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The trustees of the
William Temple Foundation
wish to appoint an
Assistant Director: Communications and Development
We are looking for someone who can make a significant contribution to the development of the William Temple Foundation’s influence in the growing debate about the relationship between religion, society, economics and human flourishing. The successful candidate will be either London or North West based, and have skills in communication, media relations and network creation as well as being knowledgeable in the areas of social justice, politics and faith communities.
The post holder will achieve their goals by:
The successful candidate will enjoy enhanced opportunities for networking, research and travel in an exciting and expanding area of public policy and research, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders including the faith and voluntary sector, media (at all levels), academic departments and think tanks, the public and private sector and government policy makers. For the right person and with the anticipated growth of the William Temple Foundation’s work there could be the possibility to extend the role to include the conducting, writing up and publishing of empirical research projects.
This is an appointment on a three year fixed-term contract. The post is 25 hours a week on an annual salary of approximately £30, 000 (paid pro-rata).
For the application pack see the William Temple Foundation’s website www.wtf.org.uk or contact:
Dr Chris Baker
Director of Research, William Temple Foundation
Tel: 07779000021
E-mail: chris.baker@wtf.org.uk.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd July 2013 in Manchester
Applications to be made by Friday 12th July 2013
The trustees of the
William Temple Foundation
wish to appoint an
Assistant Director: Communications and Development
We are looking for someone who can make a significant contribution to the development of the William Temple Foundation’s influence in the growing debate about the relationship between religion, society, economics and human flourishing. The successful candidate will be either London or North West based, and have skills in communication, media relations and network creation as well as being knowledgeable in the areas of social justice, politics and faith communities.
The post holder will achieve their goals by:
- Engaging with potential new stakeholders in public life, the churches and the academy
- Generating media networks for the dissemination of research findings, including front of camera and audio representative work
- Using social media for tweeting and re-presenting research findings for public and media engagement with the work of the William Temple Foundation.
- Working collaboratively on scoping new research projects and funding bids with our Research Director and Senior Honorary Fellows.
The successful candidate will enjoy enhanced opportunities for networking, research and travel in an exciting and expanding area of public policy and research, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders including the faith and voluntary sector, media (at all levels), academic departments and think tanks, the public and private sector and government policy makers. For the right person and with the anticipated growth of the William Temple Foundation’s work there could be the possibility to extend the role to include the conducting, writing up and publishing of empirical research projects.
This is an appointment on a three year fixed-term contract. The post is 25 hours a week on an annual salary of approximately £30, 000 (paid pro-rata).
For the application pack see the William Temple Foundation’s website www.wtf.org.uk or contact:
Dr Chris Baker
Director of Research, William Temple Foundation
Tel: 07779000021
E-mail: chris.baker@wtf.org.uk.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd July 2013 in Manchester
Applications to be made by Friday 12th July 2013
The NSRN announces the publication of a new Events Report by Kristy L. Slominski (University of California, Santa Barbara) on the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region (AAR/WR), “Religion and Public Life” (March 9-11, 2013).
Please see the details and link to the document below:
Religion in Public Life: Report on the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region (AAR/WR)
Arizona State University, 9-11 March, 2013
Report by Kristy L. Slominski, University of California, Santa Barbara
Published by the NSRN, 8 March 2013
Religion and Its Others: http://www.iwm.at/events/event/modes-of-secularism-and-religious-responses-2/
13 June 2013 6:00pm – 7:30pm , IWM library
The conference “Modes of Secularism and Religious Responses”, that takes place in Vienna for the fifth time, concentrates on Latin America, the Mediterranean Muslim world and religious pluralism in Europe. The conference will be opened by a public keynote speech by Charles Taylor.
Charles Taylor, Professor em. of Philosophy, McGill University, Montréal; IWM Permanent Fellow
With the generous support of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Institut Francais d’Autriche – Vienne
Please register via mail events@iwm.at or phone +43-1-313-58-0
The 12th EASR Annual Conference will be hosted by the Bristish Association for the Study of Religions at Liverpool Hope University, 3-6 September 2013.
The conference theme will be RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION.The 12th EASR Annual Conference will be hosted by the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR) at Liverpool Hope University. This will also be a Special Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR).
The conference theme will be RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION.
Please see 12th EASR Annual Conference web site for more information.
Call for Papers
The conference invites papers and panels that examine what happens to religious beliefs and practices when they are displaced, and what occurs to religions when new cultural practices interact with them. The focus on transformation is not only to be taken in connection with movements of people but panels and papers are invited that deal with the issue of mutation in the broadest sense. We invite scholars from different disciplines to participate in the conference. RELIGION, MIGRATION, MUTATION is the 12th annual conference of the EASR and the second to be organised in collaboration with the BASR.
Panels will be 2 hours long and consist of 4 speakers (papers should be no more than 25 minutes long, allowing a 20 minute discussion period). Proposals should include Panel/Papers information: title, abstract for the panel and the individual papers (150 words), any unusual IT required, list of chair, panellists, and abstracts for both the panel and the individual papers.
Individual papers are welcomed.
Submission deadline has been extended: 15th June 2013
Proposed Papers and Panels should be sent to the Conference Administrator (Sara Fretheim): easrconference(à)hope.ac.uk
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