Monthly Archives: December 2011

PhD Candidate Internship Opportunity – Research

The Role Faith Matters is offering an internship initially for a period of 3 months, with the possibility of extension. This position would be of interest to PhD candidates with a research interest in areas including: Islam in the Contemporary … Continue reading

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Journal of Contemporary Religion Vol. 27, No. 1 January 2012 Special Issue: Non-religion and Secularity

Peter B. Clarke: Tributes Articles Interdisciplinary Studies of Non-religion and Secularity: The State of the Union Stephen Bullivant & Lois Lee Three Puzzles of Non-religion in Britain David Voas & Siobhan McAndrew The Importance of Religious Displays for Belief Acquisition … Continue reading

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Crossroads of Civilizations: Media, Religion and Culture

The International Conference Crossroads of Civilizations: Media, Religion and Culture July 8-12, 2012 Anadolu University Eskisehir, TURKEY (in between Istanbul and Ankara) https://mrc.anadolu.edu.tr/index.html Deadline for paper, panel, workshop, and roundtable proposals: January 31, 2012 The International Conference on Media, Religion, … Continue reading

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Association for the Sociology of Religion

2012 Annual Meeting Religion and Social Change https://www.sociologyofreligion.com/annual-meeting/ The 2012 annual meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion will take place August 17-18 in Denver, Colorado at the Grand Hyatt. The Grant Hyatt is a Four Diamond hotel … Continue reading

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Positions, The Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen

https://www.mmg.mpg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Stellen/Ausschreibungen_Stellen_Fellow_M._Koenig.pdf The Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen is establishing a new research group on legal regulations of religious diversity in modern nation-states. In comparative perspective, the research group will study the global diffusion … Continue reading

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1st Call for Papers - ESA - RN 34: Sociology of Religion, Sept. 3-5, 2012 in Potsdam/Germany

ESA Research Network 34 - Sociology of Religion  in cooperation with the         German Section for Religionssoziologie in the DGS Call for papers - Mid-term Conference  University of Potsdam,, Germany, 3-5 September 2012  Transformations of the Sacred in Europe and Beyond  … Continue reading

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Eurel Conference 2012, Religion and Territory

Manchester, United Kingdom, 25-26 October 2012 Call for papers Papers are invited for an international conference jointly organized by the Eurel network of sociologists and legal scholars of religion (https://www.eurel.info/ led by the research centre PRISME-SDRE UMR 7012, University of … Continue reading

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Call for Papers for special issue of Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: An International Journal

Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: An International Journal (Taylor & Francis; https://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1559-5692&linktype=1) invites contributions for an upcoming guest edited volume on Migration, Religion, and Education. The continuing salience of religion as a fundamental basis for identity and belonging, and as … Continue reading

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Secular State and Religious Society: Two Forces in Play in Turkey

Edited by Berna Turam   Palgrave Macmillan https://us.macmillan.com/secularstateandreligioussociety/BernaTuram Ever since the highly controversial appointment of a pious president in the secular Turkish Republic in 2007, both the Turkish state and society have been deeply divided over the issue of piety and … Continue reading

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Biological and Cultural Evolution and Their Interactions: Rethinking the Darwinian and Durkheimian Legacy in the Context of the Study of Religion

Call for papers and poster proposals International Conference at the Section for the Study of Religion, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, 26– 30 June 2012. 2012 marks the centennial of Durkheim’s Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse. The Section … Continue reading

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The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion

Edited by Michael Stausberg, Steven EnglerPublished November 16th 2011 by Routledge - 546 pagesThis is the first comprehensive survey in English of research methods in the field of religious studies. It is designed to enable non-specialists and students at upper … Continue reading

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19-20 October 2012 – “Minorities in Islam/Muslims as Minorities” (Winston-Salem, North Carolina).

The Middle East and South Asia Studies Program invites paper proposals for a conference at Wake Forest University. Our chief aim is bring together scholars working on two questions often treated separately. The first day’s program will feature scholars working … Continue reading

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Research Methods for the Study of Contemporary Religion

An intensive training programme Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society, University of Kent February 20th-24th 2012 This training programme is available for doctoral students registered at any higher education institution in the UK/EU. It is based on previous training developed … Continue reading

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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Sociology

University of Derby - Faculty of Education, Health & Sciences 0.5fte Salary pro-rata to £29,099 - £44,016 per annum Potential for further salary progression based on performance, once in post, up to pro rata to £55,758 Ref:  BC00102 We are … Continue reading

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