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Morning all, Please find following this week's job list. In case anyone had missed it, I have also attached a call for papers for the SocRel 2011 Conference. The deadline for abstracts has been extended to this Friday (19th November). Best wishes, Mat. ------- Supernumerary Teaching Fellowship In Theology St John's College, Oxford http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ABW899/ Associate Teaching Fellow Theology & Religion College of Humanities University of Exeter http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ABX320/ Research Associate "Good Practice in Diaconal Ministry" Research Project Durham University http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ABX529/ Assistant Lecturer in Theology Mater Dei Institute of Education http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ABX681/ Postdoctoral Fellows Humanities, Social Sciences and Related Professional Disciplines United States Studies Centre http:// jobs.ac.uk/job/ABX497/ Type: Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Deadline: December 15th, 2010 This employer will conduct interviews at the NWSA Employment Service Fair: Description: Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, will offer two postdoctoral fellowships in Islamic Studies, each for two-year appointments beginning in 2011-12. Fellowships will reside in any of the following three areas/departments: Anthropology, Religion or Women's Studies. Thus, we invite applications from recent PhDs who can teach Islamic Studies courses in Cultural Anthropology or in Religion, and/or within our Women's Studies program. The two-year non-renewable postdoctoral fellowships are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and provide the opportunity to teach in a liberal arts college setting. Fellows will have the opportunity to craft and teach courses in their areas of specialty. The teaching load is 2 courses in the first year and 3 courses in the second. Each fellow will be mentored by a scholar within their field (i.e. Anthropology, Religion or Women's Studies) and also will be provided with a mentor outside of their field. Wheaton College is a selective liberal arts institution known for creativity in its curriculum. Our faculty have significant mentoring experience with new teachers in postdoctoral and junior faculty appointments. We seek candidates who are committed to strengthening their teaching in a liberal arts setting. Application Address: To apply, please send a c.v. and a cover letter which describes your areas of specialty and a statement about your interest in teaching in a liberal arts environment. Please also send material on your teaching history, which includes sample syllabi and course evaluations. Applications will be accepted until both positions are filled, but preliminary interviews will be conducted at the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). Thus, review of applications will begin in November 2010. Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Evelyn Staudinger, Provost's Office, 508-286-3580 or 508-286-8212. Please send TWO copies of application materials. The first should be sent ELECTRONICALLY to Serene Khader at [log in to unmask] The second copy should be sent in HARD COPY to: Evelyn Staudinger, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Provost's Office, Wheaton College, 26 East Main Street, Norton, MA 02766. Though we will be considering applications until December, we hope to interview as many candidates as possible at NWSA, so please submit materials as soon as possible for fullest consideration. Application E-Mail: [log in to unmask] CALL FOR PAPERS ?Religion and Social Theory: Developing a New Agenda for the Sociology of Religion? 11th April ? 13th April 2011 Woodbrooke Conference Centre, Birmingham Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Bryan Turner (City University of New York) Prof. Steve Bruce (University of Aberdeen) An engagement with sociological theory holds great promise for the study of religion. The founders of sociological thought gave a great deal of attention to the questions of religion in modernity; after this golden age for the sociology of religion, mainstream sociology and sociological theorising seemed to lose interest in these questions. Of late, religion seems to be back on the agenda, although often such reflections are not well informed by the kinds of substantive expertise that sociologists of religion are able to offer. This presents sociologists of religion with real opportunities to engage in new ways with the core of the sociological enterprise. This conference will begin to develop a new agenda for sociology of religion and its engagement with social theory, both in its more abstract and concrete empirical forms. As such, the conference aims to promote an engagement with theory?which by no means suggests a wish to neglect empirical concerns. We invite proposals for papers on the broad theme of the conference. The following subthemes are of particular interest: * Reappraisal of classical sociological theories * Contemporary Social Theory and religion (eg. Feminist, Risk, Actor Network, Globalisation) * New theoretical paradigms * Method and theory: conjunction and/or conflict * Empirical uses of contemporary theory * Theories drawn from other substantive areas (history, culture, migration, gender, class, consumption, politics), as applied to for the sociology of religion * Secularism and post-secularism Individual paper proposals (200 words) or proposals for panels of three or four related papers (300 words) should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by November 19th, 2010. SOCREL-PG is the Postgraduate e-mail list of the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group. 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