July 2024 Events and Opportunities

Below, find upcoming events and open calls for papers, grants, fellowships, and more. 

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Have you registered yet for the in-person November Annual Meeting, happening November 23-26, 2024? There will be over 1,000 events, including many academic sessions, workshops, meetings, receptions, and tours. The Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall will feature more than 100 publishers, and you will be able to pitch ideas, connect with others, and review the latest publications within the field. Learn more. 

Calls for Papers                 

• The Lion and the Unicorn Special Issue: Twenty-First-Century Religion and Culture in Youth Literature (Deadline: July 15, 2024)

• Religions, "Religion and Politics: Historical Developments and Contemporary Transformations" (Deadline: August 1, 2024)

• University of Notre Dame: Conference on the History of Women Religious: Lives and Archives (Deadline: August 15, 2024)

• Equinox Publishing, UK and CrossCurrents (University of North Carolina Press), "Religion and the Work of Art" (Deadline for CrossCurrents: August 31, 2024 | Deadline for Equinox Volume: December 31) 

• Religions, "Re-Imagining the Woman’s “Curse”: Redemptive Readings of Genesis 3:16" (Deadline: September 1, 2024)

• Cushwa Center 50th Anniversary Conference: "Catholic Modernity in the Americas: Land, Culture, Politics" (Deadline: September 15, 2024) 

• Religions, "Situating Religious Cognition" (Deadline: October 1, 2024)

• Swiss Center for Islam and Society (SZIG), in collaboration with Cardiff University (UK) International Conference: "Muslim Chaplaincy. Practice, Research and Recognition" (Deadline: October 1, 2024)

• IAHR 2025 World Congress: "OUT OF EUROPE: Studying Religion(s) in Interconnected Worlds" (Deadline: December 1, 2024)

• Topical Issues, Open Theology vol. 2024 (Ongoing)

• Bloomsbury Book Series | Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity - Bloomsbury has launched a 25-volume series on lived Christianity in the world's great cities (13 have been contracted so far). Prospective authors are invited to submit a proposal for a major world city that you have expertise in. All proposals are peer-reviewed. (Ongoing)

Awards, Fellowships, Grants, and Further Scholarship    

• ACLS Fellowships (Various deadlines)        

• St. Louis Catholic Archives Visiting Researcher Grant: Center for Research on Global Catholicism (CRGC) (Deadline for Summer/Fall: May 1 | Deadline for Winter/Spring: August 15) 

• Claremont Book Prize at Columbia University's Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL) (Deadline: September 3, 2024)

Conferences and Events

• Newberry "Religion and Culture in the Americas" Seminars (Various Dates)

• Feminist Studies in Religion Pop Up Event at ISBL 2024 (Wednesday, July 31 | 5PM)

Contents

• Calls for Papers
• Fellowships, Grants, and Further Scholarship
• Awards
• Events

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The AAR accepts calls for papers, grant news, conference announcements, and other opportunities appropriate for scholars of religion. All listings will be reviewed before posting and may be edited. Please include a link to your website. 

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