CFP: Ibadan Journal of Sociology

CALL FOR PAPERS: Ibadan Journal of Sociology

Background
Ibadan Journal of Sociology, published by Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, is now accepting manuscripts for its June 2015 Volume 2 edition. Authors should submit original manuscripts addressing pertinent academic and policy issues but must be of relevance to Sociology. Manuscripts can be either empirical or theoretical but must be interesting and accessible in language and style to both sociologists and non-Sociologists. The use of jargons should therefore be very minimal. Submitted manuscripts will be considered if they have neither been previously published nor under review in another journal or publisher in whatever form or language. Otherwise, the author(s) must inform the editor(s).

Review Process
Manuscripts adjudged suitable, in the first instance, will be subjected to at least two peer reviews. Articles and book reviews will only be accepted based on originality, content, currency, accuracy, relevance, compliance with editorial styles and other technical issues. All articles will be checked for plagiarism with the aid of anti-plagiarism software. Articles that do not comply with preparation/editorial styles/guidelines, stated below, will automatically and immediately be rejected without proceeding to peer reviews. United Kingdom (British) English Standard is the journal’s approved style. The maximum word count for articles is 8000, 5000 for book reviews, excluding tables, photographs, references and endnotes. Manuscripts must be in Ms Word for PC and must only be submitted as e-mail attachment. For accepted manuscripts, it must be noted that the editor(s) may make revisions to manuscripts but major revisions will be shared with author(s) for approval.

Manuscript’s Arrangement
A typical manuscript for the journal should follow the standard arrangement of:
1. Cover page: detailing succinct title of manuscript, author(s) names, institutional affiliation, address, email address, acknowledgement of funders, subjects etc (if any), indicated corresponding author.
2. Maximum of 250 words abstract giving lucid summary of the whole manuscript (on a separate page). This normally should not have citations
3. The main article with introduction/Background, engagement with relevant literature, methodology, findings, discussion, conclusion, endnotes, references, brief autobio.
4. Endnotes. No footnotes please
Ibadan Journal of Sociology

The reference guide for all manuscripts for this journal is University of Ibadan Manual of Style (UIMS). This can be downloaded free from the University of Ibadan website through the PG School link. Otherwise, kindly contact the editor for assistance.

Correspondence
Manuscripts for consideration in this Volume 2 should be sent to the editor, Professor. A.O. Olutayo, at lantopamtu@yahoo.com. All correspondence should also be addressed to the editor. Contributors should kindly be aware that the Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria reserves the copyright in all articles published in Ibadan Journal of Sociology. In cases of wanting reprint, contributors must seek express permission of the publisher/Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, but this will not be granted within 3 years of publication of the article. Contributors will be entitled to 2 hard copies of their artless with the volume number in which their articles appeared. Extra copies may however be accessed by contributors once they contact the editor having paid the appropriate charges per article.

Deadline for Submission
Deadline for submission for this edition is Monday 31 May, 2015 but immediate submissions will still be considered.

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Job Opening: Center on Religion and Chinese Society

The CRCS is seeking a Program Manager for the Mapping Chinese Spiritual Capital Project, a three-year initiative to expand the social scientific study of religion in China. We will pursue three interrelated goals: mapping the religious landscape and the changing religious markets in China; assessing spiritual capital in the emerging civil society; and nourishing the growing field through publishing first-rate research in a new journal, the Review of Religion and Chinese Society. Review of applications will begin immediately. For more information or to apply, follow this link or visit our website at www.purdue.edu/crcs/.

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CFP – 2nd Annual International Conference: China in the Middle East

Call for Papers:  2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
CHINA IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Neoliberalism with Chinese Characteristics and Political Transformations in the Middle East
DOHA, QATAR MARCH 23 AND 24, 2016
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Qatar University, Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies and Department of Central Eurasian Studies Indiana University and Sociology of Islam Journal invite interested scholars and advanced graduate students to submit proposals for the conference below. The event will take place at the Qatar University on MARCH 23 AND 24, 2016. Please submit a 200-word paper proposal along with your CV to china.middleeast@yahoo.com by Monday November 30, 2015.
  
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Dr. Mohammedmoin Sadeq, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Jamsheed Choksy, Indiana University, USA
Dr. Kemal Silay, Indiana University, USA
Dr. Zan Tao, Peking University, People’s Republic of China
Dr. Tuğrul Keskin, Portland State University, USA
Conference communication assistant: Michael McCall, Leiden University – china.middleeast (at) yahoo.com or Tugrul Keskin tugrulk (at) vt.edu
Description and Objectives:
The increasingly neoliberal economy that has developed since the early 1980s has led to an emergence of a vibrant middle class in China. This new demographic, roughly 350-400 million people, began to consume more. This has continued to shape Chinese Foreign Policy towards oil producing countries, particularly in the Middle East after Xi Jinping came to power in 2013. One of the first signs of these changes can be seen in the proposal of a new Silk Road initiative, introduced by Xi Jinping. Over the last two years, we have seen the increase of Chinese political and social activities in the region, fueled by the economic needs for PRC. As a result of this new political strategy, the PRC started to play a more active role within the Middle Eastern political arena. Hence, Xi Jinping visited Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi and Arabia in March 2015. Additionally, Chinese social and cultural activities began to appear more visibly within the universities and educational institutions in the Middle East.  Hanban Institutes started to open and finance Confucius Institutes in the region that facilitate Chinese cultural and language classes and promote mutual understanding between China and the Middle East. For example these institutes have arisen in Turkey, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, UAE, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Morocco. China has also become one of the largest economic and trade partners with Middle Eastern states such as Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel. Therefore, we would like to make this academic initiative a permanent conference meeting, and each year, we will organize a China and the Middle East Conference in different countries in collaboration with other universities.
We organized a very successful first academic conference on this topic in collaboration with Beijing University, on March 17-18, 2015. The conference took place in Beijing University and 24 papers were presented within six different panels. On the second day, the newly opened Indiana University Beijing office hosted two panels. The selected conference proceedings (approximately 6-8) will be published by a peer-reviewed academic journal, the Sociology of Islam, in the Fall of 2015. You will find the first conference program at the following homepage:
As a result of this conference and academic initiative on China and the Middle East, we established a new academic mailing list on China and the Middle East, hosted by Virginia Tech University. In our second upcoming conference, we will examine social, political and economic relations between China and Middle Eastern states and societies in the context of the neoliberal economy. The conference proceedings will also be published in the Sociology of Islam Journal (Brill – http://www.brill.nl/sociology-islam).
The second conference (MARCH 23 AND 24, 2016) will have six different panels and 24 participants.
Participants are responsible for their travel expenses, accommodation and any other expenses.
This is a purely academic conference.
Tentative Program and Panels’ Titles
Keynote Speech – TBA
Conference Program
MARCH 23, 2016
9:00 – 9:30 AM Opening Ceremony
9:00 – 9:15 AM Welcome Speech by Representative of Qatar University
9:15 – 9:30 AM Opening Remarks by Representative of Qatar University
9:45 – 12:00 Panels
1. Panel: NEOLIBERALISM IN CHINA
2. Panel: NEOLIBERALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
12:00-13:30 PM Lunch
14:00-16:30 PM Panels
3. Panel: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES IN CHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE CONTEXT OF NEOLIBERALISM
4. Panel:
MARCH 24, 2016
9:30-12:00
5. Panel: CHINESE POLITICAL ECONOMY TOWARD MIDDLE EAST
6. Panel: ENERGY AND SECURITY IN CHINA AND MIDDLE EAST
Closing Remarks by Dr. Jamsheed Choksy, Indiana University, USA

 

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Tenure Track Position in Religion & Society – San Diego State University

San Diego State University’s Department of Religious Studies invites
applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant or
associate professor in Religion and Society with a specialization in the
social scientific study of religion (anthropology of religion, or
sociology of religion) to begin fall semester 2016. The faculty member
will bring the methods and tools of the social sciences to researching
the contemporary nexus between religion and social issues. We seek a
specialist in an area outside the USA, including, but not limited to,
Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Southeast
Asia, or India. The candidate must be trained in the social scientific
study of religion and should demonstrate expertise in particular areas
of study and in specific religious communities. Areas of specialization
could include racial ideology, gender and equality, environmental
theology, or other possibilities, but the primary requirement is
expertise in social science methods. The successful candidate will
combine historical and language expertise with modern social theory
using their object of study as an example of wider, cross-cultural
social forces and issues. Engagement with issues of methodology in the
academic study of religion is essential. The chosen candidate will show
promise to teach lower, upper, and cross-listed division courses, and
produce a well-planned research/scholarship agenda whose interests will
enhance existing strengths within a department known for its
interdisciplinary and comparative approaches, will participate in
professional organizations, collaborate with other departments, serve
the larger San Diego community, and complement the mission and
collegiality of the department.

Qualifications include demonstrated skills in teaching undergraduates.
Candidates must possess a strong commitment to teaching excellence and
demonstrate promise for and publication. A Ph.D. in the sociology of, or
anthropology of religion, must be in hand at time of appointment.

SDSU is a large, diverse, urban university and Hispanic-Serving
Institution with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusive
excellence. Our campus community is diverse in many ways, including
race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, pregnancy,
medical condition, and covered veteran status. We strive to build and
sustain a welcoming environment for all. SDSU is seeking applicants with
demonstrated experience in and/or commitment to teaching and working
effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and members of
underrepresented groups.

Applicants must apply via Interfolio at
http://apply.interfolio.com/30156. Applicant screening will begin
September 15, 2015 and the position will remain open until filled.
Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found.

The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter”
under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is
required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive
Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

San Diego State University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and
does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race,
religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity
and expression, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, medical
condition, or covered veteran status.

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CFP – Transnational Religious Movements, Dialogue and Economic Development

Call for papers

Conference on “Transnational Religious Movements, Dialogue and Economic
Development: The Hizmet Movement in Comparative Perspective”

University of Turin, Turin (Italy), 10-11 December 2015

Transnational religious actors, and civil society faith-based movements
are a well-established reality of the contemporary world, which is
however still understudied especially at the comparative level. Only
recently, with the rise of transnational radical Islam, have religious
actors started to be regarded as influencing the international and
global systems, sparking a significant scholarly production. As a
consequence, much of the recent literature in this sub-field has focused
on pro-conflict radical and terrorist networks. However, in today’s
Europe there are notable cases of transnational faith-based movements
which are engaged in education and dialogue, as well as in the economic
field, with proposals for interesting new entrepreneurial models merging
free-trade principles and social/moral concerns. This conference aims at
contributing to a better comprehension of this phenomenon.

Its first day will focus on a relevant example of dialogue-oriented
group: the Hizmet movement, inspired by the Turkish preacher Fethullah
Gülen, which is portrayed by many as an example of modern, ‘enlightened’
Islam, oriented towards dialogue and co-operation rather than conflict.
In recent years the movement has been the focus of extensive
international scholarship – both appreciative and critical – dealing
with its founder and his teachings, its schools in Turkey and abroad,
its relations with Turkish politics and society and the role of women
therein. Although many interesting works exist about its development in
countries other than Turkey, so far few coherent efforts have been made
to understand its development at the transnational level. This is true
particularly in relation to comparative works which can highlight the
common points and the differences between the movement and other
religious groups, either within Islam or belonging to other religious
traditions. This conference aims at filling that gap by including papers
addressing the Hizmet movement in its transnational perspective: either
by analysing its activities, development and institutionalisation in
different countries, or by comparing it to other dialogue-oriented
religious movements. Different disciplinary perspectives, from political
science to sociology, anthropology and law, as well as different
methodological perspectives, are welcomed.

The second day of the conference will address more broadly the field of
contemporary religious movements by focusing on the economic and
entrepreneurial activities carried out by faith-based groups and the
economic models which inspired them. The above-mentioned Hizmet movement
is an example of a religious movement successfully engaged in several
entrepreneurial activities, particularly in the education and media
fields. However, religion-related entrepreneurship is widespread also in
the Christian world, as shown for example by the Focolare movement,
which inspired the ‘communion’ or ‘civil’ economy, marked by a strong
solidaristic orientation within the free-market economy. Moreover, some
‘new’ religious movements which are not part of ‘traditional’ religions
also propose interesting entrepreneurial activities in a
neo-communitarian perspective strongly marked by spiritual values. This
section of the conference welcomes contributions about the relationship
between religious movements and economy, both through single-case
studies and broader comparative and theoretical works.

The conference is funded by the University of Turin and the Compagnia di
SanPaolo Foundation, and co-sponsored by the ‘Religion and Politics’
standing group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR),
the IPSA RC43 ‘Religion and Politics’ Research Group and the Istituto
Tevere based in Rome. It will take place on 10-11 December 2015 and will
be hosted by the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the
University of Turin (Italy) at the Luigi Einaudi Campus (CLE).

Prospective paper givers can send a proposal of up to 250 words, as well
as any enquiry, to the scientific coordinator of the conference, Dr.
Luca Ozzano, at the address: luca.ozzano@unito.it, and to the
organization assistant, Dr. Chiara Maritato, at the address:
chiara.maritato@unito.it.

The deadline for paper proposals is 15 September 2015.

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Conference and CFP: EASR 2016, Relocating Religion

EASR 2016 Conference
Relocating Religion
Helsinki 28 June – 1 July 2016
Annual conference of the EASR
Special conference of the IAHR

Welcome to the annual conference of the European Association for the
Study of Religions (EASR) that will be held from 28 June – 1 July 2016,
at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The theme of the conference is
Relocating religion.

Religion has always been a moving concept. Throughout history, it has
changed place, shape, function and content; conceptions of religion have
been dependent on theoretical or political interests and strategies.
Religion can be framed as a means of identity-work, world-building and
well-being, but it can also be perceived as a consumer good or a
security threat. Due to the open, fragile, and inherently negotiable
nature of the category of ‘religion’, rigid definitions produce
simplistic and distorted representations of the complexities involved in
the formation of religious phenomena. At the same time, attempts to
define and redefine religion in various contexts are themselves an
important topic of research. All of this requires interdisciplinary
scholarly imagination and critical new approaches.

In recent scholarship, religious change has been conceptualized from a
variety of theoretical perspectives. When focusing on the modern period,
some scholars speak about the vitalization of religions, secularization
and post-secularity, while others refer to re-sacralization and
re-enchantment. Concurrently, the need for more knowledge and
understanding not only of religion, but also of secularization, secular
positions and non-religion has been underlined. Many of these
perspectives highlight the significance of religious change as a
cultural and social phenomenon. Such perspectives are, however, equally
applicable to the study of religious transformations in other contexts
than the modern period. The conference will offer the opportunity to
explore changes and continuities in the forms, practices and
implications of religion at all levels of societies and cultures, in the
past as well as in the present.

Language of the conference is English.

The keynote speakers are:

Giovanni Filoramo, University of Turin
Anne-Marie Korte, University of Utrecht
James R. Lewis, University of Tromsø
Linda Woodhead, University of Lancaster

CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for session proposals:
1 September to 30 October 2015

We invite proposals for closed sessions (with a fixed chair and
speakers) and open sessions (with a chair and a theme).

Notification of acceptance:
15 November 2016 at the latest

Call for individual papers:
15 November to 31 December 2015

Notification of acceptance:
15 February 2016 at the latest

Registration:
15 February to 1 May 2016

Organizers: The conference will be organized by the Study of Religions
at the University of Helsinki in collaboration with the Finnish Society
for the Study of Religion, Comparative Religion at the Åbo Akademi
University and the Donner Institute, Turku.

Welcome: On behalf of the organizing committee, cordially welcome to
Helsinki,

Tuula Sakaranaho, President of the conference
Heidi Rautalahti, Conference secretary

For further information, please, contact:
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/easr-2016/

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CFP: Religion, Gender, and the Internet

Call for Papers

Religion, Gender, and the Internet

ISA Research Committee (RC) 22
The Third ISA Forum of Sociology
The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World
Vienna, 10-14 July, 2016

Session Organizer(s)

Anna HALAFOFF, Deakin University, Australia, anna.halafoff@deakin.edu.au
Emma TOMALIN, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, e.tomalin@leeds.ac.uk
Caroline STARKEY, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, trs6cf@leeds.ac.uk

There is an emerging literature on women, religion and the Internet
investigating a wide range of virtual interactions in different
contexts. The internet is a gendered social space where the inequalities
and prejudices within religions in the offline world can be both
reinforced and challenged. To what extent does “digital religion” offer
a “third space” where traditional authority structures can be challenged
in ways that might not be possible in the offline environment (Hoover
and Echchaibi, 2012)? Or does the fact of the digital divide mean that
access to the Internet is skewed in favour of literate women in
economically privileged positions with access to modern technologies?

We will explore, and encourage submissions on, case studies about
religious and/or spiritual womens’ digital networks, practices and
activism. Is there something new or distinctive about online feminist
religious and/or spiritual engagement? How is the Internet being used in
radicalisation of women and also in deradicalisation strategies? And
what methods and theories are applicable for researching women and
“digital religion”?

Please submit your proposals online at the International Sociological
Association’s website. Paper submissions close on 30 September:

http://www.isa-sociology.org/forum-2016/rc/rc.php?n=RC22

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SOCIOLOGY OF ISLAM JOURNAL Special Issue: Contemporary Social Movements in the Middle East and Beyond – Mojtaba Mahdavi

SOCIOLOGY OF ISLAM JOURNAL
Volume 2, Issue 3-4,
Special Issue: Contemporary Social Movements in the Middle East and Beyond
GUEST EDITOR: Mojtaba Mahdavi
  1. Research Article
    Introduction: East Meets the West?
  1. Research Article
    Suggestion, Translation, Transposition
  1. Research Article
    The Arab Summer and Its Discontents
  1. Research Article
    Democracy and Disillusionment: Copts and the Arab Spring
  1. Research Article
    A Palestinian Uprising: Is it Possible or is it Too Late?
  1. Research Article
    The Matrix of Communication in Social Movements

 

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CFP – Extended Deadline July 1 – Life Here and Hereafter: Beliefs and Practices

3rd International Scientific Conference of the Lithuanian Society for the Study of Religions

LIFE HERE AND HEREAFTER: BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

Vilnius, Lithuania

23-24 October, 2015

Vilnius University and Vytautas Magnus University

Call for Papers

Life here and hereafter is considered to be one of the core concerns of an individual throughout the history of humanity. Quest for the meaning of life, role of death, possibilities of life after death are challenged with a broad scope of perceptions, reflections and expressions among various spiritual and religious traditions, emerging spiritualities, groups and individuals.

This conference addresses the topic of life here and hereafter and focuses on beliefs and practices of diverse origins, their formation, spread and expressions. It also focuses on the past and current representations of the phenomenon in specific regions and worldwide, discussing its diverse manifestations and changes concerning institutional and individual religiosities on (trans)national and (trans)regional levels.

The conference welcomes both empirical and theoretical contributions from various disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary approaches towards beliefs and practices within the domain of life here and hereafter. Of particular interest are those that combine perspectives and methods drawn from all social sciences and humanities on historical, present, and newly emerging approaches towards conceptions, manifestations and representations, as well as research methods, issues and problems, and new directions in studies of this phenomenon.

The 3rd Conference of the Lithuanian Society for the Study of Religions Life Here and Hereafter: Beliefs and Practices will be held on October 23-24, 2015 at Vilnius University, Vilnius. We welcome scholars from religious studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, political science, and other disciplines to contribute to historical and contemporary studies of the role and manifestations of the phenomenon of life here and hereafter, in this way enriching its academic understandings. We expect individual paper proposals as well as panel proposals with three to four presentations.

 

We invite papers and panels including, but not limited to the following topics:

  • Methodological implications, challenges and issues
  • Life here and hereafter and their socio-cultural representations

  • Death and dying related beliefs and practices

  • Divinations, predictions and prophecies

  • The role of individuals and institutions in practices related to beliefs in life here and hereafter

  • Life here, hereafter and cultural memory

  • Life here and hereafter: religious and secular approaches

  • Life, dying and afterlife in traditional religious groups and churches in the past and in the 21st century

  • Life here and hereafter within contemporary spirituality, individual religiosity, combined forms of organized and individual religions

  • Institutional arrangements, development and changes of beliefs and practices within the domain of life here and hereafter

  • Afterlife and social imagination

  • Life here and hereafter in the public sphere

  • Life here and hereafter in the popular culture

Please submit a 250-300 words abstract of your presentation accompanied by a short CV by e-mail to: religiousstudieslt@gmail.com by July 1, 2015. If you are interested in another topic related to the study of life here and hereafter, we encourage you to organize a session/panel. In this case, please submit a 200-300 words proposal by July 1, 2013 to the same email address.

The authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 15, 2015.

Key dates
Submission of paper and session/panel proposals – July 1, 2015
Notification of acceptance and opening of the registration – July 15, 2015
The final date of the registration for the conference – September 15, 2015
Final program – September 20, 2015

Fees

Conference fee (50 Euro) may be paid by bank transfer or in cash (not by card) at the registration desk.

The costs of travel and lodging should be covered by the participants.

Special events
Participants of the conference will be offered excursion in Vilnius city.

Organisers: dr. Eglė Aleknaitė (Vytautas Magnus University), assoc. prof. Milda Ališauskienė (Vytautas Magnus University), prof. Audrius Beinorius (Vilnius University), assoc. prof. Aušra Pažėraitė (Vilnius University), dr. Rasa Pranskevičiūtė (Vytautas Magnus University), prof. Egdūnas Račius (Vytautas Magnus University), assoc. prof. Annika Hvithamar (Copenhagen University).

Any conference related queries are to be sent to the conference email address. More information is available at http://en.religijotyra.lt/

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