Join the SSSR on Monday, March 18, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a webinar on Religious Freedom to explore what religious freedom means to both dominant and subordinate religious groups. Moderated by Eric L. McDaniel, Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, the panel will feature Nazita Lajevardi, Department of Political Science at Michigan State University, Jason Klocek, School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, and Gary Adler, Department of Sociology and Criminology at Penn State University. The panel will highlight the current debates and research about religious freedom. The webinar is free of charge. Just send an email to office@sssreligion.org by Friday, March 15, 2024 with "Religious Freedom Webinar" in the subject line, and you will be emailed the webinar link.

From the perspective of a journal editor, this webinar will provide young scholars with tips they should consider when writing peer-reviewed manuscripts for publication. The webinar will be held on Friday, April 26, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The presenter will be R. Khari Brown of Wayne State University. This webinar is free of charge. To register, please email office@sssreligion.org with "Publishing Webinar" in the subject line by Wednesday, April 24, 2024, and you will be emailed the webinar link.

Practices of women’s modesty, such as donning modest attire, covering the head or abiding by traditional gender relations, has significant religious, cultural, and social importance in Jewish and Muslim communities. This webinar seeks to delve into motivations and practices of Orthodox Jewish and Muslim women in Canada, the U.S. and Israel. Bringing together scholars from these two groups, this webinar aims to explore the intersections of ethnoreligious belief and belonging, as well as the researchers’ worldviews and the ways these views shape the research process. Participants: Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard University; Ilana Celeste, University of Pittsburgh; Valentina Gaddi, University of Montreal, Canada; Adina Bankier-Karp, Monash University, Australia; Sawsan Kheir, University of Haifa, Israel and Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Moderator: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College. Register at office@sssreligion.org.