| Please note that these special Call for Papers are due on 15 January 2020: Call for manuscripts: special issue on ‘Religion and Violence’ on the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion Religion and Gender Journal on the Call for manuscripts: special issue on ‘Religion, Gender and Violence’ |
| Call for Papers: Conferences: Rethinking Media, Religion and Secularities. Conference of the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture Conference location: Sigtuna Foundation, Sigtuna, Sweden. Conference dates: 4-7 of August 2020. Deadline extended 14 January 2020. More info. Navigating the non/confessional in university Islamic studies. University of Birmingham. 20-22 April 2020. Submission deadline 17 January 2020. More info. “Religion and the urban, natural and virtual environments”, Bi-Annual Conference of the ESA RN34- Sociology of Religion, Groningen (Netherlands), 26-28 August 2020. Abstract deadline 31 January 2020. More info. Perception and Reception of Persia research unit (EABS, Wuppertal, August 3rd-6th 2020). Submission deadline: 20 February 2020. More info. 3rd ANU Religion Conference - Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy. Canberra, 8-10 December 2020. Proposal deadline 30 April 2020. More info. PublicationsCall for Papers on Digital Visibilities of the Religious. Deadline 15 January 2020. More info. Call for papers on Religion & Ecology for a special issue of Religions. Deadline 31 May 2020. |
| Events: 7th UN interfaith Harmony lecture in conjunction with Melbourne University Chaplaincy. ‘Pope Francis: His Interfaith and Environmental Perspectives’ by Mr David Schütz on Tuesday 4 February at Melbourne University, 5.30 – 7.30pm. More info. |
| Funding Opportunities: Call for proposals: The Religion and Sexual Abuse Project. Deadline 1 February 2020. More info. |
| Postgrad/ECR Opportunities: PhD on Extreme Beliefs, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 4 PhD scholarships at the University of Queensland, Atlas of Religion Project Postdoc positions at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University Postdoc Fellowship, The Center for Religion and the Human (CRH) at Indiana University Call for Papers from Sociology of Religion for Advanced Graduate Students Call for Applications: Workshop “Public Scholarship of Religion in an Age of Hypermediation” Summer School on Religion and Cultural Change Also if you’re on Facebook, we have a postgrad page so do join us 🙂 |
| New Publications: Alphia Possamai-Inesedy and Alan Nixon (2019)(eds). The Digital Social: Religion and Belief. de Gruyter. Milad Milani (2019) ‘The “Sufism” of Monsieur Ibrahim‘, in Cultural Fusion of Sufi Islam: Alternative Paths to Mystical Faith, edited by Sarwar Alam. Routledge: Abingdon. Praveena Rajkobal (2020), The Sarvodaya Movement: Holistic Development and Risk Governance in Sri Lanka. Routledge: London. Enqi Weng (2020), Media Perceptions of Religious Changes in Australia: Of Dominance and Diversity. Routledge: London. |
| Have you a new event, job opportunity or latest publication to share with us? Please get in touch with the AASR’s Communication Officer, Dr Enqi Weng, at enqi.weng@deakin.edu.au with details by mid of 2nd and 4th week of each month to be included in our now fortnightly newsletter. Thank you. |