Archived News and Events

• 17-18 June 2014     
• University College London
• The Bodily and Material Cultures of Religious Subjectivation

•  15 October 2014
• Deadline for applications
• University of Pennsylvania job, "Assistant Professor in Religious Studies and Material/Visual Culture"
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• 31 October 2014
• Deadline for applications
• Multiple research opportunities in London
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• 31 October 2014
• Deadline for applications
• University of Toronto job, "Assistant Professor in Religion and Media"
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• 31 October 2014
• Deadline for applications
• Series Editor sought for Material Religion
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•  22 November 2014
• Session at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, 4:00pm
• "Ritual Objects and Materiality in the Study of Native American Traditions"
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• 5 December 2014
• Session at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, 11:00am
• "Material and Sensory Attachment: Intimate Engagement in Religion and Politics"
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•  15 December 2014
• Deadline for submissions
• Call for papers, Preternature Issue 5:1, "The Place of the Preternatural"
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•  22-23 January 2015 
• Musée du quai Branly, Paris
• "Religious Materialities: An International Colloquium"
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• 29 January 2015
• Duke University
• "Materiality & Embodiment in Sacred Economies of Exchange"
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• 1 April 2015
• Deadline for applications 
• Bard Graduate Center Visiting Fellowships
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•  2 April 2015 
• Deadline for applications
• Musée du Quai Branly Research Fellowships
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• 3-4 September 2015
• University College London
• International Conference "Dionysus in Rome" (limited graduate bursaries)
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• 11-12 September 2015
•  Duke University
• "Material Religion: Embodiment, Materiality, Technology" 
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• November 4, 2015, Workshop on Material and Sensual Religion
• The Open University, Depts. of Classical and Religious Studies (Marion Bowman, Emma-Jayne Graham, Graham Harvey and Jessica Hughes.)
• Venue: The Orchard Room, Hotel Mercure Milton Keynes Parkside House
• Email jessica.hughes@open.ac.uk by Sunday 1st November to reserve a place.
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• December 10, 2015, CFP Deadline. The End of the World, A Universal Imagination
• International Symposium Nantes, France, June 8-10, 2016. 
• The focus of the conference is the material culture of apocalypticism in a variety of religions. The powerful role of myth seems to structure the conception of the end, from ancient religions to modern warnings about impending ecological disaster. The importance of images, objects, temples, and shrines for enhancing the imagination of the end merits careful attention.
• Keynote speakers: Christiane Gruber, Asqar Montazerolqaem, David Morgan.
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• 18 April 2016, CFP for Panel on Material Religion.
• Part of Conference of the International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture. 9-11 September 2016, University of Glasgow. 
• Panel Convenor: S. Brent Plate, splate@hamilton.edu
• Objects and media, bodies and senses, books and symbols, spaces and times, all operate together to shape religious worlds. Materiality stands at the heart of religious life. We are interested in papers or panels that explore some of these dimensions. In keeping with the conference theme, we are especially interested in thinking about the transformation of objects and bodies as they cross cultural and political borders, or occupy different sites. This includes transitions from ritual settings to museums, and libraries to sanctuaries. We are also interested in receiving proposals on the ‘material texts’, and will be arranging a session in conjunction with the University of Glasgow Library Special Collections.
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