Archive for September 2011

Assistant professor in Korean studies, Binghamton University

09/28/2011 FYI No comments

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University invites appli­ca­tions for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Korean stud­ies begin­ning fall 2012. The dis­ci­pli­nary spe­cialty for this posi­tion is open, but we espe­cially encour­age appli­cants with exper­tise in areas such as cin­ema, visual cul­tures, con­tem­po­rary lit­er­a­ture, or anthropology.

Qualified can­di­dates must hold a PhD or equiv­a­lent degree at the time of appoint­ment. We are seek­ing an out­stand­ing scholar and instruc­tor who has the abil­ity to teach both under­grad­u­ate and grad­u­ate stu­dents. This posi­tion has been made pos­si­ble in part by a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies.

Applicants should sub­mit a cover let­ter, c.v., writ­ing sam­ple, and teach­ing mate­ri­als to http://​bing​ham​ton​.inter​viewex​change​.com and three let­ters of rec­om­men­da­tion to Michael Pettid, Chair Korean Studies Search Committee, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902 – 6000. The review of appli­ca­tions will begin December 15, 2011 and will con­tinue until the posi­tion is filled. AA/EOE.

Research methods for the study of religion

09/27/2011 Research No comments

Folks at the University of Kent have put together a great online resource for Research Methods for the Study of Religion.

‘Research Methods for the Study of Religion’ is an on-line resource, cov­er­ing a wide range of key top­ics in this field, from research design, and the pol­i­tics and ethics of research, to issues in the use of var­i­ous quan­ti­ta­tive and qual­i­ta­tive meth­ods. Developed from the expe­ri­ence of an inten­sive train­ing work­shop for doc­toral stu­dents run in con­junc­tion with the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society pro­gramme, the con­tent on the site includes dis­cus­sion papers, exer­cises, bib­li­ogra­phies, dis­cus­sion ques­tions and links to other rel­e­vant on-line mate­r­ial. We hope that the site will meet the need both of indi­vid­ual researchers look­ing for resources on par­tic­u­larly method­olog­i­cal issues, and lec­tur­ers want­ing source mate­r­ial to use in teach­ing meth­ods courses.

Postdoc research fellow, Columbia University

09/27/2011 FYI No comments

JOB GUIDE NO.:
https://​www​.​h​-net​.org/​j​o​b​s​/​j​o​b​_​d​i​s​p​l​a​y​.​p​h​p​?​i​d​=​4​3​144

Columbia University, Committee on Global Thought
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University seeks 2 – 4 post-doctoral schol­ars for research fel­low­ships for the 2012 – 2013 aca­d­e­mic year, with option to extend for an addi­tional year. The fel­low­ship is open to schol­ars who have or will obtain their doc­tor­ate between August 2010 and August 2012, and who have not held tenure-track positions.

The post-doctoral fel­low­ship of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University brings together an inno­v­a­tive group of inter­dis­ci­pli­nary researchers from around the world and encour­ages inter­dis­ci­pli­nary, transna­tional research. The fel­low­ship pro­vides emerg­ing schol­ars the oppor­tu­nity to work with dis­tin­guished fac­ulty and a fig­u­ra­tive space for col­lab­o­ra­tive research and pub­li­ca­tion. Fellows teach one course per aca­d­e­mic year. Scholars from any dis­ci­pline may apply, pro­vided they illus­trate how their work will con­tribute to Global Thoughts research and teach­ing agenda. Fellows receive an annual salary of $55,000.00, plus research stipend.
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From Religious Diversity to Religious Pluralism, an international conference in Padua, Italy

09/27/2011 FYI No comments

Call for Papers

Theme: From Religious Diversity to Religious Pluralism: What is at Stake?
Type: International Conference
Department of Sociology, University of Padua
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
Location: Padua (Italy)
Date: 15. – 16.February.2012
Deadline: 20.November.2011

The social and reli­gious panorama of the con­tem­po­rary world is chang­ing, due to the grow­ing pres­sure of migra­tion, cul­tural diver­sity, and reli­gious diver­sity in par­tic­u­lar. The pres­ence of cul­tures and tra­di­tions dif­fer­ent from those his­tor­i­cally present in the var­i­ous nations trig­gers processes of relat­ing and com­par­ing many aspects of daily social life, from pol­i­tics to edu­ca­tion, from eco­nom­ics to health­care, from legal insti­tu­tions to media, as well as the rela­tions between gen­er­a­tions and gen­res. The aim of the con­fer­ence is to high­light how the fac­tual sit­u­a­tion of cul­tural and reli­gious diver­sity may lead to indi­vid­ual, social and polit­i­cal choices of orga­nized and rec­og­nized plu­ral­ism. It is a process that leads to rede­fine both the indi­vid­ual and col­lec­tive iden­ti­ties, inces­santly mov­ing along the con­tin­uum that ranges from exclu­sion to inclu­sion. If on one side lib­eral democ­ra­cies acknowl­edge the right of free­dom of reli­gion, on the other side the poli­cies ensur­ing social cohe­sion must con­tin­u­ally nego­ti­ate the com­pe­ti­tion between the shared social val­ues and the spe­cific ones of the dif­fer­ent reli­gions. Starting from the dif­fer­ent lev­els of legit­i­macy granted to reli­gions other than one’s own, the con­nec­tions between reli­gion and pol­i­tics are rede­fined as well as are the con­nec­tions among the var­i­ous reli­gions and between the believ­ers and their own reli­gions. Such an unprece­dented sit­u­a­tion requires new tools both at con­cep­tual and method­olog­i­cal level in order to be described and inter­preted prop­erly. The tran­si­tion from reli­gious diver­sity to reli­gious plu­ral­ism is one of the most impor­tant chal­lenges that will reshape the role of reli­gion in con­tem­po­rary society.

You are invited to sub­mit your papers inves­ti­gat­ing the var­i­ous issues that, from the most diverse and unex­pected points of view, are linked to the theme of reli­gious diver­sity and plu­ral­ism.
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Urban Aspirations in Seoul: Religion and Megacities in Comparative Studies

09/22/2011 Research No comments

Excellent news! I just found out that a col­lab­o­ra­tive research project that I’m involved with, “Urban Aspirations in Seoul: Religion and Megacities in Comparative Studies,” has been awarded a 5-year US$1.25 mil­lion grant by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS). The project is spear­headed by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Germany, and con­ceived as part of a larger study of urban aspi­ra­tions (co-directors: Peter van der Veer and Arjun Appadurai) that com­pares four Asian post­colo­nial megac­i­ties — Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai, and now Seoul.

From what we’ve dis­cussed in the process of devel­op­ing this project pro­posal, it looks like the grant will fund research trips, col­lab­o­ra­tive meet­ings, con­fer­ences, and pub­li­ca­tions to fos­ter ethno­graphic and com­par­a­tive research orga­nized around these three themes: 1) Urban geog­ra­phy of reli­gion; 2) Urban life, spritual life; and 3) Multiple aspirations.

I’ll be in great com­pany, for sure:

  • Peter VAN DER VEER (Max Planck Institute), a renowned anthro­pol­o­gist of reli­gion and nationalism
  • Jin-heon JUNG (Max Planck Institute), cul­tural anthro­pol­o­gist of North Korean migra­tion and South Korean Protestantism
  • Nicholas HARKNESS (Harvard University), lin­guis­tic anthro­pol­o­gist and ethno­g­ra­pher of Korean Christianity
  • SONG Do-young (Hanyang University), cul­tural anthro­pol­o­gist of the city, with exper­tise in North Africa, Islam, and cul­tural geog­ra­phy of Seoul
  • KIM Hyun Mee (Yonsei University), cul­tural anthro­pol­o­gist of gen­der and migra­tion, mar­riage and religion
  • And me, the lone geo­g­ra­pher with inter­ests in cul­tural pol­i­tics of reli­gion, dif­fer­ence, and mobility

I’m incred­i­bly hon­oured and excited to be part of this amaz­ing inter­na­tional col­lab­o­ra­tion, and look for­ward to shar­ing more updates and devel­op­ments here.

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