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Please find below a brief round up of news, CFPs, etc. including an update on panels CFPs at the SIEF Conference in Lisbon in April.
Dave
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Women and Religion: Doctrinal, Historical and Social Perspectives
Saturday 20 November 2010
University of Bristol, UK
Keynote speaker: Dr. Carolyn Muessig, Reader in Medieval Religion,
University of Bristol This interdisciplinary conference seeks to bring
together doctoral researchers and early career academics from a variety of
disciplines and fields to explore the role and place of women in religion
encouraging research and collaboration in the University of Bristol itself,
and with other Universities both within the UK and abroad.
The research on women and religion is often divided by religious tradition
or academic field, and often occurs at the margins of academic discourse
and practice. This interdisciplinary conference seeks to expand the focus
of re hes and perspectives in different religious
traditions and in different academic fields. We are now accepting abstracts
for the 3 panels running at the conference, each consisting of three 20
minutes papers. Contributions are welcome from any perspective:
theological, historical, anthropological, sociological, archaeological,
etc. as long as the paper deals centrally with the theme of one of the
following panels: ·
Women Religious Leaders
· The Ordination of Women: Controversy in Different Religious Traditions?
· Women’s Spiritual Paths: Subverting the Patriarchal Religious Order
We are also accepting submissions of posters, to be composed in A1 format
(594x841 mm, 23.39x33.1 in). Six posters (two for each of the above themes)
will be selected to be exhibited at t er authors
will have the opportunity to discuss their work with participants during
tea and lunch breaks.
Please send your abstracts of 500 words or less and posters, both in .pdf
format to Jinho Fashi ([log in to unmask]) AND Massimo Rondolino
([log in to unmask]). The deadline for receipt of abstracts and
posters is 10 September 2010. It is hoped that an edited volume arising
from Conference proceedings will be published after the event.
Participation to the conference is free, and includes lunch and
refreshments. Some help may also be available to assist speakers and poster
presenters with travel expenses. For more information and registration,
please visit:
htt radschool/community/conferences/women-religion.
html Dawn Llewellyn
PhD Student
Department of Religious Studies
Lancaster University
http://lancs.academia.edu/DawnLlewellyn
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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Department of Classics
MARGO TYTUS VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to announce the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program. Tytus Fellows, in the fields of philology, history and archaeology will ordinarily be at least 5 years beyond receipt of the Ph. D. Apart from residence in Cincinnati during term, the only obligation of Tytus Fellows is to pursue their own research. Fellowships are tenable during the regular academic year (October 1 to June 10).
There are two categories of Tytus Fellowships, long-term and short-term.
Long Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one aca half months) and a maximum of three during the regular academic year. They will receive a monthly stipend of $1000 plus housing and a transportation allowance.
Short Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one month and a maximum of two during the regular academic year. They will receive housing and a transportation allowance.
Both Long Term and Short Term Fellows will also receive office space and enjoy the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College Libraries. While at Cincinnati Tytus Fellows will be free to pursue their own research.
The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library is one of the world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies (http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/classics/). Comprising 250,000 volumes, the library covers all aspects of the Classics: the languages and literatures, history, civilization, art, and archaeology. Of special value for scholars is both the richness of the collection and its accessibility -- almost any avenue of research in the classics can be pursued deeply and broadly under a single roof. The unusually comprehensive core collection, which is maintained by three professional classicist librarians, is augmented by several special collections such as 15,000 nineteenth century German Programmschriften, extensive holdings in Palaeography, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. < ew Union College, the Klau Library, with holdings in excess of 450,000 volumes, is rich in Judaica and Near Eastern Studies.
Application Deadline: January 15.
A description of the Tytus Program and an application form is available online at http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/tytus. Questions can be directed to [log in to unmask]
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The 31th ISSR/SISR (International Society for the Sociology of
Religion/Société Internationale de Sociologie des Religions) Conference -
Religion and Economy in a Global World will take place in Aix-en-Provence
(France) from June 30- July 3 2011.
We invite submissions for the following session:
The Role of Religion in the OrganiSation of Health and Welfare // Le rôle de
la religion dans l'organisation de la santé et du bien-être
Annette Leis-Peters Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon
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The session will focus on the role of religion in the organisation 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 or other related issues.
Dans cette session nous allons nous occuper du rôle de la religion dans l'organisation
et la distribution de la santé et le système de protection sociale sur un
plan local, national et global. Des changements actuels dans les systèmes de
protection sociale, dans un contexte de pression et de change économique et
global pour le rôle des États nationaux, sont étroitement liés aux sujets
des systèmes de valeur collectifs et individuels. Dans cette session nous
accueillons des papiers adressant le rôle de la religion dans ces procès.
Votre contributions peuvent adresser des résultats de la recherché empirique
et/ou des réflexions théoriques sur des cultures religieuses de minorité ou
de majorité comme conservateurs ou provocateurs des systèmes de valeurs
concernant le bien-être, la religiosité individuelle dans les rencontres
avec la service sociale, l'organisations de base religieuse comme acteurs
dans la société civile dans l'arène du bien-être ou des autres sujets
ressemblants.
Abstracts (200 words maximum) should be sent to the organizers in English or
French (with a summary of 100 words in the other language) no later than
October, 15th, 2010. See www.sisr.org for details of abstract format etc.
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Dear colleagues,
apologies for cross-posting, we are inviting papers for the panel:
Ritual creativity, emotions and the body
Coordinated by Anna Fedele and Sabina Magliocco
at the 10th International SIEF Congress, to be held in Lisbon 17-21 April 2011.
Please send this information to other colleagues who might be interested, thank you
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 15 October 2010.
SIEF, the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore, is an international organization that facilitates and stimulates cooperation among scholars working within European Ethnology, Folklore Studies, Cultural Anthropology and adjoining fields.
Please note that in order to submit a paper it is not necessary to be a SIEF member or to register for the conference. You can join SIEF and register once you have been notified that your paper has been accepted.
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Call for papers:
Ritual creativity, emotions and the body
Date: 19 Apr, 2011
Convenors
Anna Fedele (CRIA - Lisbon University Institute, GSPM - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
Sabina Magliocco (California State University - Northridge)
Short Abstract
This panel explores the importance of emotions in the context of newly created contemporary rituals and the sense of embodied experience of the divine they aim to bring about. We invite ethnographically grounded papers exploring these issues in different religious contexts.
Long Abstract
Ritual is being reclaimed across a wide spectrum of religious communities in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Through the re-interpretation of traditional rituals and/or the creation of new ones, people in different religious contexts seek to revitalize nature religions, experience the presence of the Virgin Mary, establish a contact with the spirits of their home country or come to terms with difficult decisions such as an abortion or a divorce. Participants in and creators of these new rituals often seek an embodied experience of the sacred that serves as evidence of direct contact with the numinous. Emotions play an important role in the process of creating a sense of embodied sacredness that emphasizes the immanent nature of the divine.
In this panel we would like to analyze the specific function of ritual as a vehicle for the expression of emotions: those of participants as well as those that the creators of ritual wish to solicit. We are particularly interested in exploring the ways in which ritual experiences manifest themselves through the body. What kind of 'healing' experiences do the participants report? What kind of physical and spiritual relationships do they establish?
This panel seeks papers that explore these issues in a variety of contexts, such as those of new religious movements, modern Paganisms, and 'feminist' interpretations of more conventional rites, as well as pilgrimage and religious migration.
To submit a paper go to:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2011/panels.php5?PanelID=759
Conference website:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2011/
List of panels:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2011/panels.php5
If you have further questions about the panel please do not hesitate to contact us
We look forward to seeing you in Lisbon
All the Best
Anna Fedele [log in to unmask]
and
Sabina Magliocco [log in to unmask]
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Call for papers
SIEF2011: People make places
Lisbon, 17/04/2011 – 21/04/2011
Panel
The pragmatics of religious transmission: contexts, case studies and theoretical departures (P208)
Convenors
Ruy Blanes (University of Lisbon)
Vlad Naumescu (Central European University)
Arnaud Halloy (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
Abstract
The issue of religious transmission and learning has become a thriving topic in the contemporary anthropology of religion. Driven by the creative tension between cognitive and culturalist approaches and the exploration of new methodological and heuristic paths addressing the problem of transmission it prompts interesting debates and exchanges.
In this panel we invite our colleagues to explore pragmatic contexts of religious transmission: the complex of communicational and active conditions that affect (through perception, cognition, emotion and materiality) individuals engaged in religious action. From this perspective, religious transmission operates through both implicit and explicit regimes. It can take complex and defined forms in ritual contexts, but it can also impregnate various contexts of the quotidian through different dimensions and agencies: discipline, imagination or aesthetics. Taking these as fundamental dimensions of religious transmission, we invite participants to reflect on their articulation in concrete ethnographic cases.
Call for papers is open until 15 October 2010
If interested, submit proposal here:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2011/panels.php5?PanelID=753
Any questions contact Ruy ([log in to unmask]), Vlad ([log in to unmask]) or Arnaud ([log in to unmask]).
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Dear all,
The SIEF conference, taking place in Lisbon, 17-21 April 2011 - People make places: ways of feeling the world - is now open for individual paper proposals.
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2011/
Ana Stela Almeida Cunha and myself (from the Instituto de Ciencias Sociais, University of Lisbon) are convening a panel on the materiality of death and death practices in Afro-Caribbean religions. We welcome all manner of proposals under this theme (see abstract below).
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2011/panels.php5?PanelID=811
Conveners: Diana Espirito Santo (ICS) & Ana Stela Almeida Cunha (ICS)
Panel title: Death, materiality and the person in Afro-Caribbean religion
Short abstract
This panel will seek to examine materiality as a constitutive aspect of self, namely, through the lens of death. The question we will be specifically raising is how to relate the materiality of death practices and traditions to understandings of personhood in Afro-Caribbean religions.
Long abstract
Anthropologists such as Maurice Bloch (1988) remind us that our ethnographic difficulties in grappling with themes relating to death in the different societies we study may owe more to Western ‘punctual’ understandings of death than to problems of translation. Underlying concepts of death and dying are not just specific views of growth, demise and renovation, but assumptions regarding the nature and constitution of persons. While in societies dominated by a notion of a self-enclosed individual the barrier between life and death is unambiguous, in others this separation is softened by radically alternative understandings of the person and the distribution of his or her agency in space and time. In this panel we are interested in examining the role of the material culture of death in expressing, mediating, and creating forms of personhood that subvert life/death boundaries, particularly in religious practices associated with African influences, such as Candomblé, Santería, and Vodoun. In many forms of Afro-Caribbean religion the category of ‘death’ or ‘the dead’ already implies a life, of sorts. The spirits of the deceased may be remembered and cared for via the manipulation of certain objects, representations or gifts, but may also become ‘materialized’ in and through these objects, gaining in presence or potency in the process. Matter is, to many such practitioners, creative of spirit forms, not simply reflective of them, which invites us to question purely representationalist views of the death ‘object’.
regards,
Diana
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