Call for Papers: The quarterly peer-reviewed Russian language journal "State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide" / "Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov' v Rossii i za rubezhom" will dedicate a special issue in the spring of 2020 to religion, new media and social change.

Palgrave Communications the open access journal from Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature), which publishes research across the humanities and social sciences, is pleased to announce the launch of a new research article collection (‘special issue’) on Religion and Poverty.

The Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge is advertising for the position of University Lecturer in the Study of Religion.

The Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship supports the last year of dissertation research that engages issues within religion & philanthropy or faith & giving. Applicants representing all fields of study are encouraged to apply.

The Davidson College Department of Sociology invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professorship beginning July 1, 2019.

Despite increasing secularization and a decreasing role played by institutionalized religions in the western world, many scholars within the study of religion continue to focus their inquiries on the study of the religious, without giving much attention to non-believers. Scholars interested in the evolutionary study of atheism (including unbelief, nonbelief, agnosticism, etc.) are encouraged to submit their paper proposals to the special issue of the “Studia Humana” journal.

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan East Asia has varieties of religious institutions and communities, folk religions and new religions, and atheism and other secularisms. The research on religion in East Asia needs historical, sociological, political, and other perspectives.

The Programs in Jewish Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University invite applications for the position of Mellon Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Judaism beginning in the 2019 fall semester. This is a non-tenure-track position with a 3-year appointment.

We are seeking a specialist in one or more of three fields: Science and Technology, Religion, or Social Policy. The successful candidate will be interested in teaching primarily online and working with sociology faculty to strengthen our online teaching.

The annual meeting of Div. 36 (the Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) provides a supportive academic forum where professionals discuss the latest research findings and advances in the psychology of religion and spirituality. We are now accepting proposals for posters, papers and symposia.

Istituto di Storia del Cristianesimo "Cataldo Naro" PFTIM S. Luigi - Naples, April 9-10, 2019

New Extended Deadline! The Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame will host a Younger Scholars in the Sociology of Religion Conference, bringing advanced graduate students and early assistant professors to campus.

The chair of the sociology of religion at University Münster and the chair of practical theology at University Siegen are organizing the conference “Religiosity in east and West – Conceptual and Methodological Challenges” in Münster, Germany, on 25-27th June 2019.

The Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race (TRRR) invites presentation proposals for its 2019 conference, which will convene at Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR), Hekima University College in Nairobi, Kenya, July 1-5.

Loyola University Chicago’s Department of Sociology seeks to fill an Assistant Professor tenure-stream position beginning in Fall 2019. We are especially interested in hiring a candidate whose primary expertise in urban sociology whose substantive interests contribute to areas of department need such as environmental sociology, race, or religion with a methodological specialty in ethnography.