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.

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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  
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November 19th, 2010.

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