UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
CALL FOR PAPERS
Muslims in the UK and Europe
Postgraduate Symposium, University of Cambridge, 18 June 2018
Organised by the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge
The University Of Cambridge Centre Of Islamic Studies invites applications from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline. The postgraduate symposium, taking place on 18 June 2018, will be a platform for students to present and exchange current research on any topic in this field in a dynamic forum. While historical or theoretical context is valuable, we also invite papers to present, analyse or interpret research findings, data or material. The symposium will take place at The Moller Centre, Cambridge. Accommodation will be covered by the Centre of Islamic Studies and travel bursaries will be available.
To apply; please submit a 500-word abstract, with curriculum vitae outlining current research interests, to cis@cis.cam.ac.uk by Monday 12March 2018. – DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR 1 WEEK
Successful candidates will be notified by Monday 26 March 2018 and invited to submit draft papers of no more than 3000 words by Monday 11 June 2018.
For further information, please contact cis@cis.cam.ac.uk
For more information about the Centre of Islamic Studies please visit: www.cis.cam.ac.uk
Administrator
Centre of Islamic Studies
Cambridge University
The AAR has extended its deadline for submissions to March 5, 2018 at 5:00 pm ESTSubmission link:
https://papers.aarweb.org
AAR Religion and Migration Unit Call for Papers
• First, second, and third generation migrant differences in religious identity (construction, maintenance or conversion in the diaspora)
• Forced migration, religion, and refugees
• Religion, migration, and Paganism
• Religion, migration, and transcending difference through performance
• Religion, migration, and film
• Religion, migration, and the politics of a good death
We also invite submissions for a possible co-sponsored session with the Religion in Europe Unit on the following topic:
• The role of religion in migration both to and within Europe, either historical or contemporary. This includes the religious ramifications of forced migration to Europe and the rise of the alt-right in Europe in relation to non-majority religious groups and migration. Co-sponsored with the Religion and Migration Unit and the Religion in Europe Unit.
Finally, we offer an open call for any other topics dealing with religion and migration, especially proposals that address theoretical and methodical issues in the field of migration in relation to religious studies.
Chair – Ramji, Ruby, Cape Breton University
Chair – Marshall, Alison, Brandon University
Dear colleagues,
The Chair of Law and Religions, the Research Institute of “Religions, Spiritualties, Cultures and Societies” (RSCS) at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) Belgium, jointly organize the international conference on halal “Rethinking Halal: Genealogy, Current Trends, and New Interpretations,” to be held at the Université Catholique de Louvain, in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, on 18-19 June 2018.
Please find attached the poster and two-day programs’ conference for more detailed information. If you happen in Belgium this incoming Summer, please join us and register at the link below:
https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/rscs/cdr-halal-project.html
Kind regards,
Ayang Utriza Yakin
Chaire de droit et des Religions
Institut de recherche Religions, Spiritualités, Cultures, Sociétés (RSCS),
Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL),
Collège Albert Descamps, Grand Place, 45, Bte.L3.01.02
B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, la Belgique.
Téléphone portable : (+32) 04.89.12.69.53.
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting CFP Deadline March 1, 2018
AAR Religion and Migration Unit Call for Papers
The Religion and Migration Unit seeks proposals for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion to be held in Denver, Colorado related to the following themes:
• First, second, and third generation migrant differences in religious identity (construction, maintenance or conversion in the diaspora)
• Forced migration, religion, and refugees
• Religion, migration, and Paganism
• Religion, migration, and transcending difference through performance
• Religion, migration, and film
• Religion, migration, and the politics of a good death
We also invite submissions for a possible co-sponsored session with the Religion in Europe Unit on the following topic:
• The role of religion in migration both to and within Europe, either historical or contemporary. This includes the religious ramifications of forced migration to Europe and the rise of the alt-right in Europe in relation to non-majority religious groups and migration. Co-sponsored with the Religion and Migration Unit and the Religion in Europe Unit.
Finally, we offer an open call for any other topics dealing with religion and migration, especially proposals that address theoretical and methodical issues in the field of migration in relation to religious studies.
Chair – Ramji, Rubina, Cape Breton University
Chair – Marshall, Alison, Brandon University
Call for Papers: Prison and Religion in the Global South
Social Sciences and Missions
The journal Social Sciences and Missions is now planning a special issue on Prison and Religion in the Global South.
Prisons build an important interface of social and religious concern. They are communities operating with limited connection to the outside world and with their own resilient communal life. Penal communities are often dominated by prison gangs. Yet there are aspects to communal life in prison that are outside of gangs’ control, among them an occasionally vibrant religious life independent of outside initiative. At the same time, religious groups of Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, or other provenience, and, to a smaller extent, non-religious NGOs play a crucial role in bridging the gap between prison community and outside world. They provide crucial services that mitigate the hardships of prisons. For some religious groups, prisons offer an excellent ground for religious propagation and recruiting of followers. They see religious renewal in prison as a particularly striking and publicly attractive form of demonstrating the power of faith in transforming people.
Most scholarly research on religious interaction with penal populations relate to North America or Europe. Focusing on religions and prisons in the Global South, this special issue invites contributions from social science and religious studies.
Topics include but are not limited to
– Religious and missionary agents in prison: motives, goals, and interests
– Religious propagation in penal contexts: strategies and methods
– Independent or indigenous religion in the penal context and its interaction with missionary initiatives;
– Religion, gang culture, and penal community life
– Conversion, conversion narratives, and deconversion in the penal context
– Religious ministry in prison and its effectiveness in rehabilitation
– Faith and adjustment to prison life
– Religion and prison administration: convergences and tensions
– State administration of religious affairs in prison
– Religion, penal politics, and human rights
– Comparative approaches to religious ministry in different penal contexts of the Global South
– Chaplains and volunteers in prison ministry
– Religion and restorative justice
– Religious influences on penal ideologies
– Religion and the death penalty
– New Religious Movements in prison
We invite contributions of original research with a maximum length of 8,000 words. We encourage interested contributors to first submit by email an abstract of around 100 words by April 30, 2018 in order for us to gain a preliminary understanding of your submission plans. Please send your abstract to the guest editor Tobias Brandner (tobias@cuhk.edu.hk or tobiasbran@gmail.com) or the journal’s editor Jayeel Cornelio (jcornelio@ateneo.edu). You may also contact either one of them for further information and questions. Please take note of the submission guidelines that can be found on the journal’s website (http://www.brill.com/social-sciences-and-missions).
Submission deadline for the full paper: October 31, 2018
Director, Development Studies Program (on leave)
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Join the conversation at the International Metropolis Conference 2018, Sydney, 29th October -2nd November 2018 This year’s event is set to challenge and engage like never before, exploring the complex narratives around migration, diversity and integration and their relationship with political, economic and social trends at a global, regional and local level. The theme for this year’s Conference is Global migration in turbulent times andwe invite you to submit an abstract for inclusion in the program. Take advantage of this opportunity to present your work either as a Workshop or an Individual Paper to an audience of global, regional and local stakeholders engaged in policy, research and practice in the fields of migration, diversity and integration. |
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The Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the
University of Oslo announces two PhD positions in the field of religion
and politics (3 year fulltime research fellowship, connected to the
projects ‘Mobile Muslims/Invisible Islam’ and ‘Stories of Heritage’).
The deadline for applications is April 3rd. Please find detailed
information here:
Registration is now open for Emergent Religious Pluralism(s), an interdisciplinary conference at the Woolf Institute, Cambridge, 17-18 April 2018.
Discover the programme and where to register here: http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/events/emergent-religious-pluralisms
Location: The Woolf Institute, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0UB
Keynote: Professor Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh, Liberal Citizenship, Pluralism and Muslims in Europe
Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergent-religious-pluralisms-tickets-4320226513
Any questions, please contact Jan-Jonathan Bock at jjb71@cam.ac.uk
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Twitter: @Woolf_Institute
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