Entries for July 2018
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2018-07-31
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Religious identity may fuel perceptions of discrimination, Rice University research shows
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2018-07-29
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International Society for the Sociology of Religion 35th Conference
Call for Papers
Date: July 9‐12, 2019
Venue: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The last ISSR conference on ‘Religion and Politics’ was organized in...
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2018-07-28
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The Religion and Diversity Project was a $2.5 million, 7 year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) housed at the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).
The project add...
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2018-07-27
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University of Oxford, Faculty of Oriental Studies
Call for Applications
Application Deadline: September 14, 2018
This is an opportunity for an outstanding scholar to join the research project Qur’anic Commentary: An Integrative Paradigm (QuC...
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2018-07-26
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The ISSR was founded in Leuven, Belgium in 1948 as the "Conférence Internationale de Sociologie Religieuse" (International Conference for Religious Sociology). After several years of meeting as a confessional organization, with members from mo...
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2018-07-25
1166 Views
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Group Annual Symposium
Date: October 26-27, 2018
Venue: The Franke Institute, 1100 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium is an endeavor of the Shiʿi Studies Grou...
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2018-07-24
1338 Views
Across Western Europe, people who say they personally know a Muslim are generally more likely than others to have positive opinions of Muslims and their religion, according to a recent Pew Research Center study in 15 countries. However, knowing somet...
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2018-07-23
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Formation of Muslim Female Faith & Educational Leadership within European Muslim Diaspora
Date: September 3-5, 2018
Venue: Arden House, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
The first Warwick Islamic Education Summer School, held in Sept...
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2018-07-18
1230 Views
A record number of Muslim Americans ran for statewide or national office this election cycle, the most since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, made Islam a political target for many, according to Muslim political groups. The Muslim civil rights g...
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2018-07-17
1335 Views
Religious education in schools is outdated and should be replaced with a new subject: religion, belief and values, and the right of parents to withdraw their children from classes should be scrapped, according to the former Labor education secretary ...
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2018-07-06
1305 Views
The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) is a newly-founded organization intended to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods. By ‘Islamicate,’ we mean the literatures an...
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2018-07-06
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Call for Papers
Date: October 6–7, 2018
Venue: The University of Chicago, 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Paper Submission Deadline: August 15, 2018
The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its second annual wo...
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2018-07-05
1123 Views
Re/presenting Islam on Campus
Date: September 6-7, 2018
Venue: The Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS, University of London, UK
Many of today’s prestigious universities, including Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, have Christian foundations (A...
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2018-07-05
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Date: October 19-20, 2018
Venue: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Paper Submission Deadline: July 30, 2018
Keynote Speaker: Sherman A. Jackson, University of Southern California
The SoCal Islamic Studies Graduate Student C...
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2018-07-04
1156 Views
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei
Call for Applications
Hours: Full Time
Application Deadline: July 31, 2018
Over the past decade Universiti Brunei Darussalam has been on an exciting progressive journey of change, from what is fundamen...
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2018-07-04
1196 Views
Call for Papers
Date: March 20-21, 2019
Venue: SOAS University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, UK
Paper Submission Deadline: September 15, 2018
Adherence into the social-cum-cultural group of ʿulamāʾ was rela...
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2018-07-03
1131 Views
Date: July 18, 2018
Venue: The University of Manchester, Simon Building, Dover Street, Manchester, M13 9PS, UK
The Muslims in Britain Research Network, in collaboration with the University of Manchester, is very pleased to announce that it will hol...
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2018-07-02
1202 Views
Islamic primary schools contribute to the integration of Muslims in Dutch society and offer children a sense of belonging and prepare them for Dutch society. Marietje Beemsterboer states in her PhD dissertation that the prejudice that Islamic primary...
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2018-07-02
1262 Views
"Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe" is a Research project of the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. All religions, which are today commonly known as world religions, have their origin ...
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2018-07-01
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Archbishop Cesare Pasini, Prefect of the Vatican Library, announced on Wednesday the opening of the DigiVatLib, a shortening of digital Vatican Library. The Archbishop explained that over the last five years the Vatican Library has become involved in...
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2018-07-01
1307 Views
The UK’s first access course in Islamic Education has been launched by the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick. The short course is designed to bridge the gap between traditional Islamic seminaries and modern higher educat...
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2018-07-01
1400 Views
International Society for the Sociology of Religion 35th Conference
Call for Session
Date: July 9-12, 2019
Venue: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Proposal Submission Deadline: August 30, 2018
While we initially planne...
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2018-07-01
1657 Views
A Special Issue of Societies
Call for Papers
Guest Editor: Dr. Natana J. DeLong-Bas
Publisher: MDPI
Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 30, 2018
This call for papers for a peer-reviewed special issue on “Women in Islam” invites...
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2018-07-01
1256 Views
The religious landscape of Western Europe is changing. The Christian population is declining, while the share of religiously unaffiliated adults is increasing. The Muslim population is growing as a result of immigration and higher fertility rates. Me...
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