REL held the business meeting on Thursday April 04, 2024 at ISA 2024 in San Fransisco @ Golden gate 6 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.
REL Section Reception was held at 8.15PM in
Plaza A Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Thanks to the members for joining!
CfP for conference "The Ambivalence of the Sacred in the Age of Polarization: From Religious Nationalism & Civilizationism to Interreligious Solidarity" at Univ. of Sussex, from 25-26 June 2026. Send abstracts/inquiries to Dr Ugo Gaudino ([email protected])
[CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS]
REL Blogs is launching REL Forums in Autumn 2024!
Deadline for submissions is 25 October 2024. Submissions, as well as any questions, may be sent directly to REL Vice Chair, Jason Klocek ([email protected]).
Details: https://t.co/12wsAf9y0R
[CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS]
REL Blogs is launching REL Forums in Autumn 2024!
Deadline for submissions is 25 October 2024. Submissions, as well as any questions, may be sent directly to REL Vice Chair, Jason Klocek ([email protected]).
Details: https://t.co/12wsAf9y0R
Here is the latest update regarding the efforts to designate Buddhist Heritage Month in Canada. Durgesh Kasbekar writes about a "Missing Milestone in Inclusivity, Diversity and Multi-Culturalism in his blog: https://t.co/JfNNPIiKk7
The RELIGION AND IR (ISA SECTION) has updated its leadership page. Visit the leadership page to connect with the community and explore opportunities for collaboration and engagement.
Stay informed, stay connected! https://t.co/xI8T27jfP0. ๐โจ
Also, we hope to see you at the upcoming ISA virtual events in March: 1. Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power https://t.co/ol0dGnVOoF. Andrew Cooper's The Concertation Impulse in World Politics https://t.co/PYxkhoddyq
REL Book Talk event held on "Contextualizing Sectarianism in the Middle East and South Asia: Identity, Competition, and Conflict" is now available at https://t.co/RmpgIjRWuj
REL Book Talk [Feb 14, 2024]
on " Shaping Nations and Markets: Identity Capital, Trade, and the Populist Rage" (Routledge, 2024) by Vinรญcius Guilherme Rodrigues Vieira
Discussants: Dr. Zlatko Hadzidedic and Prof. Aseema Sinha
Register here for the event: https://t.co/BcV2knqqw7
**REL ELECTION RESULTS**
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We congratulate and extend our warm welcome to the new REL Executive members:
Chair: Dr. Jocelyne Cesari
Vice-Chair: Dr. Jason Klocek
We look forward to expanding REL Section and its prominence under your leadership.
***REL Elections***
Please vote for Chair and Vice Chair (2 year terms after ISA 2024) for REL Executive Committee.
Link to the ballot: https://t.co/TQ9O99tzhW
Deadline: 11:59 pm Eastern, January 16, 2024.
We encourage you to vote and lend your voice to our section.
Thank you!
***REL ELECTIONS DEADLINE APPROACHING***
We welcome nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair, of the REL section, commencing in April 2024. Please submit your nominations by December 31, 2023, to REL Secretary Stenly Djatah, at [email protected]
REL Executive Committee Elections 2023:
Please send nominations for REL Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary (2 year term from April 2024) with include a 200-word statement explaining why the nominee is suitable for the position.
Nominations submission deadline: December 05, 2023.
Nominees may self-nominate. Do not nominate someone without their consent. All nominees must be REL members.
Please send names of nominees and 200-word statements to Stenly Djatah, REL Secretary, at [email protected] no later than December 05, 2023.
Check the recording of the #BerkleyCenter seminar On the Significance of Religion for the Sustainable Development Goals https://t.co/9CX8sUy3GU via @YouTube
REL 2023 AWARDS [2/2] !
4. Honorable Mentions for Mark Juergensmeyer Best Dissertation Award: Simon Polinder, Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein, Aidan Milliff, Emma Rosenberg
5. Emerging Scholar Award: Ahmet Erdi Ozturk
Details on REL website: https://t.co/Bi4Y448Afg
REL 2023 AWARDS [1/2]!
1. REL Book Award: Mark Fathi Massoud (Shariโah, Inshallah: Finding God in Somali Legal Politics)
2. Mark Juergensmeyer Best Dissertation Award: Alon Burstein
3. Runners Up for Mark Juergensmeyer Best Dissertation Award: Irmak Yazici &
Misbah Hyder