Call for Papers
In this section, you will find opportunities related to submissions of articles, chapters or books. The opportunities listed under the section 'Religion and Diversity Project' are opportunities that are either directly related to the Religion and Diversity Project or led by team members. In the 'Other' category, you will find other opportunities that are not related to the Religion and Diversity Project. Click on the links provided to learn more about those opportunities.
Religion and Diversity Project Opportunities
Boundaries of Religious Freedom
Edited by Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa), Lene Kühle (Aarhus University) and Anna Halafoff (Deakin University)
Announcing the new Springer Book Series, Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies. Book proposals are invited for research monographs and edited collections. Find out more about this opportunity.
International Studies in Religion and Society
Edited by Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa
The Brill series, International Studies in Religion and Society (ISRS), publishes social scientific volumes that focus critically on research, debates, and theories in the forms, role, and relations of religion in contemporary society. Volumes have a transnational, multi-disciplinary, and often multi-sectional emphasis, bringing together insights from diverse fields such as history, legal studies, sociology, anthropology, religious studies, international relations, cultural studies, globalization, urban and gender studies. The series welcomes volumes that explore both neglected and much studied themes, seeking in each case to make a meaningful impact by breaking new ground, advancing current questions, and exploring new issues. Proposal requirements include:
- Table of contents (with the contributor’s names if applicable)
- Abstracts for each chapter
- Estimated word count
- Justification of why the book is important
- Proposed timeline for the project
- Description of the intended audience
- CV of the author/editor(s)
Book proposals are invited for volumes directed at a broad audience, research monographs and edited collections. Please send your book proposals to either the series editors Peter Beyer (pbeyer@uottawa.ca) and Lori Beaman (lbeaman@uottawa.ca) or Tessa Schild at Brill (Schild@brill.com).
To find out more about this opportunity and how to submit proposals, please click here.
Other Opportunities
Journals are listed in alphabetical order.
Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies Conference 2018
We are pleased to announce the 2018 AABS conference, which will be hosted by the Alfred Deakin Institute and Buddhist Studies@Deakin. This interdisciplinary conference will provide a forum for scholars and students of Buddhism to explore the rich tapestry of Buddhist cultures, philosophies, and practices in traditional settings and in modern social life.
For full details, please visit the conference website.
Conference dates: November 8-9, 2018
The conference committee is now inviting submissions of proposals for papers in all areas of Buddhist studies.
The closing date for proposals is 31 July 2018.
For further details, please see the call for papers flyer.
Special Issue: Worldviews in creating meaning and purpose for learning
We are happy to invite scholars to contribute in our special issue in the Journal of Beliefs & Values. JBV has been among the most respected journals in our field for a long time. We believe that our peer-reviewed special issue can contribute in the high-level scholarly discussion of the journal with a viewpoint represented especially by the EARLI SIG19 Conference 2018
For conference information please click here
The Special Issue will be based on both the best papers of the EARLI SIG 19 conference 2018 and possible supplementing papers derived from this open call. We particularly welcome submissions that recognize the conference theme “Worldviews in creating meaning and purpose for learning”, and that address, for example, the following questions: How worldviews impact people’s motivation to learn, how worldviews guide people's life choices and future orientation, and how worldviews and religions help people to find meaning and purpose in life. The articles can be empirical or philosophical. We anticipate not only methodological diversity but also wish the articles to reflect diverse interpretations and representations of worldviews, values and beliefs in education, cultural and national contexts.
For information about the special issue please click here
Deadline is October 1, 2018
BASR-ISASR Joint Conference, Final Reminder
We are pleased to announce the first joint annual conference between the BASR and Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (ISASR) to be held at Queen’s University Belfast in association with RSRF and HAPP on 3-5 September 2018, to bring together all scholars working in the academic study of religion/s in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and beyond. The conference theme is Borders and Boundaries: ‘Religion’ on the Periphery, and will feature keynote from Gladys Ganiel (Queen’s University, Belfast) and Naomi Goldenberg (University of Ottawa).
For more information, click here.
Strangers to Citizens
An interdisciplinary team of scholars based at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, is developing a project proposal for an MSCA incoming fellowship, funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, focused on the history of migration. We are looking for an outstanding mid-career scholar, either a historian or a sociologist with a strong historical dimension to their work, who would be interested in working with us as the incoming fellow and leading the overall project. The specific focus of the project will be subject to discussion between the interdisciplinary team at GCU and our chosen applicant for the fellowship.
The EU’s closing date for applications is 12th September, but depending on the chosen applicant’s preference, there is also the option of completing the project proposal in time for the September 2019 round.
Please send expressions of interest to Dr Ben Shepherd: b.shepherd@gcu.ac.uk.
Annual Review of the Sociology of Relgion
Volume 10: Interreligious Dialogue:
From Religion to Geopolitics
Forthcoming 2019
Edited by:
Giuseppe Giordan (University of Padua, Italy) and
Andrew P. Lynch (University of Sydney, Australia)
The topic of interreligious dialogue is of critical importance at a time of increasing geopolitical tension. The urgency for developing better analytical tools for understanding interreligious dialogue is underscored by widespread concerns about religion and violence, and the security culture that this has given rise to in a number of nation states. Furthermore, globalization, technological developments, mass migration, and recent political upheavals and the narratives of exclusion that have been associated with them, highlights the need for greater levels of communication between religious groups. This volume seeks to investigate interreligious dialogue as a necessary component of global affairs in post-secular times, and in multi-faith societies facing increasing levels of cultural pluralism.
To explore these issues we propose to include articles on the following themes, from the perspective of a range of different religions:
1. Changing viewpoints and theories in the study of interreligious dialogue
2. Interreligious dialogue and politics in the context of globalization
3. Interreligious dialogue and debates about secularism and post-secularism
4. Interreligious dialogue in the context of social diversity, cultural pluralism, and multi-faith societies
5. Interreligious dialogue and emerging information technologies
6. Interreligious dialogue in an age of terrorism
7. Interreligious dialogue and migration
Please send all proposals (300 words) to andrew.lynch@sydney.edu.au
Deadlines:
Submission of proposals: July 30, 2017
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2017
Completed manuscripts (7,000 words): June 30, 2018
Comparative Islamic Studies
The journal Comparative Islamic Studies is inviting colleagues to submit articles for publication. It is a refereed journal that is published twice a year and the timeline for peer review and publication is in the range of 3-4 months. Colleagues interested in guest editing an issue on a topic or to publish the proceedings of a conference are also welcomed.
Comparative Islamic Studies focuses on integrating Islamic studies into the more general theoretical and methodological boundaries of liberal arts disciplines with an emphasis on those disciplines most closely aligned with the contemporary study of religion (e.g. anthropology, art history, classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology). Particular attention will be given to articles and reviews which reflect how Islamic materials can challenge and contribute to generic categories, theories and questions of method in the general study of religion. The journal provides the opportunity for expert scholars of Islam to demonstrate the more general significance of their research both to comparativists and to specialists working in other areas.
Articles are to be explicitly comparative in their focus and scope, and should clearly articulate both the reasons for selecting to compare certain phenomena and the theoretical conclusions to be drawn from the comparison. Comparisons may be between Islamic and non-Islamic materials or within and among Islamic materials. Some examples include analyses of Bible and Quran along with Jewish, Christian and Muslim exegesis; studies of rituals, canonical texts, myths, and ideeologies; sociological categories investigating prophet figures, holy people, saints and sufis; and comparisons of theology, philosophy and mysticism.
Attention to Islamic materials from outside the central Arabic lands is of special interest, as are comparisons which stress the diversity of Islam as it interacts with changing human conditions. Articles may also concentrate on the methodological and theoretical implications of doing comparative analysis.
Please visit the website for more information and to submit your articles: https://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/CIS
GOLEM: Journal of Religion and Monsters is a forum for scholars from a variety of disciplines to share their thoughts about ...monsters, religion and belief. This involves a remarkable diversity of approaches, topics and fields of interests that confirms monsters are significant in a broad array of interdisciplinary areas, including religious studies, folklore, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, theology, and sociology.
GOLEM: Journal of Religion and Monsters is currently accepting scholarly articles on topics related to religion and monsters.
Submissions using methodology from a variety of fields are welcome. The editors maintain a broad definition of religion as culture, but the connection to religion should be clear in all submissions. Articles are peer-reviewed.
Submission Guidelines for GOLEM:
Limit papers to 7,000 words in length.
Include a 100 word abstract at the beginning of the submission.
Number all paragraphs in the following format: [1], [2], etc.
Use MLA format for endnotes and bibliography.
Submit manuscripts as Microsoft Word attachments and send to ruby_ramji@cbu.ca, using "GOLEM" as the subject line.
Or, send as a paper copy to:
Rubina Ramji
Religious Studies
Cape Breton University
1250 Grand Lake Road
Sydney, Nova Scotia
CANADA B1P 6L2
Founding Editor:
Frances Flannery, Ph.D.,
Department of Philosophy and Religion, James Madison University
Senior Editors:
Rubina Ramji
Religious Studies, Cape Breton University
ruby_ramji@cbu.ca
Heather Shipley
Religion and Diversity Project, University of Ottawa
hshipley@uottawa.ca
Book Review Editor:
Kim Paffenroth
Professor of Religious Studies, Iona College
kimpaffenroth@msn.com
For more information, please click here.
ISA Research Committee on the Sociology of Religion
XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities
Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018
We invite proposals for RC22 sessions that focus on religion, power, intersectional violence, and social divisions, and also resistance to power, violence, and division. We encourage sessions that explore the nexus between:
• religion and global capitalism;
• religion and colonialism;
• religion and nationalism;
• religion and racism;
• religion and violent extremism;
• religion and gender inequality;
• religion and sexuality inequality;
• religion and environmental crises;
• religion and resistance to power and violence; and
• other topics that speak to religion’s role in a divided world.
The ISA CONFEX website site will be open to session proposals between 2 February and 15 March, 2017.
For more information, please click here.
Journal of Culture and Religion
Journal of Culture and Religion is open to submissions from fields of religious and cultural studies. Cultural studies are understood in their widest sense and encompass media and cultural studies, women’s studies, history, music studies, identity studies, etc. The founding research questions this journal will address are: how religion and culture affect our everyday lives and how history affects the present.The Journal wants to explore plurality of influences in fields of religion and culture that form our daily lives. Epistemological foundation of the journal is rejection of meta-narratives, and generation of knowledge and increasing of understanding of these complex issues. All papers are subject to two blind peer-reviews, and papers have to be proofread. Papers that do not follow these guidelines can be rejected. Depending on the topic of the paper, the evaluation process might take several months. Please, be patient. Journal will consider individually submitted papers, as well as conference papers from conferences organised by the Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities. In the latter, contributors will have to edit their papers for publication in the journal. Journal will be assigned international ISSN number by Croatian National and University Library. ISSN number will be assigned after submitting table of contents for the first number (pre-approval obtained). Journal will be published as an online, open access, journal in the first instance. When funding will be obtained, it will be published in print form too. We are working on obtaining funding for the print version.
Submissions guidelines
All articles must be the author’s original work, previously unpublished, and not being reviewed for publication with another journal. After submission, the article will be peer-reviewed by qualified academics in the field. Based on this evaluation, you will receive one of the following responses: accepted as it is, accepted after minor revision, accepted after major revision, rejected. Responses will be accompanied by the reviewer’s comments and reasons for the decision (if negative). We will publish original papers (research and theoretical), review papers, essays, and book reviews. All papers must be formatted to Times New Roman, size 12, no line spacing, and must have a complete list of references of all sources cited. Papers should not be longer than 7,000-8,000 words (including footnotes, but excluding references). Papers should have abstracts of approximately 100 words, and up to 5 keywords. Abstracts should be written as a brief summary of the key points of the article. If you are using copyrighted material, please provide a copy of permission to use the material. Papers will be subject to two (2) blind peer reviews. Please, remove obvious remarks that can identify the author of the article (i.e. As I have argued before (XY, year)).
Please send papers to: info@socialsciencesandhumanities.com
Migration Studies
Migration Studies showcases scholarship that builds connections across the distinctive field of migration studies. Migration Studies welcomes high quality research on human migration in all its manifestations, and particularly work that presents:
- comparative findings with relevance beyond a single case study
- new methodological techniques and insights, or
- new theoretical takes on the drivers, dimensions and impacts of migration.
Reviewers are asked to evaluate whether or not submissions meet at least one of these criteria.
All submissions are reviewed through a Global Editorial Board of leading migration scholars in Anthropology, Demography, Economics, Forced Migration Studies, Geography, History, Psychology, Political Science, International Relations, and Sociology.
The journal welcomes research that is anchored in a discipline whilst also engaging across disciplinary boundaries with other migration researchers.
To learn more about this new journal or to submit an article, please click here.
New Secular Studies Book Series, NYU Press
GENERAL EDITOR:
Phil Zuckerman, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, PITZER COLLEGE
There are more secular people in the world than ever before. And various forms and manifestations of secularity—atheism, agnosticism, humanism, skepticism, and anti-religious movements—are enjoying increased attention and scrutiny. The scholarly examination of secular identity, secular groups, secular culture(s), and political/constitutional secularisms—and how these all relate to each other, as well as to the broader social world—is thus more timely than ever. Moreover, studying secularism also teaches us about religiosity; as secularism is almost always in reaction to or in dialogue with the religious, by studying those who are secular we can learn much, from a new angle, about the religion they are rejecting.
The Secular Studies series is meant to provide a home for works in the emerging field of secular studies. Rooted in a social science perspective, it will explore and illuminate various aspects of secular life, ranging from how secular people live their lives and how they construct their identities to the activities of secular social movements, from the demographics of secu- larism to the ways in which secularity intersects with other social processes, identities, patterns, and issues.
Call for paper
Open Access book - New Religious Movements
De Gruyter Open, a part of De Gruyter publishing group, invites book proposals for the new Open Access book series on New Religious Movements.
The series welcomes written or edited monographs and anthologies on new religious movements (NRMs) and alternative spiritualities – both empirical and theoretical with interdisciplinary approaches. Of particular interest are those that combine perspectives and methods drawn from all social sciences and humanities on the present, historical and newly emerging NRMs, as well as research methods, issues and problems, and new directions in study of NRMs.
More information about the series to be found at: http://degruyteropen.com/oatheologynrm/
Rasa Pranskeviciute, PhD
Series Editor, OA New Religious Movements
DE GRUYTER OPEN
T +48 22 701 50 15
Rasa.Pranskeviciute@degruyteropen.com
www.degruyteropen.com
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Performing Islam
The journal, which is rigorously peer-reviewed, invites submissions that pursue the methods and methodologies by which we attempt to approach original research in Islam in performance studies, and the study of the performativity inherent in the Islam-related cultural production. Contributions which share research interests and experiences in interrelated areas of performative, homeland and diasporic negotiations, and the complexities of contemporary Islam are particularly welcomed.The journal is uniquely positioned to disseminate the groundbreaking work of genuinely international dimensions. Articles that encourage challenging debate on problem areas within this new developing field are also welcomed to the journal's open forum, as are high quality articles usually published as peripheral items in journals from other disciplines. Proposals for special or themed issues will be considered.
To learn more about this new journal or to submit an article, please click here.
Religio et Lex: Contemplations on Religion & Law
A new on-line liberal arts journal under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom at Virginia Wesleyan College – seeks submissions of quality papers on any aspect of the intersection of religion(s) and law, including the experience of religious adherents under secular legal systems and examinations of religious legal systems (Canon, Halakhah, Sharia, etc.).
Papers accepted for publication will be placed in one of three sections:
-High-quality undergraduate student research papers, including papers submitted for undergraduate classes or independent studies;
-High-quality graduate student papers, from all disciplines (all areas of the liberal arts, law, and theology), including papers submitted for seminars or derivatives from longer works (theses, dissertations); and
-Faculty papers on religion & law pedagogy, from all disciplines (all areas of the liberal arts, law, and theology), including case studies and discussions of classroom issues specific to the topic of religion(s) and law.
Papers of no more than 8,000 words should be submitted as email attachments (as WORD or PDF files) to the journal’s Faculty Advisor (Eric Mazur: emazur@vwc.edu). Please indicate institutional affiliation and education level. Undergraduate papers should be submitted with a faculty recommendation; graduate and faculty papers will be subject to appropriate peer review.
For more information, please click here.
Religion Beat - Religion in the Public Sphere Initiative
The University of Toronto’s Religion in the Public Sphere initiative is proud to present Religion Beat, an online publication that occupies the space between a blog and an academic journal. To readers inside and outside of the academy, it is a curated collection of articles from writers passionate and knowledgeable about religion in society. To writers, and particularly to young scholars, it is a forum for sharing interests and expertise with a broader audience while maintaining a commitment to intellectual writing.
Academic and non-academic articles relating to religion in the public sphere are welcome, as well as book reviews or responses to public talks, community events, conferences or current affairs. The Religion Beat podcast series is also accepting proposals for topics, panels or interviews.
For more information, please click here.
Religious Engagement in Democratic Politics Book Series
Temple University Press
The Religious Engagement in Democratic Politics series will collect work that explores in theoretically and empirically rigorous ways variations in and determinants of religious presence in the politics of democratic nations — from those with a long history of institutionalized democracy to those struggling to establish free, contested elections and systems of rights and liberties. Books in the series will demonstrate application of one or more of a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to explore the robust and highly variable presence of religion in democracies.
If you have a manuscript or an idea for a manuscript that would be a good fit for this series, please contact me by email at djupe@denison.edu.
Religious Studies and Theology
You are invited to submit a paper for possible inclusion in the peer-reviewed international journal Religious Studies and Theology. The journal publishes in June and December; however manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Religious Studies and Theology welcomes original research pertinent to the contemporary world from a range of disciplines, with a particular interest in Canadian perspectives and/or studies of Canada from abroad and in relation to global contexts.
Manuscript submission is easily completed at this link:
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/RST/about/submissions
Submissions are sent by the Editor to two peer-reviewers in a double-blind process. You will be notified within one week of submission if your manuscript has been sent for review. You will be notified of the decision within approximately three months and will be provided with a copy of reviewer comments.
Surveillance and Religion
This issue of Surveillance & Society is seeking papers and other submissions that examine the interplay between religion and surveillance.
Religious communities are targets, as well as consumers, of surveillance. This may occur as the securitization of religious identity. Cultures of surveillance develop with societies where religion remains a significant player and/or where religious themes continue to influence as part of the broader heritage. Political rhetoric may draw upon concepts of the eye of God, popular culture may appeal to fears and/or reassurances of a divine and omnipresent gaze. Religious traditions also have the potential to contribute to discussions of the ethics of surveillance, whether in the realm of national security, human rights, trust, privacy or human flourishing in general.
This issue seeks to explore the ways in which particular religious communities are subjects of surveillance and invites critical attention to the ways that religious communities deploy surveillance strategies.
It aims to scrutinize how religious themes circulate within discourses that attempt to legitimate or resist surveillance. Furthermore, this issue seeks to articulate particular religious and theological insights and perspectives on the contemporary debate around surveillance.
Women's Health & Urban Life
Papers are invited for the on-line journal, Women's Health & Urban Life. Manuscripts may address a full range of local, regional, and global health topics as they pertain to women’s and children's health, including SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity). We particularly welcome papers that address the structural and social determinants of health and the dimensions of gender, social class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national affiliation and other social locations. We also welcome manuscripts that address issues relating to public education as well as health care systems, programs, and services that address (or fail to address) the specific needs of diverse groups living and working in urban or urbanizing areas. The aim of the journal is to provide a vehicle for innovative critical thinking and action to promote social justice and policy change in the area of women’s health.
To submit a manuscript, please click here to register .
For more information, you may also contact the editors:
Dr. Toba Bryant,
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Toba.bryant@uoit.ca
Dr. Elizabeth McGibbon,
St. Francis Xavier University
emcgibbo@stfx.ca
Papers should not exceed 25 pages including all references, tables and footnotes. All submissions will be peer reviewed by anonymous reviewers.
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