Sacrament and Liturgy in Digital Spaces

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APRIL SYMPOSIUM

“Sacrament and Liturgy in Digital Spaces”

CODEC Research Centre for Digital Theology
Durham University, UK
April 19-20 2018

In a rapidly developing technological age, the question of church online is both highly relevant and highly contentious. Christianity is deeply rooted in the Incarnation and in the tangible, visceral symbols and sacraments of belonging. Join the CODEC Research Centre for Digital Theology and special guests for a symposium exploring the questions of sacrament and liturgy in digital spaces.

The event begins at 5pm on Thursday April 19th with an evening meal and a lecture by Dr Jana Bennett (University of Ohio, author of “Aquinas on the Web?” (Bloomsbury 2012)). We continue from 10am to 4pm on Friday April 20th, with a day of talks, conversations and panel discussions exploring new ideas in digital theology. Invited speakers include Professor Paul Fiddes (University of Oxford) and Rev. Pam Smith (priest-in-charge of i-church and author of “Online Mission and Ministry” (SPCK 2015)).

Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/april-symposium-thursday–19th-april-2018-tickets-42312093611

The Impact of Law on Transnational Families’ Staying, Moving and Settling

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For the EASA2018 conference: Staying, Moving, Settling (Stockholm August 14-17) we will convene a panel entitled

The Impact of Law on Transnational Families’ Staying, Moving and Settling.

Law shapes people’s decisions to stay, move, or settle. Institutions interpret international treaties and domestic legislation producing dynamic categories of deserving and undeserving migrants. Transnational families use, avoid or subvert this law to facilitate migration and maintain kinship.

To propose a paper please use the EASA conference website: https://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6592

Deadline for paper proposals is April 9

Long abstract

Law and routine legal practice fundamentally shape people’s attitudes towards staying in a country, their choices about moving overseas, and their options for settling abroad.

Individual migrants’ interactions with bureaucrats, lawyers, advocacy organizations, and judges produce dynamic categories of deserving and undeserving migrants. The resulting legal statuses create, reunite or break transnational families, reconfiguring kin relations across borders.

This panel will bring together empirical research on the impact that family, citizenship and immigration, criminal, and human rights and refugee law has on family ties within differently positioned transnational families. Research sites might include CSOs, lawyers, government bureaucracies and families in any transnational context. We are interested in research focusing on either privileged or disadvantaged transnational family members; intersectional analyses of the legal production of categories of deserving and undeserving migrant kin; and critical enquiries into the concept of the transnational family.

Papers could discuss:

  • How migrants’ sources and levels of legal knowledge shape their use, avoidance or subversion of the law;
  • The “legal work” required to maintain family ties across borders;
  • The impact of international human rights law (eg. the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child) in lived experiences of attempting to reunite and settle;
  • The role of law breaking in sustaining the transnational family;
  • When law allowing or preventing migration contributes to power relations within transnational families;
  • The successes and failures of lobbying towards changing legal categorisations relevant to transnational families;
  • How transnational families’ experiences reflect, or do not, reflect political and public discourse about them.

Convenors

·         Jessica Carlisle (Newman University) 

·         Iris Sportel (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Kind regards,

Iris Sportel

 
dr. Iris Sportel
Institute for Sociology of Law/ Centre for Migration Law
Radboud University Nijmegen

Article on Gender in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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The following article which has just been published might be of research interest of some scholars in this list:
 
Foroutan, Y. (2018), Formation of Gender Identity in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Does Educational Institution Matter?, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Vol. 39, Issue 2. 
 
With kind Regards,
Yaghoob.

Conférence: L’influence étatsunienne sur le droit canadien des religions – 28 mars 2018

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Le cycle de conférences du Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religions de l’Université de Sherbrooke (SoDRUS) se poursuit. Nous vous invitons à notre dernière conférence publique de cette session qui aura lieu le mercredi 28 mars 2018.

L’influence étatsunienne sur le droit canadien des religions

Date : Le mercredi 28 mars 2018

Heure : De 12 h 00 à 13 h 30

Lieu : Campus principal de Sherbrooke, Faculté de droit, local A9-162

Cette conférence sera présentée par Stéphane Bernatchez, professeur titulaire à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke.

Pour plus d’information sur la conférence, visitez la page suivante : https://www.usherbrooke.ca/sodrus/index.php?id=1251&user_udesnewsdisplay_pi4%5Bitem%5D=35377

Call for Papers: ASR 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

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The Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) invites you to submit a paper and/or session proposal for our 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.  Our 2018 theme, “Strengthening Weak Ties to other Sociological Subdisciplines,” highlights themeeting overlap with the American Sociological Association (ASA), Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), Association of Black Sociologists (ABS), and other sociological associations.  Furthermore, the ASR Annual Meeting schedule maximizes participation opportunities for those who are interested in both the ASR and the ASA Religion Section activities.

Please visit our website at https://www.sociologyofreligion.com/annual-meeting/ for more information.  To submit a paper and/or session proposal, log into your ASR member account.  If you are not a current ASR member, you may join the association by visiting our home page at https://www.sociologyofreligion.com/. 

Please contact Program Chair Jerry Park at jerry_park@baylor.edu with any ASR Annual Meeting questions. 

Just-published article on Gender in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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The following article which has just been published might be of research interest of some scholars in this list:
 
Foroutan, Y. (2018), Formation of Gender Identity in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Does Educational Institution Matter?, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Vol. 39, Issue 2. 
 
With kind Regards,
Yaghoob.

Muslims in the UK and Europe Symposium 2018 – CALL FOR PAPERS – EXTENDED FOR 1 WEEK

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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

AAR Religion and Migration Unit Call for Papers

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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

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, Ruby, Cape Breton University
Chair – Marshall, Alison, Brandon University

Conference on Halal at UCL, Belgium

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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.