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Aarhus University Research Foundation Call for grant applications: Deadline January 24 2012

Please see details below for grant opportunities for PhD’s with focus on the religion in the contemporary world or those wishing to work within a multidisciplinary setting, proposing to study religion, culture and cognition. Details should be presented to either Jørn Borup or Armin W. Geertz, details below.

For those interested in pursuing study or research with the following research groups at the Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University:

1. Center for Contemporary Religion (CCR)

2. Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Unit (RCC)

Grant applications

AUFF, the Aarhus University Research Foundation invites interested Master or PhD students to apply for grants to be awarded during the first half of 2012.

http://www.au.dk/en/facultiesdepartmentsetc/otherunits/tilknyt/auff/

The foundation’s objective is to support scientific and scholarly research at Aarhus University. The foundation awards grants on the basis of recommendations from Aarhus University. In the evaluation of applications and recommendations, emphasis is placed on academic excellence and on supporting initiatives with the potential to strengthen strategically important research efforts.

The eligible applicant for AUFF is the head of the graduate school. This call is directed to interested Master or PhD students to send forward an expression of interest to:

1. Center for Contemporary Religion (CCR). The CCR constitutes a base for general interest in contemporary issues regarding religion and society. CCR was founded as collaboration between researchers within the Study of Religion and researchers within Theology, but now being placed at the Department of Culture and Society, the center organises research focusing on religion and society in the contemporary world.

2. Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Unit (RCC). The RCC explores the dynamic interrelationships between religion, cognition and culture from both top-down and bottom-up disciplinary approaches. Its scientific methodology is explicitly interdisciplinary and draws on and practices laboratory methods as well as fieldwork, textual, iconological and archaeological methods in close cooperation with its partners in psychology, the neurosciences and the humanities.

The CCR and RCC will send selected candidates further to the head of the graduate school. If more than one candidate is recommended, the head of the graduate school is responsible for ranking the candidates. The head of the graduate school is also responsible for the qualitative evaluation of the potential doctoral student.

Application deadline

Applicants wanting to be associated with CCR should send an expression of interest to Jørn Borup (JB@teo.au.dk)

Applicants wanting to be associated with RCC should send an expression of interest to Armin W. Geertz (AWG@teo.au.dk)

The deadline for application is January 24, 2012.

Funds are distributed in May and December.

The next call for grant applications to the Aarhus University Research Foundation will take place in July 2012.

FUNDING TO FURTHER THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF PHD EDUCATION AT AARHUS UNIVERSITY

Projects and initiatives which are eligible for support:

A. Recruitment of talented foreign researchers to PhD programmes at Aarhus University

Purpose

To increase the number of highly qualified foreign PhD students at Aarhus University. Grants to enable a potential foreign applicant to visit Aarhus University for one to three months are available. The goal of the visit is to facilitate a thorough qualitative evaluation of the potential applicant to a PhD programme at Arhus University. Examples of relevant activities in which a foreign candidate might participate include courses, summer school, and workshops; laboratory work; or developing a PhD project in collaboration with his/her supervisor. The candidate is to be evaluated by his/her supervisor at the end of his/her stay. This evaluation may be included in the candidate’s application for admission to a PhD programme at Aarhus University. Danish citizens are not eligible for this grant. Students with qualifying examinations from Danish institutions are not eligible.

Funding available

Applications for funds to cover the following costs will be considered:

* An introductory grant for the foreign candidate (DKK 10,000 per month)

* Travel expenses (DKK 15,000 maximum)

* Expenses related to courses, workshops, laboratory work, etc. (DKK 20,000 maximum)

Maximum total funding available per candidate: DKK 65,000

Evaluation criteria

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

* The foreign candidate’s qualifications in relation to the research field of the section to which he/she is considering applying

* The ability of the institutional research culture to host the candidate’s visit successfully

* Additional documentation of the foreign candidate’s qualifications (where applicable)

The following documentation must be submitted along with the application

* The foreign candidate’s CV

* Reasons from both principal supervisor and the head of the graduate school in question in support of the candidate’s stay, including any strategic considerations related to the recruitment of doctoral students from specific universities, countries or regions

* Documentation of PhD scholarships the foreign student would be able to apply for

B. Funding for a term of research at Aarhus University for doctoral students enrolled at a foreign university

Purpose

To increase the number of highly qualified foreign PhD students at Aarhus University, thereby contributing to the internationalisation of doctoral education at the university, by establishing three to six-month research collaborations with foreign doctoral students. During their term of study at AU, foreign PhD students may (for example) participate in research activities, PhD courses, summer schools and workshops: perform laboratory work and/or work on their PhD theses, in order to complete a limited portion of their doctoral work at AU. Doctoral students with Danish citizenship are not eligible.

Funding available

* Fellowships (DKK 5,000 – 10,000 per month)

* Travel expenses (DKK 15,000 maximum)

* Expenses related to courses, workshops, laboratory work, etc. (DKK 20,000 maximum)

Maximum total funding available per candidate: DKK 65,000

Evaluation criteria

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

* The foreign student’s individual qualifications

* The foreign candidate’s qualifications in relation to the research field of the section at which he/she would continue his/her studies

* The ability of the institutional research culture to host the candidate’s term of study successfully

* The extent to which the foreign student’s presence would strengthen the institutional collaboration between the foreign student’s home university and Aarhus University

The following documentation must be submitted along with the application

* The foreign student’s CV

* The head of the graduate school’s reasons in support of the candidate’s term of study at AU, including any strategic considerations related to the recruitment of doctoral students from specific universities, countries or regions

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Deadline Extended CFP: “Preservation and Access: Facilitating Research in Information & Religion”

Call for Papers & Posters – Deadline Extended

Second Annual Conference on Information & Religion: “Preservation and Access: Facilitating Research in Information & Religion”

Keynote: Carisse Mickey Berryhill, Ph.D., Special Collections Librarian,
Abilene Christian University

May 18 & 19, 2012
Kent State University, Kent, OH

The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Second Annual International Conference on Information and Religion in May 2012. This call for papers and posters seeks original contributions in all areas related to information and religion. The conference theme invites participants to share their work in a variety of areas in which scholars are exploring the intersections of religion and information. Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to the following:

  • Preserving and making available religious texts and information objects associated with communities of faith;
  • Social uses and appropriations made of these texts and objects;
  • The information-seeking behavior of clergy;
  • The role of the sermon as an influential communication medium in society; case studies in the sermon preparation task;
  • Information in its application to local congregations as communities of practice;
  • Faith and many types of intelligence (e.g., emotional intelligence);
  • Dissemination of faith messages;
  • Intersections of interests in the study of information and religion, where different disciplines might find it worthwhile to collaborate in research.

Prospective participants are encouraged to submit abstracts that report on recent research and scholarship. Contributions to this call for papers and posters should not have been previously published. There are no restrictions on research methodology.
Instructions for submitting refereed paper or poster abstracts:

The abstract should be no longer than 250 words and should include the following:
Title of the paper or poster;
Research question, methods, and results;
Names, affiliations, and contact information for the authors (with one author to be designated as primary contact for the paper).

The abstract should be submitted in PDF or Word format to Dr. Rosemary Du Mont, CSIR Associate, at rdumont@kent.edu.

Jan. 31, 2012: (Extended) Deadline to submit abstracts.
March 15, 2012: Notification of acceptance sent to participants.
April 15, 2012: Deadline to submit final, completed papers in order for them to be considered for publication in ASIR: Advances in the Study of Information and Religion. Papers must be in proper APA style. Additional details regarding submission of full papers will be sent to those whose abstracts are accepted for conference presentation.
Presenters are responsible for their own expenses related to the conference, including but not limited to registration fees, lodging, transportation, and meals.
The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) is a research initiative of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University. Located in northeast Ohio, in close proximity to the cities of Akron-Canton and Cleveland, Kent State has an enrollment of more than 41,000 students. SLIS is home to approximately 700 master’s students and is a partner in the doctoral program of the College of Communication and Information (CCI).
For more information, please contact Dr. Don Wicks (dwicks@kent.edu), Interim Director of SLIS and Director of CSIR, Dr. Dan Roland (droland1@kent.edu), CSIR Primary Researcher, or Dr. Rosemary Du Mont (rdumont@kent.edu), CSIR Associate.
Conference information will be posted at http://bit.ly/CSIRconf2012.

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CFP The Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions March 23-25 2012

The Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions

Merton College, the University of Oxford

March 23-25 2012

The Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions invites papers on Indic religious cultures and traditions.  This year we encourage papers relating to ecology and related matters, such as animals; however, we will consider papers on other themes. The Spalding Symposium is an annual conference bringing together scholars from many disciplines who are working in the general areas of Indic Studies.  It is funded by the Spalding Trust.  Papers on Jain, Hindu, Buddhist, Parsi, Sikh and sub-continental Christianity or Islam are welcome, as are those that examine Indian religions as diasporic or global communities.

We invite proposals for 45 minute papers, with 15 minutes for discussion.  Proposals in the form of a title, a short abstract and a brief biographical statement including affiliation should be sent, by February 3rd, to Catherine Robinson c.robinson@bathspa.ac.uk

It is expected that a selection of papers from the Symposium will be published in our peer-reviewed journal, Religions of South Asia (RoSA). However, giving a paper at the Symposium does not guarantee inclusion in the journal.

Speakers, papers and a provisional programme will be posted on the Spalding website as soon as they become available.

www.spaldingsymposium.com

http://spaldingsymposium.wordpress.com/

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CFP: Sacred Practices of Everyday Life

A conference of interest of that perhaps has space for a nonreligious and civic perspective on the notion of the Sacred?

AHRC/ESRC RELIGION AND SOCIETY PROGRAMME

9th to 11th May 2012

The John McIntyre Conference Centre (Edinburgh University), 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5AY

Call for Papers

Roadside shrines; divorce parties; tattoos made with ink containing a loved one’s ashes; spiritual retreats; prayer cairns; naming ceremonies; healing rituals; contacts with the dead: however ‘disenchanted’ the world may be, there is plenty of evidence of enchantment and re-enchantment all around. Life and death are still rendered meaningful through ancient and reinvented practices, rituals, beliefs and symbols which attach sacredness and significance to what would otherwise be merely mundane.

The purpose of the conference is to explore new evidence, analysis and theory concerning the sacred practices of everyday life. There is a particular focus on the varied ways in which the life course is being re-enchanted in the 21st century, but papers looking at other eras and/or larger forms of sacred practice (e.g. civic rituals) are also welcome. The scope is global.

The conference will showcase thirty or so projects funded by the Religion and Society Programme which have new findings in this area. These will be supplemented by the papers received through this open call.

The conference streams are:

  • Formation and Cultivation
  • ·Life-styles and (After)Death-styles
  • Sex, Life and Love
  • Gods, Spirits and the Sacred
  • Fate, Destiny and the Future
  • Identity, Solidarity and Conflict
  • Suffering, Healing and Well Being
  • Objects, Language, Rituals and Consumption

Individual paper proposals (max. 200 words) should be submitted to:

Peta Ainsworth: p.ainsworth@lancaster.ac.uk by 29th February 2012.

The conference is subsidised by the sponsors and costs £95 per delegate, £60 for postgraduates/unwaged (for the entire conference) or £45 per day, £30 for postgraduates/unwaged. The conference fee excludes accommodation and conference dinner. For further details and registration go to: http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/events/programme_events/show/sacred_practices_of_everyday_life

Peta Ainsworth

Administrator

AHRC/ESRC Religion & Society Programme

C14 FASS Building

County South

Lancaster University

Lancaster LA1 4YD

Tel. (01524) 510826

http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk

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CFP 21st Nordic Conference for Sociology of Religion, August‏

Please se below for details of the 21st Nordic Conference for Sociology of Religion will take place at Umeå

University, Sweden, August 15-17, 2012.

We invite submissions for the following session:

The Role of Religion in the OrganiSation of Health and Welfare

The session will focus on the role of religion in the organization of health and welfare provision at local, national and global level. Current changes in welfare systems against the background of global economic pressures and changes in the role of nation states are intricately bound up with issues of collective and individual value systems. This session welcomes papers addressing the role of religion in these processes. Contributions may address evidence from empirical research and/or theoretical reflection on issues of religious majority and minority cultures as upholders or challengers of value systems in welfare, individual religiosity in the encounter with healthcare services, faith-based organisations as actors in civil society in the welfare arena (and not least the role such activity can play in religious socialization) or other related issues.

Abstracts (200 words maximum) should be submitted via the conference website no later than January 31st, 2012. See http://eventus.trippus.se/NCSR/abstract to submitt an abstract and for links to more details on the conference as a whole. For questions about the session please do not hesitate to contact the session organisers via email.

Session organisers

Annette Leis-Peters, Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre, Uppsala

University SE & Diakonhjemmet University College, Oslo NO,

annette.leis@crs.uu.se & annette.leis-peters@diakonhjemmet.no

Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre,

Uppsala University SE, martha.middlemiss@crs.uu.se

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Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon

Researcher

Centrum för Forskning om Religion och Samhälle/

Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre,

Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University

Box 511, SE-751 20, Uppsala, Sweden

Tel:+46(0)18 471 2246

Mobil: +46(0)18 734231374

website:www.crs.uu.se

E-mail:Martha.Middlemiss@crs.uu.se

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Call for Applications Doctoral dissertation fellowship in religion and philanthropy‏

THE LAKE INSTITUTE ON FAITH & GIVING

THE CENTER ON PHILANTHROPY

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

2012 – 2013 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP

The Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at the Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University will offer a one year doctoral dissertation fellowship of $22,000 for the academic year 2012-2013. This doctoral dissertation fellowship will be given to a scholar whose primary research focus is in the area of religion and philanthropy or faith and giving. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of dissertation writing. The fellowship stipend will be paid in three installments: $10,000 at the beginning of the 2012-2013 academic year; $10,000 at the mid-point of the 2012-2013 academic year; $2,000 upon the successful completion of the dissertation.

Eligibility

Applicants for the Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship must:

· be candidates for the Ph.D. degree at a graduate school in the United

States.

· fulfill all pre-dissertation requirements by December 31, 2011,

including approval of the dissertation proposal with the expectation

that the dissertation will be completed no later than June 1, 2014.

· have not received a similar grant or fellowship for the writing of the

dissertation. Please note that Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellows may

not accept other awards that provide similar benefits in the same

academic year. Smaller awards and/or those involving limited

opportunities to teach may be permitted, at the discretion of the

Research Advisory Committee of the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.

Application Information

All application materials must be received by January 31, 2012.

Applications must include the following:

· an application form.

· a current resume.

· an executive summary no longer than 15 pages in length summarizing

your topic and its relevance for the understanding of an important

question(s) or issue(s) related to religion and philanthropy / faith and

giving. Please write this executive summary so that scholars outside of

your discipline would not have difficulty comprehending your proposal.

· a copy of the approved dissertation proposal describing the proposed

work, demonstrating relevance to the field of religion and philanthropy,

describing source materials and their availability, commenting on any

special skills or interests you have for carrying out the proposed work,

and giving a clear statement of the research or scholarly methodology to

be employed.

· a selected bibliography no longer than two pages, double-spaced,

indicating the major theoretical, practical and critical works that bear

on your dissertation. “Selected” means you should include those works

that most clearly demonstrate your command of the scholarship necessary

to write the proposed dissertation. In most cases this will already be

part of your proposal.

· a timetable detailing your chapter outline, your progress to date, and

your schedule for the fellowship year. It should be no longer than one

page, double-spaced.

Supporting materials

· Three letters of recommendation must accompany your application: one

from your dissertation director and two from faculty members familiar

with your work.

· One official transcript from the graduate school which will award the

Ph.D. degree.

All requested materials must be mailed to:

Please find details below.

The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving

The Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University

ATTN: Dissertation Fellowship

550 West North Street

Suite 301

Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-3272

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Religion and Social Change – Association for the Sociology of Religion 2012 Annual Meeting

http://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 in the heart of downtown Denver, close to restaurants, shopping and entertainment, including the world famous Tattered Cover bookstore.

Our 2012 meeting will take place immediately prior to the meetings of
the ASA’s religion section, but will not overlap with those sessions. This will allow members to attend sessions at both meetings in a shorter window than previous years. The Grant Hyatt is a block away from the ASA conference hotel, the Hyatt Regency.

The theme of this year’s meeting is religion and social change. Most religions traditions are predicated upon the idea that conversion transforms the individual and widespread acceptance of religious principles results in a utopian society. Some religions attempt to produce or prevent change by influencing the wider discourse surrounding key moral and political debates; others promote programs at the local level; and still others, viewing society as beyond repair, attempt to produce their own utopian sub-societies. Yet, religion is also the product of social changes that mold beliefs and transform religious institutions.

While we welcome papers on all subjects, we expect many presentations to explore the complex relationship between religion and social change. Further, this year’s meeting will have a strong focus on professional development with special sessions on funding and disseminating research, navigating the tenure process, publishing and writing, and resources available for research. These sessions will include a panel with the editors of Sociology of Religion and Review of Religious Research.

LCD projectors and screens will be available for all presentations.

DEADLINES:
-Session Proposals are due by 31 March 2012
-Paper Proposals and Abstracts are due by 30 April 2012

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: (1) Email your proposal to ASR2012@augustana.edu as a Word attachment. Place the title of your proposal first, then names, affiliations, and email addresses of all authors, then your abstract/proposal, all on one sheet of paper. (2) Limit paper abstracts to a maximum of 100 words. (3) 2012 membership in ASR is required for program consideration (one author, for multiauthored papers). Do not submit proposals prior to 1 January.

PROGRAM CHAIR: Christopher Bader, Chapman University.

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CFP: 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 proposal.

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 for the Study of Religion at Aarhus University will be celebrating the centennial by revitalizing one prominent aspect of Durkheim’s work, i.e., the evolutionary question. Cultural evolutionary thinking had its heyday from 1870-1920, and for various reasons, a deep skepticism of biological and cultural evolutionary thinking became entrenched in the humanities. It not only turned its back on evolutionary perspectives but also on science in general. Broader questions pertaining to human biology and cultural evolution were largely dismissed with a few notable exceptions such as Robert Bellah, Shmuel Eisenstadt and Jan Assmann.

The aim of the present conference is to revisit evolutionary questions with a special focus on the study of religion. We think that progress in the field of cognitive science may enable us to once again raise a number of classic evolutionary questions in a fashion which avoids the pitfalls of the ideologically loaded presumptions of Western and Christian superiority of former days. New insights in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology have provided new opportunities for merging biological and cultural evolutionary perspectives. This combination gives us the unique possibility of once again understanding humans from the Durkheimian perspective of homo duplex, i.e., both natural and cultural beings. In order to examine the possibilities for revitalizing evolutionary questions in biology and culture and their interactions in the context of the study of religion, we have invited a number of prominent scholars with an interest in evolutionary questions. Keynote lectures will be given by: Robert Bellah, Pascal Boyer, Jan Bremmer, Joseph Bulbulia, Merlin Donald, Eva Jablonka, Russel Gray, Bernhard Lang, Alexandra Maryanski, Doron Mendels, Guy Stroumsa and Jonathan Turner.

The conference is hosted by the Section for the Study of Religion, the Laboratory on Theories of Religion and the Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Unit (RCC) at Aarhus University, and the Aarhus University Research Foundation. The International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IACSR) will also be hosting its workshop in connection with the conference.

Proposals for papers and posters should be sent to Anders Klostergaard Petersen (akp@teo.au.dk) by March 1, 2012. Please send an abstract of maximum 500 words. Acceptance of papers and posters will be announced by the end of March 2012.

The deadline for registration for the conference will be April 15, 2012. A conference homepage will be available from the beginning of January.

The conference fee will be $200 (students and retirees $150). Further information will be made available when the conference site is opened.

Conference organizers:

Anders Klostergaard Petersen

Hans Jørgen Lundager Jensen

Armin W. Geertz

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“American Atheism” presentations wanted for ASA annual conference – submission deadline December 15‏th 2011

Please see the announcement below. The “Religion and American Culture Caucus” of the American Studeis Association is looking for papers on “American Atheism.” Instructions on how to submit a proposal can be found below.

CFP: American Atheism

Participants are sought for a panel on American Atheism for the 2012

American Studies (ASA) Annual Meeting, to be held November 15-18 in San

Juan, Puerto Rico. Scholars from all fields are encouraged to consider the

topic broadly. Topics include atheism across time; transnational atheism;

politics and atheism; religious responses to atheism; atheism in the public

square; atheism in popular culture; atheism and race, class, and gender; and

others. Scholars outside of religious studies are especially encouraged to

submit proposals. Historical and contemporary topics are welcome.

 

The Religion and American Culture Caucus of the American Studies Association

is organizing panels for submission to the Program Committee of the ASA for

the 2012 Annual Meeting. While only the ASA Program Committee has authority

to select panels, the Caucus hopes to encourage participation in

religion-focused panels by scholars in all fields.

 

Presenters, chairs, commentators, and chair/commentators are sought for this

panel. Presenters can read traditional papers, lead discussions or

activities, share a lecture, present visual analyses, or share their

research in other ways in 15-25 minute presentations. Chairs introduce

panelists, manage presentation time, and facilitate discussion after the

presentations. Commentators provide feedback on individual presentations

and offer brief comments that synthesize findings. Chair/commentators

fulfill both roles.

 

With rare exceptions of non-academics who seek the approval of the ASA

program committee, all participants must be members of the ASA in order to

present, though membership is not required to submit a panel for

consideration. Membership costs vary according to income and employment

status. All participants must also register for the ASA Annual Meeting;

registration cost likewise varies. Please see the http://www.theasa.net for

information about cost of membership and registration. By submitting a

presentation proposal or volunteering to serve as chair, commentator, or

chair/commentator, you agree that, if your panel is accepted, you will join

the ASA if you are not otherwise a member and register for and attend the

Annual Meeting.

 

ASA Annual Meeting participants may appear on the program only once‹as a

panelist, chair, commentator, or commentator/chair. Please submit only one

presentation proposal or volunteer for only one role as submitting more than

one proposal or volunteering for more than one role will disqualify all

panels for which you volunteer.

 

Would-be presenters should submit a 2-page CV and a 500 word abstract with

title and your name to Religion and American Culture Caucus co-chair

Rebecca Barrett-Fox at rbarrettfox@bethelks.edu by December 15, 2011. These

should be submitted as MS Word documents or as PDFs. In addition, include a

list of 3-5 key words and any AV needs at the bottom of the abstract.

 

Scholars volunteering to serve as chairs, commentators, and

chair/commentators should submit 2-page CVs as well as a list of topics of

particular expertise and the role(s) in which they are willing to serve.

Senior scholars and those who plan on attending ASA anyway but not

presenting are especially encouraged to volunteer in these roles. Again,

this information should be sent to Rebecca Barrett-Fox at

rbarrettfox@bethelks.edu by December 15, 2011.

 

The Religion and American Culture Caucus will organize panels by January 1,

2012. At that point, potential panelists and chairs will be matched and

introduced to each other via email and encouraged to work together to draft

a 500 word panel proposal, which must then be forwarded by panel members to

the ASA Program Committee via the ASA¹s website. Panel submissions, which

will include the panel proposal as well as individual presentation proposals

and presenter and chair and commentator or chair/commentator CVs, are due to

the ASA by January 26, 2012. The ASA Program Committee will identify

accepted panels by early spring 2012 and will release the final schedule for

the Annual Meeting early in the summer of 2012.

 

Religion and American Culture Caucus members are proud of the many panels

focusing on religion that appeared in the Annual Meeting program in 2011 and

of the large audiences that these panels drew and hope to extend this trend

to 2012¹s Meeting. The Caucus seeks to support scholars as well as

journalists, activists, and others who work in this area, especially those

whose primary home is not in religious studies programs. If you are

interested in participating in the work of the Caucus, please visit

http://www.theasa.net/caucus_religion/. If you are considering submitting a

presentation proposal but would like support in developing or articulating

your ideas in writing, please email Rebecca Barrett-Fox at rbarrettfox@bethelks.edu for assistance.

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The British Sociological Association and Sociology of Religion Study Group have announced the 2012 Peter B. Clarke Memorial Prize.

The British Sociological Association and Sociology of Religion Study Group have announced the 2012 Peter B. Clarke Memorial Prize. (formerly ‘Taylor & Francis Postgraduate Essay Competition’)

The Study Group is pleased to announce the launch of its 2012 postgraduate essay competition, the aim of which is to encourage new scholars in the Sociology of Religion. Essays are welcome from postgraduates at all stages of their studies and on any aspect of contemporary religion grounded in a sociological perspective. The winning essay will receive £100. There will also be an opportunity to publish the winning entry in the Journal of Contemporary Religion, subject to the journal’s normal peer review processes.

The competition offers postgraduate students an excellent opportunity to work towards an early publication on their thesis topic, or a chance to explore another area of interest. The winner will be announced at the Study Group’s Annual Conference which will be held in 2012 at the University of Chester (28th – 30th March 2012)

The essay competition adds a further dimension to an active postgraduate community within the Study Group headed up by the Study Group’s Postgraduate Liaison Officer Matthew Francis. Details of postgraduate activities are available here.

Any postgraduate is eligible to take part in the competition, but entrants who are not members of the Study Group must apply for membership before submission (this is £15.00 per year for postgraduates). Click here for further information on membership. Membership of the Study Group is free to members of the British Sociological Association.

Details of Submission

Between 5000 and 7000 words, including footnotes but excluding bibliography

The essay must not be in print already, or submitted for publication elsewhere

Electronic submission to Giselle Vincett (gvincett@ed.ac.uk), with cover sheet (click here to download).

The essay should be written in English

The essay must be submitted as a single MS Word document attachment, including bibliography and cover sheet.

Failure to incorporate the cover sheet will render disqualification

Include details of programme of study and contact details (postal and email).

The deadline for the 2012 competition is the 1st February 2012

For further information please contact Dr Giselle Vincett (gvincett@ed.ac.uk)

Click here to download poster

http://www.socrel.org.uk/essaycomp/2012/index.html