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Asian Religions
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Department
of Religious Studies, announces a tenure-track position at the rank of
assistant professor in the area of Asian religions, specialization and
region open. In addition to demonstrating a strong scholarly profile and a
dedication to undergraduate teaching, candidates should be willing to
engage with Asian diasporic communities in Indianapolis, in keeping with
IUPUI's mission of civic engagement as an urban research university.

Candidates should have completed the Ph.D. by the time of the Fall 2010
appointment. The normal teaching load in the IU School of Liberal Arts is
five courses per year for faculty maintaining a solid research agenda.

Salary and fringe benefits are competitive. Final position offer is
contingent on the continued availability of funding. Start date: August 1,
2010.

Deadline for applications: December 15, 2009

Applicants should send a letter of application, a c.v., and three
letters of recommendation to:

PROF. DAVID M. CRAIG, CHAIR OF THE SEARCH COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
IUPUI
425 UNIVERSITY BLVD., CA 335
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202-5140

DEADLINE FOR THE CALL FOR PAPERS IS EXTENDED TO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER
15, 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference 'POLITICS, POVERTY AND
PRAYER: GLOBAL AFRICAN SPIRITUALITIES AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION'
Africa International University/ NEGST, Nairobi, Kenya 22-25th July 2010

This International Conference is a unique forum intended to bring
together scholars, researchers, practitioners of diverse religious
traditions and spiritualities, and policy makers for intellectual
exchange and dialogue. Academics and representatives of
religious/spiritual communities and organisations drawn from Africa,
the Caribbean, North & South America, Europe and the Middle East will
explore interrelated issues on religion, spirituality, social capital,
public role, definitions of and measures towards combating poverty.
The production of religious and spiritual synergies forms a key focus,
particularly in how and what consequences the interaction and
competition between religious traditions in Africa and the African
Diaspora can be within the social arena. Competition and synergy of
spiritualities can actually produce movements of social service such
as education, clinics, poverty alleviation schemes, sustainable
development as they seek to hold market share and sustain relevance.

First, the conference will provide a platform in which researchers on
African and African-derived religions and spiritualities encounter
practitioners of religious traditions and communities firsthand. The
conference will serve as a laboratory in which scholars/researchers
can test their hypotheses and/or present research findings on
respective groups, with corresponding feedback from the practitioners
themselves. Second, the conference attempts to stimulate and foster a
common dialogue, by gathering people with diverse research expertise
on the one hand, and practitioners with varied religious/spiritual
backgrounds on the other, to highlight and explore how and to what
extent African and diaspora religious traditions and spiritualities
may cohere on the critical issues which confront the African
continent, their ?faiths? in relation to the wider, global community.
It is envisaged that the Conference will provide rich information on
beliefs and practices of religious/spiritual traditions and how they
impact on their communities and the larger society. It is intended to
build synergies and forge dialogue on how religious/spiritual
communities in Africa and the African Diaspora can combat poverty and
foster sustainable development.

The conference programme shall focus on the following and related
sub-themes:

religion, spiritualities and sustainable development in Africa
and the African Diaspora
religion/spiritualities, their definitions and alleviation of
poverty
religion, spirituality and politics
religion/spirituality, science and technology
religious, spiritual, cultural identities
new approaches to interfaith dialogue and coexistence

religion, spirituality and African politico-economies
religion, spirituality, social capital and public role
religion and war, violence, conflict resolution and management
religion, spiritualities and health
ethics, socio-cultural values, and social action
African diasporic religions and spiritualities
African and African-derived religions and spiritualities in a new global order

Paper/presentation proposals based or related to one or more of the
above themes are invited from the interested public: scholars,
religious/spiritual communities and organisations, policy makers, and
NGOs. Papers based on theoretical focus, but also pragmatic-centred
research, analysis and implementation schemes that espouse the
construction and negotiation of social and religious-spiritual capital
within Africa and the African Diaspora (the global African community)
will be encouraged.

Interested panelists are invited to submit a paper/abstract proposal
(max. 200 words), stating institutional affiliation, on or before 15
November 2009. Abstract proposals and all correspondences regarding the
conference should be sent electronically (email) to the conference
organisers:

Afe Adogame ? [log in to unmask]
Ishola Williams - [log in to unmask]
Grace Wamue - [log in to unmask]
Mark Shaw - [log in to unmask]

Afe Adogame, PhD
CSWC
School of Divinity
The University of Edinburgh
New College
Mound Place
Edinburgh EH1 2LX
UK.
Tel. +44 (0)131 650 8928
Mob. +44 (0)7784 118 732
Fax. +44 (0)131 650 7952

http://www.div.ed.ac.uk/aadogame.html

The Faculty of Cultural Studies at Munich University (LMU) invites
applications for a
Professorship (W2) in the field of East Asian Religion and Philosophy
(6 years/tenure track)

Candidates demonstrating excellent research and teaching abilities in
the field of East Asian Buddhism are preferred. Responsibilities include
cooperation with interfaculty courses in religious studies and doctoral
programs in Buddhist Studies.

Prerequisites for the position are a doctoral degree, teaching skills
and a record of research equivalent to a German "Habilitation", which
may also be achieved as a junior professor or outside Germany. Courses
may be taught in English, but acquiring a working knowledge of German is
necessary and will be expected. The initial appointment will usually be
for six years. After positive evaluation, the appointment can become
permanent (but no sooner than 3 years after the initial appointment). In
exceptional cases involving outstanding qualifications, the appointment
may be permanent from the beginning.

In general the age of 52 should not be exceeded at the time of
appointment, though exceptions may be considered if outstanding.

The University of Munich is interested in increasing the number of
female faculty members. Women, therefore, are especially encouraged to
apply.

The University supports dual career couples.

The University is an equal opportunity employer and handicapped
candidates with equal qualifications will be given preference.

Applications will include: a letter explaining your interest, a detailed
cv, a list of courses taught, a list of publications. Please submit
applications by December 6, 2009 to the following address: Dean, Faculty
of Cultural Studies, Munich University (LMU), Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
1, D-80539 Munich, Germany. Applications may also be sent via electronic

mail (pdf) to <[log in to unmask]>

Contact information:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Vollmer, LMU Japan Center
Munich University, Department of Asian Studies
Chair of Japanese Studies
Oettingenstrasse 67, D-80538 Muenchen

Tel.: ++49 (0)89-2180-9804
Fax: ++49 (0)89-2180-9801
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.japan.uni-muenchen.de

Second Call for papers

The 4th Christina Conference on Gender Studies - Gender, Nature and Culture
20-22 May 2010, University of Helsinki, Finland

The 4th Christina conference explores the complex connections among
gender, nature and culture. Recent research has increasingly viewed
nature and culture as inherently entangled and inseparable, suggesting
that nature is often understood through discourses of gender and,
conversely, that gender is made sense of through historically contingent
assumptions about nature. Building on this growing body of scholarship,
the conference asks how this mutual intertwining of nature, culture and
gender has been theorized, represented and experienced in the past as
well as the present. The conference aims to be a meeting point for
researchers from different disciplines. The conference is organized by
the research project “Representing and Sensing Nature, Landscape and
Gender” (Academy of Finland) and Gender Studies, University of Helsinki.

The conference has three thematic foci:
* We explore how advances in genomics, evolutionary biology and other
fields of science have refashioned cultural discourses of gender, and
how cultural representations of gender and nature have changed the ways
in which scientific projects are formulated or popularized.
* We ask how works of art (in visual arts, literature, film,etc.)have
imagined and rethought gendered assumptions implicit in the conceptual
distinction between nature and culture that has been so prominent in
Western culture.
* We focus on everyday experiences and the ways in which daily practices
reinforce or challenge cultural assumptions about the connection between
gender and nature.

While addressing these issues, we also explore how assumptions about
gender, nature and culture take shape through discourses of sexuality,
ethnicity and other intersecting categories of difference.

Keynote speakers
Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Sarah Franklin, London School of Economics, UK
Marja-Liisa Honkasalo, Linköping University, Sweden
Priscilla Wald, Duke University, USA

The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite abstracts for individual
20-minute presentations. Research groups can also suggest sessions of
several papers. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Abstracts should
be submitted using the online submission form available on the
conference website. The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2009.

For more information, visit
http://www.helsinki.fi/kristiina-instituutti/conference

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Dear colleagues,

Details of a vacancy at the Higher Education Academy for an Academic Coordinator (Islamic Studies) are available at:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/vacancies/detail/vacancy_1007_2009

The deadline for applications is 06/11/09.

Best wishes,

Rebecca

Dr Rebecca O'Loughlin

Academic Coordinator (Theology)

Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
UK

URL: http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 1166
Fax: +44 (0)113 343 3654
Email: [log in to unmask]

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RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP

The Society, Religion and Belief Research Group at the University of Derby is offering a full-time “Religion and Society” programme studentship on: “The Christian Churches and Developments in the UK: Discrimination and Human Rights Policy, Law and Practice, 2000-2010”.

This studentship is linked with a three year AHRC/ESRC “Religion and Society” programme project (AH/H016074/1) on “Religion and Belief, Discrimination and Equality in England and Wales: Theory, Policy and Practice (2000-2010)”.

If successful, and meeting the AHRC eligibility criteria for awards (which include residency criteria) you’ll receive £13,290 with fees paid at the UK/EU level.

The studentship is based at our Kedleston Road site and must
begin by 4th January 2010.

For more information or to apply, please contact the Research Office on 01332 591060 or [log in to unmask], quoting reference EHSPW094a.

This is a re-advertisement.

Interview date: 18 November 2009

Deadline for applications is 9.00am, 11 November 2009

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Intensive Summer Program on World Religions

2010: Globalizing Religions: Conflict or Conflict Resolution?

http://www.bu.edu/cura/calendar/summer/

The Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) at Boston
University conducts an annual summer seminar. It is organized by the
well-known sociologist of religion Peter L. Berger, co-sponsored with
the School of Theology of Boston University, under the guidance of Dean
John Berthrong. The seminar is generously funded by the Henry Luce
Foundation's Henry R. Initiative on Religion and International Affairs.

The program is an intensive two-week seminar on special topics in
religion and world affairs. The 2010 program will run June 13-25. It
will examine the world's major religious traditions, in each case asking
the following questions: How has each tradition globalized? Has it
contributed to conflict or conflict resolution? The seminar is designed
for professional residents of the United States, with some coming from
abroad, who are concerned with the international role of religion in
politics, economics and social change. Those particularly encouraged to
apply are journalists, policy analysts (in or out of government), and
educators.

The program is taught by a combination of faculty from Boston University
and other universities, as well as by active or former members of the
foreign policy community. Details of the 2010 summer seminar will be
posted here once the program is finalized.

CURA will provide housing and meals for all participants. Travel
fellowships will be available on a competitive basis.

To apply, send a one-page letter of interest, along with a brief CV, and
an indication whether assistance with travel is required, to:

Ms. Laurel Whalen, Administrator
Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs
10 Lenox Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Email: [log in to unmask] Fax: (617)-353-6408
Application Deadline: March 31, 2010