religious tradition and innovation;
- Female religious experience, for example in churches, in
alternative spirituality, in religious groups/movements and in politics;
- Mobile religion including pilgrimages and religious tourism;
- Religion, economics and consumption;
- Religion, the human body and mass media.

So we invite you again to send to conveners Alberta Giorgi
(albertagiorgi@ces.uc.pt) or Stefania Palmisano
(stefania.palmisano@unito.it) or Gioovanna Rech (giovanna.rech@unitn.it)
and to the conference committee (erq.conference@unibg.it), indicating
the title of the chosen session:
- the title of your talk and an abstract of maximum 1000 words (.doc,
.docx, .odt, .txt, .rtf);
- your contact details (full name, e-mail, post address and affiliation)
and those of your coauthor/s, if any.

Abstracts (and video talks) must be submitted in English.

Proposal must be submitted by January 24, 2016.
Acceptance of proposals will be notified by March 15, 2016.
Contributors must register by April 15, 2016 to be included in the program.

Please circulate this announcement to colleagues who may be interested
in this conference.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Kind regards,
Giovanna Rech, Stefania Palmisano, Alberta Giorgi

CFP - In search of common language: Toward a dialogue between the anthropology of Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Call for Papers ASA 2016 – Footprints and the future: The time of anthropology

University of Durham, 4-7th July 2016

Panel: P65 In search of common language: Toward a dialogue between the anthropology of Islam, Christianity and Judaism

***********Deadline for paper abstract submission: 15 February 2016***********

This panel seeks to create a bridge across the anthropological study of monotheistic faiths. Despite theological and historical commonalities and overlaps in the contemporary study of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, there appears to be little conversation between these disciplinary strands. For instance, debates on ethical self-cultivation and moral ambivalence in Islam rarely consider parallel tensions in Pentecostalism between “born again” Christian life and attachment to past relations and ways of being. There are also important overlaps in discussions about citizenship among diasporic Christian, Muslim or Jewish populations, which are rarely explored in much depth. The aim of this panel is not only to draw these disciplinary strands into a conversation, but also to consider whether this engagement on shared concerns can be grounded in a common language. Can the recent discourse on ethics serve as a meeting space? Is there any value in returning to the older and broader category of “religion”? Does the anthropology of humanism offer another alternative for situating discussions around the tensions in leading moral lives within Muslim, Christian and Jewish worlds? Can existential anthropology, with its focus on the complexities and ambiguities of lived experiences, offer potential points of connection? We welcome proposals from scholars working within the anthropology of Islam, Judaism and Christianity interested in initiating a cross-cutting dialogue, as well as those concerned with debating the broader value of approaches such as, but not limited to, the anthropology of ethics, existential anthropology, humanism, citizenship, selfhood and subjectivity.

Convenors: Yulia Egorova (Durham University), Giulia Liberatore (University of Oxford), Leslie Fesenmyer (University of Oxford), and Ammara Maqsood (University of Oxford)

**Paper abstracts (250 words maximum) can be submitted via the link below:

https://www.nomadit.co.uk/asa/asa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4389

If you’d like more information on the panel or want to discuss possible proposals, please email any of the convenors at yulia.egorova@durham.ac.uk; giulia.liberatore@compas.ox.ac.uk; leslie.fesenmyer@anthro.ox.ac.uk; ammara.maqsood@anthro.ox.ac.uk.

Modern Turkish Studies Summer School at Maltepe University - June 2016

MODERN TURKISH STUDIES SUMMER SCHOOL AT MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Society, Politics and Economy in Modern Turkey

https://turkishstudies.maltepe.edu.tr

MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Marmara Eğitim Köyü, Maltepe/Istanbul – TURKEY

TEL: (0216) 626 1050

JUNE 5 – JUNE 16, 2016

ISTANBUL AND BODRUM

3 Credits (Undergraduate and Graduate)

Coordinator:

Tugrul Keskin

tugrulkeskin@maltepe.edu.tr

Cell: 533-607-8465

Modern Turkish Studies Summer School at Maltepe University will take place between JUNE 5th and JUNE 16th. 2016.

This program will be held in two parts; the first part is for policy makers, think-tank scholars, researchers, journalists, freelancers and others.

The second part of the conference is for undergraduate and graduate students.

The Modern Turkish Studies Summer Program will be held at Maltepe University in Istanbul, Turkey and will include lectures on intensive Modern Turkish Politics from diverse speakers with authentic views. Participants will be welcomed at Maltepe University located on the Asian side of Istanbul.

Participants will stay on the university’s beautiful campus, at the five-star university hotel: https://www.marmaotel.com/

The second part of the program will take place in Bodrum, Mugla: https://www.bodrummarmaotel.com/tr/konum_iletisim.asp

Everyone who would like to learn more about Modern Turkish Politics should participate; this is an ideal learning and exchange forum for policy makers, think-tank scholars, researchers, journalists, freelancers, undergraduate and graduate students.

At the end of the course, you will receive a Modern Turkish Studies certificate from Maltepe University. Undergraduate and gradate students will also receive 3 undergraduate or graduate course credits.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, accommodations and transportation (within Turkey) are all included.

The Program Fee is $1950 includes tuition/ fees, accommodations, food (breakfast, lunch and dinner), and local transportation. Additional participant expenses not included are airfare (to Turkey), visa fees, and personal expenses.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 4, 2016

PROGRAM

MORNING SCHEDULE

10:00 – 12:00

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE

14:00 – 16:00

1ST DAY

Sunday JUNE 5, 2016

Arrival at Maltepe University hotel (Marma Otel)

Welcome Dinner at the Hotel

Hosted by Sahin Karasar,

President of Maltepe University

2ND DAY

Monday JUNE 6, 2016

Subject:

INTRODUCTION TO MODERN TURKISH POLITICAL HISTORY

Speaker: FEROZ AHMED

Subject:

RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN MODERN TURKEY

Speaker: BAHATTIN AKSIT

Director of Graduate School of Social Sciences at Maltepe University

(PhD University of Chicago, 1981)

3RD DAY

Tuesday JUNE 7, 2016

Subject:

THE REPUBLICAN PEOPLE’S PARTY (CHP)

https://www.chp.org.tr/

Speaker: YUNUS EMRE

Istanbul Kultur University

(PhD Bosphorus University, 2011) y.emre@iku.edu.tr

Subject:

THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (AKP)

https://www.akparti.org.tr/english

Speaker: TALIP KUCUKCAN

Parliamentarian – Adana-AKP

(PhD University of Warwick, 2001) talipkucukcan@gmail.com

https://talipkucukcan.com/

4TH DAY

Wednesday JUNE 8, 2016

Subject:

NATIONALIST MOVEMENT PARTY (MHP)

https://www.mhp.org.tr/mhp_dil.php?dil=en

Speaker: ÜMIT ÖZDAĞ

Parliamentarian – Gaziantep- MHP

(PhD Gazi University, 1990)

uozdag61@gmail.com

https://www.umitozdag.com/

Subject:

THE PEOPLES’ DEMOCRATIC PARTY (HDP)

https://hdpenglish.wordpress.com/

Speaker:

Representative of the Peoples’ Democratic Party

5TH DAY

Thursday JUNE 9, 2016

Subject:

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

Speaker: SABAN KARDAS

Director of ORSAM and TOBB University

(PhD University of Utah, 2009)

sabankardas@gmail.com

https://www.etu.edu.tr/c/index06cc.html?q=en/international_relations-academic-staff

Subject:

TURKEY AND THE ARAB WORLD

Speaker: AHMET UYSAL

Marmara University – Institute of the Middle East

(PhD Southern Illinois University, 2003)

Founder and General Coordinator of ATCOSS The Arab-Turkish Congress of Social Sciences since 2010

uysala@gmail.com

https://www.ahmetuysal.net/

6th Day

Friday JUNE 10, 2016

Subject:

DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY

Speaker: ALI RESUL USUL (INVITED)

Center for Strategic Research at the Turkish Foreign Ministry

(PhD University of Essex, 2001)

https://sam.gov.tr/tr/short-bio-2/

Roundtable Discussion on Turkish Foreign Policy

7th Day

Saturday JUNE 11, 2016

Departure to Bodrum, Turkey

8th Day

Sunday JUNE 12, 2016

Subject:

CHINA (PRC) AND TURKEY

Speaker: TUGRUL KESKIN

Maltepe University

(PhD Virginia Tech, 2009)

tugrulkeskin@maltepe.edu.tr

Roundtable Discussion on China (PRC) and Turkey

Moderated by TUGRUL KESKIN

9th Day

Monday JUNE 13, 2016

Subject:

THE CAUCUSES, RUSSIA AND TURKEY

Speaker: HASAN ALI KARASAR

Atilim University

(PhD Bilkent University, 2002)

https://www.int.atilim.edu.tr/personel/personInfo/id/699?lang=en

Roundtable Discussion on Russia and Turkey

Moderated by HASAN ALI KARASAR

10th Day

Tuesday JUNE 14, 2016

Subject:

USA AND TURKEY

Speaker: SEAN FOLLEY

Middle Tennessee State University, USA

OR

GEOFFREY GRESH

National Defense University, USA

Roundtable Discussion on the USA and Turkey

Moderated by SEAN FOLLEY

OR

GEOFFREY GRESH

11th Day

Wednesday JUNE 15, 2016

Subject:

TURKEY AND EUROPE

Associate Professor BARIŞ DOSTER Marmara University, Turkey

Roundtable Discussion on Europe and Turkey

Moderated by BARIŞ DOSTER

12th Day

Thursday JUNE 16, 2016

Return to Istanbul

Accommodation in Istanbul

 

A new Brill journal — Shii Studies Review

A new Brill journal — Shii Studies Review

A refereed journal with an international editorial and advisory board, the Shii Studies Review (SSR) provides a scholarly forum for research on Shiism. Issued twice a year, the journal publishes peer-reviewed original studies, critical editions of classical and pre-modern texts, and book reviews on Shii law, ḥadīth, Qurʾānic exegesis, philosophy, kalām, ritual and practices, classical and contemporary literature, political thought, and other aspects of the history of Shiism. It is dedicated to the study of Imami, Ismaili, Zaydi, and other other trends in Shii thought throughout history. The goal of the Shii Studies Review is to contribute to the discovery, examination and reinterpretation of different intellectual traditions throughout the history of the Shia.

Taking an expansive view of the richly variegated Shii traditions in both thought and practice and in their cultural and social contexts, the Shii Studies Review makes a distinctive contribution to current scholarship on Shiism and its integration into the broader field of Islamic studies. It actively endeavors to participate in the development of new scholarly approaches and problematics. The intellectual output of this journal is directed at serving the needs of researchers specializing in all fields of Shii studies.

The Shii Studies Review (ISSN 2468-2462, e-ISSN 2468-2470) is published by Brill Adacemic Publishers. Its Executive Editors, Sabine Schmidtke and Hassan Ansari, are both resident scholars of Islamic Intellectual History at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, with a special focus on the study of Shii Islam.

The Shii Studies Review welcomes previously unpublished manuscripts on Shii thought and traditions and invites submissions for its first issue, to be published in May 2017, to be sent to its editorial office at: ssr@ias.edu

Editorial Board:
Executive Editors: Hassan Ansari and Sabine Schmidtke
Associate Editors: Bella Tendler-Krieger and Sean Anthony
Book Review Editor: Aun Hasan Ali and Najam Haider

Advisory Board:
Mohammed Ali Amir-Moezzi, EPHE (Paris)
Meir Bar-Asher, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rainer Brunner, CNRS (Paris)
Michael Cook, Princeton University
Farhad Daftary, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Daniel De Smet, CNRS (Paris)
Robert Gleave, University of Exeter
Wadad Kadi, University of Chicago
Etan Kohlberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Wilferd Madelung, Oxford University
Roy Mottahedeh, Harvard University
Andrew Newman, The University of Edinburgh
Devin Stewart, Emory University
Paul Walker, The University of Chicago
Robert Wisnovsky, McGill University
Aron Zysow, independent scholar based in Boston

CFP: Transnational Death (edited volume)

CFP: Transnational Death, an edited volume

Editors: Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto (Postdoctoral Researcher, European
Ethnology, University of Helsinki), Samira Saramo (Postdoctoral
Researcher, John Morton Center, University of Turku), and Hanna Snellman
(Professor of European Ethnology, University of Helsinki) Publisher:
Finnish Literature Society (SKS), Studia Fennica Ethnologia series (the
final publishing decision will be made after the review process)

When people move and migrate, at some point families face the loss of
their loved ones. Death in the transnational migrant context raises
questions of distance and distinct traditions: What kinds of options for
burial and commemoration rituals exist in different places and cultures?
How are such practices shaped by time and place? Where and how do people
themselves wish to be buried, and how do burial choices speak to
identifications with home? Is it important for relatives to be present
at funerals and to be able to visit graves? How can transnationalism be
viewed through deaths occurring at war or peacekeeping in distant
frontiers? How are funerals and mourning rituals arranged in unusual
circumstances when people are on the move, such as during the current
refugee crisis? How has death and mourning been narrated by migrants,
and how do these narrations speak to transnationalism and identity?

This volume addresses the practices and representations of transnational
death. It welcomes articles based on ethnographic and historical studies
of transcultural mourning and commemorative practices in migrant
families, communities, and transnational cemeteries, with a broad
geographic lens. Abstracts (300 words) and a short bio can be sent to
eerika.koskinen-koivisto@helsinki.fi by February 29, 2016.

Timeline: Article abstract submission deadline: February 29, 2016
Notification of article acceptance: March 30, 2016
Submission of article (7000-8000 words): September 30, 2016
Articles returned with Editors’ comments: January 30, 2017
Deadline for final articles: May 30,
2017 Post-Review Revisions and Editorial work: Fall &Winter 2017

CFP: Social Science History Association Religion Network

Call for Papers: Social Science History Association Religion Network

Social Science History Association 2016 Annual Conference

Chicago, Illinois, November 17-20, 2016

Conference Theme: “Beyond Social Science History: Knowledge in an Interdisciplinary World”

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 20, 2016

The Religion Network of the Social Science History Association invites proposals for papers, panels, and book sessions for the 41st annual meeting of the Social Science History Association in Chicago, Illinois, November 17-20, 2016. We also are looking for volunteers to serve as panel chairs and discussants.

The SSHA is the leading interdisciplinary association for historical research in the US, providing a stimulating venue for explorations of how social processes unfold over time. The Religion Network serves as the home within the organization for scholars interested in religious history, religious mobilization, religious change, and religion’s effect on social and political processes. Our network is interdisciplinary and cross-national in scope, and embraces all scholarship that examines how religion intersects with other social processes in historical perspective.

We encourage the participation of graduate students and recent PhDs as well as more established scholars from a wide range of disciplines and departments. Graduate students are eligible to apply for financial support to attend the annual meeting (see https://www.ssha.org/grants). Further details about the association, the 2016 annual meeting, and the call for proposals are available on the SSHA website: www.ssha.org.

The deadline for paper and/or panel submissions is February 20th, 2016.

We welcome and encourage papers and panel proposals on a wide array of issues related to the historical study of religion and society. While complete panel proposals (consisting of 4-5 individual papers, a chair, and a discussant) are preferred, we also seek out high-quality individual paper submissions. Panels and papers may address the topics below, or any other relevant and related topic examining religion in a historical context:

  • Religion across Boundaries
  • Religion, Medicine, and Ethics
  • Evolution and Religion
  • Religious Professionals
  • Religion and Gender
  • Religion and Contemporary Geopolitics
  • Religion and State Formation
  • Secularities
  • Religion and Law
  • Religion as a Category of Analysis
  • Abolition and Religion
  • Religion and the World System

Please use the SSHA’s web conference management system to submit your papers and panel proposals. Paper title, brief abstract, and contact information should be submitted at https://prod.sshaconference.org/people/login. Please do not hesitate to contact the Religion Network representatives with any questions, comments, or for help with submissions.

Thank you, and we look forward to a stimulating set of panels at this year’s SSHA meeting.

Ates Altinordu (atesaltinordu@sabanciuniv.edu)

Damon Mayrl (dmayrl@clio.uc3m.es)

Sam Nelson (scnelson0@gmail.com)

Philip Gorski (philip.gorski@yale.edu)

SSHA Religion Network Representatives