2016
Call for Papers: ACLARS conference in Addis Ababa
The organizing committee of the African Consortium of Law and Relgion Studies (ACLARS) is pleased to announce the fourth conference on Law and Religion in Africa which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the University of Addis Ababa and held at the African Union from Sunday, May 22, 2016 to Tuesday, May 24, 2016.
NOTE: Professor Rosalind Hackett has informed us that papers do not need to be law and religion as such, but research on religious groups or practices that has legal or rights implications.
For more information, see: http://www.iclrs.org/content/blurb/files/ACLARS%20Call%20for%20papers%202016.pdf
2015
Two Visiting Research Fellowship 2016-17 at Cambridge, UK
The Centre of African Studies at Cambridge University invites applications for two Visiting Research Fellowships.
Closing data: 15 January 2016
2015
Proposals Requested for New Book Series on Africana Religions
Pennsylvania State University Press invites proposals for its new book series on Africana Religions.
“The book series will emphasize the translocal nature of Africana religions across national, regional, and hemispheric boundaries,” according to series co-editor Sylvester A. Johnson of Northwestern University,
“We want to publish academic monographs in addition to books designed for classroom use about Africana religious experiences, identities, beliefs, aesthetics, ethics, and institutions,” said Edward E. Curtis IV, co-editor from the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis. “And we welcome a variety of methods, including archival, theoretical, literary, sociological, and ethnographic approaches.”
The series’ prestigious editorial board includes Afe Adogame of Princeton Theological Seminary, Sylviane Diouf of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Paul Christopher Johnson of the University of Michigan, Elizabeth Pérez of Dartmouth College, Elisha P. Renne of the University of Michigan, and Judith Weisenfeld of Princeton University.
Potential authors should send 3-5 page proposals outlining the intent of the project, its scope, its relation to other work on the topic, and potential audience. Please include one or two sample chapters if available. The proposal and current CV can be sent to the editors at series@africanareligions.org.
Book Series Flyer: Africana_Religion_Series
2015
‘The Spirituality of Africa’, an interview with Prof. Jacob Olupona
By Anthony Chiorazzi, Harvard Correspondent
October 6, 2015
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/the-spirituality-of-africa/
2015
Photos from IAHR 2015 Congress
Check out a few photos from the recent IAHR Congress in Erfurt, Germany: https://www.a-asr.org//iahr-2015-congress-photos/
If you have any photos you’d like to share with the AASR, email these to Corey Williams: c.l.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl
