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Read the latest issue of the Journal of Law and Religion here. Be sure to check out the growing list of titles in our open access archive and FirstView content below:
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CSLR’s Professor Johan van der Vyver honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa
CSLR’s Professor Johan van der Vyver was honored on November 24 with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. The award recognized his pathbreaking (and ongoing) contributions as a legal scholar, especially in the area of human rights. You can watch a short excerpt of last week’s award ceremony in Johannesburg, where Prof. van der Vyver’s grandson (and namesake) accepted the award on his behalf: https://youtu.be/Vvd1B6ZAV1o?t=13895.
Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the NWU is of special significance to Professor van der Vyver, because his departure from the then Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE) in 1978 was under less than pleasant circumstances. He provoked the ire of the government for criticizing the country’s apartheid security legislation, and under pressure from the government, the University Council barred him from teaching for a semester and from publishing anything controversial. Unwilling to accept this, he resigned and accepted a position at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). Prof. van der Vyver says receiving this award is one of the highlights of his academic career. He spent 28 happy years at Potchefstroom and being acknowledged by his Alma Mater is therefore particularly moving.
We are proud and grateful to have Prof. van der Vyver as a colleague at CSLR. May we all be as true to our own callings as he has been to his.
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Read the latest essays from Canopy Forum, https://canopyforum.org:
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Virtual Conference: The Promise and Perils of Religious Arbitration: New Research, Emerging Trends, and Practitioners’ Perspectives
Date: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 12-2 pm EST
This virtual conference sponsored by the Canopy Forum of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory (CSLR) brings together scholars, experts and practitioners to examine key trends, practices, and problems related to arbitration tribunals in religious communities in the United States. These issues are especially salient when posed in the context of faith-based dispute resolution processes that are designed not only to resolve disputes, but to do so in ways that promote shared religious principles and values. Learn more here.
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"Those who may have wanted to exploit us and to subject us to injustice and oppression should really not have given us the Bible, because that placed dynamite under their nefarious schemes." The Center for the Study of Law and Religion and Canopy Forum join the world in remembering Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Read “The First Word: To Be Human is to be Free” by Desmond M. Tutu on Canopy Forum.
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Funding Opportunity: Emory Global Health Institute's 2022 Field Scholars Program
Deadline: February 21, 2022
The Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) annually funds multidisciplinary teams of students to conduct global health projects in collaboration with an Emory faculty member and in-country partner organization. The EGHI Field Scholars Awards Program typically funds projects that take place in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs), however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EGHI will also accept project applications that take place anywhere in the United States, including Atlanta, so long as the project focuses on an underserved or vulnerable population.
Project work, whether it be virtually or in the field, will take place during summer 2022.
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Pitts Theology Library’s Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale
Date: March 1-2, 2022, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, CST 360
Get great deals on thousands of books from the collections of David Pacini, Philip Reynolds, Jan Love, Ellen Ott Marshall, Steven Kraftchick, Karen Scheiband more! Get more details and a preview at pitts.emory.edu/booksale. Note: Accepted payment methods include cash, check, and card. Emory Cards are required for entry on March 1, 2022 from 8am–11am.
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Job Opportunity: Digital Scholarship Support Team
Deadline: Rolling Basis
CSLR publishes Canopy Forum, a rapidly growing online publication focused on cutting-edge research and digital scholarship, and recently launched the Interactions podcast. Our student team assists with web-design and formatting, editing articles, developing marketing strategies, podcast recording/production, soliciting new articles and multimedia publications from leading scholars, and more. Students with an entrepreneurial spirit flourish at CSLR and have opportunities to develop skills and experience relevant to their specific career goals. We view our students as full team members with the potential to make substantive contributions to our Center’s mission. You will be treated as a professional, encouraged to grow, and expected to deliver results.
Successful applicants for this position will assist CSLR scholars with a range of tasks and projects; develop and format new forms of digital scholarship; perform administrative/office work; compile and organize contact lists of scholars and other leaders in our field of study; provide insights, ideas, and feedback about CSLR’s marketing and outreach strategies; support social media design and curation; and assist with other projects and administrative tasks. There may also be opportunities to participate in academic research with CSLR faculty and fellows.
Summer employees may work remotely and/or in the CSLR office suite at Emory Law School, depending partly on Emory’s evolving social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Find more information here.
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Scholarly and Professional Opportunities
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Call for Papers: The Reality of International Legal Theory - Reality in International Legal Theory (ESIL IGITLP European Conference Series on the Theory and Philosophy of International Law)
Deadline: February 14, 2022
Reality and realism are two important topics in 21st century theoretical thought about international law. Theory must, one argument goes, remain connected to the reality of the law – the real law – in order to be relevant to the practices and arguments of lawyers. Various shades of (international) legal realist argument vie with approaches foregrounding empirical aspects and methods to find out about the law and how it is ‘lived’. Both acceptance by peers as well as research funding is dependent on fulfilling the requirement of ‘interdisciplinarity’, which often focuses heavily on the socio-empirical over normative aspects of law. The philosophy of legal science or theory of legal scholarship has a lot to say about such arguments and requirements, both in its deconstructive and in its constructive modes. Another way of thinking about ‘reality’ is the way in which international legal theoretical arguments, approaches, schools or theorems are actually used – both by scholars and practitioners. How is theory used and abused, how is it practiced?
We are looking for a wide range of voices and takes on this topic from all corners of international legal scholarship and practice – both established and early career scholars, practitioners and ‘stakeholders’ – representing a wide range of views, including critical and mainstream, ‘conservative’ and ‘progressive’. In selecting the speakers, we will aim to secure a balance of views, backgrounds and approaches. Learn more here.
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6th Annual Graduate Conference in Religion and Ecology. New Seeds, Strong Roots: Environmental Hope, Healing, Restoration (Yale Divinity School)
Date: February 25 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST
Hosted at Yale University, the Graduate Conference in Religion and Ecology reflects a desire to provide a space for students to engage in dynamic, interdisciplinary conversations across curricular boundaries, and strives to connect ethos with ethics, and ethics to applicable practicality. How do beliefs about the environment affect the use of and engagement with the natural world? As an international interdisciplinary conference, they host students researching Environmental Studies, Environmental Humanities, Forestry, Conservation, History, Historiography, Social Sciences, Food Studies, Philosophy, Ethics & Morals, Theology, Religious Studies, Animal Ethics, Law & Policy, and Business & Management, among others.
The theme of this year’s conference inspires participants to think about the value of acknowledging and establishing roots in our communities—in our religious communities, local ecologies, and national governance. Our understanding of healing, restoration, and hope will shape our response to environmental crises for present and future generations. Learn more here.
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Call for Papers: 2022 Notre Dame Church, State & Society Writing Competition (Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School)
Deadline: March 1, 2022
The Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School is pleased to announce a writing competition on topics and questions within the Program’s focus. This writing competition requests student-authored scholarly papers and will honor winners with cash awards. The purpose of this writing competition is to encourage scholarship related to the intersection of church, state & society, and in particular how the law structures and governs that intersection.
Prizes: First Place, $3,000 cash award; Second Place, $2,000 cash award; Third Place, $1,000 cash award; Honorable Mention awards of $500.
Submissions: Papers must be submitted by March 1st, 2022. Winners will be announced on or before May 6th, 2022. Papers must be e-mailed in .pdf form. Each submission must include a cover letter (that summarizes the paper and states the paper word count) and resume in a separate .pdf document. Papers should not include author names in order to ensure that submissions to judges can be scored with anonymity. Emailed submissions should be sent with “2022 Writing Competition” in the subject line, and addressed to: acummin2@nd.edu. Learn more here.
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2022 Church History Symposium: Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty - Historical and Global Perspectives (Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center)
Deadline: March 10, 2022
The Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University together with the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announce the 2022 Church History Symposium to be held on March 10–11, 2022. The symposium will convene at Brigham Young University on March 10 and at the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City on March 11. Keynote speakers include Elder Gerrit W. Gong, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Constitutional Law and History. Learn more here.
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High School Essay Contest: Religious Liberty (Baptist Joint Committee)
Deadline: March 14, 2022
Religious freedom for prisoners in the United States is protected through the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Subject to safety and security concerns, prisoners may engage in various religious practices during their incarceration. Sometimes prisoners on death row ask for a spiritual adviser to be present in the execution chamber before the government puts them to death.
In an essay using the First Amendment and RLUIPA, discuss whether prisoners should have the right to have a religious adviser present in the execution chamber and what, if any, final religious practices a prisoner should be able to request.
Students must fill out this Google Form with essays (800-1200 words) uploaded within the form (further submission instructions, including an alternate method of submission for those without Google accounts, can be found in the Google Form). Submissions must be completed no later than March 14, 2022.
Requirements
- Submitted essays should be in 12-point type, double-spaced. To ensure fairness, your name (or any other identifying info) should not appear on any page.
- Essays must have a title at the top of the first page of the essay (do not use a title page).
- Essays must be between 800-1,200 words, not counting the title and bibliography.
- Sources must be used, cited and credited in a bibliography, consistent with an accepted citation style. Wikipedia may not be used as a source.
Essays failing to meet the requirements will not be judged. All essays become property of BJC.
Winners will be announced by the end of summer 2022. The first-place winner will be recognized at the BJC board meeting in October 2022. Entrants will hear from BJC by email after the winners are selected.
If you have questions, contact Director of Education Charles Watson Jr. at cwatson@BJConline.org.
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Freedom From Religion Foundation Law Student Essay Contest (Freedom from Religion Foundation)
Deadline: March 15, 2022
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to announce its fourth annual essay competition for law school students.
Law students are invited to submit a no more than 1,500-word essay on why religious exemptions from vaccine requirements are not required. The contest will award $10,000 in prize money, with $4,000 for first place, $3,000 for second and $2,000 for third place, plus $500 discretionary awards for honorable mentions.
People who oppose Covid-19 vaccines for political or other reasons are now abusing religious exemptions in order to flout vaccine mandates. Against this backdrop, lawsuits have surged, challenging vaccine requirements on religious grounds and arguing that the First Amendment requires religious exemptions.
Entrants to the law school essay competition are being asked to craft an argument that religious exemptions from vaccine requirements are not legally required — addressing constitutional questions as well as other legal issues raised by such mandates. Learn more here.
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Fellowship: Olin-Searle-Smith-Darling Fellows in Law (The Federalist Society)
Deadline: March 15, 2022
The Olin-Searle-Smith-Darling Fellows in Law program will offer top young legal thinkers the opportunity to spend one to two years working full time on writing and developing their scholarship with the goal of entering the legal academy.
A distinguished group of academics will select the Fellows. Criteria include:
- Dedication to teaching and scholarship
- A J.D. and extremely strong academic qualifications (such as significant clerkship or law review experience)
- Commitment to the rule of law and intellectual diversity in legal academia
- The promise of a distinguished career as a legal scholar and teacher
Fellows will also be expected to participate either in person or virtually in an interactive workshop series offering peer and faculty feedback to help them develop their scholarship. They will also be expected to participate in an introductory workshop at the beginning of the fellowship as well as a job talk workshop to help them prepare for the academic market. Stipends will include $70,000 plus health benefits. The Fellowship will be housed at a top law school, selected in consultation with the Fellowship Selection Committee, the Fellow, and the law school. Learn more here.
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2022 Annual Tenenbaum Lecture: Judaism and Climate Change: Environmental Ethics and Social Activism (Tam Institute for Jewish Studies)
Date: March 21st at 7:30 pm EST
The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University will feature Prof. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson of Arizona State University as the speaker for this year’s Tenenbaum Family Lecture in Judaic Studies. The lecture, which will take place on Monday, Mar. 21 at 7:30pm, will address the topic: “Judaism and Climate Change: Environmental Ethics and Social Activism.” The program is tentatively scheduled for an in-person audience and will also be available to remote viewers on Zoom.
Drawing on Tirosh-Samuelson’s broader work on the intersection of Judaism and ecology, the lecture will present climate change as the most significant challenge to the future of humanity and other life forms on Earth. It will explore how, along with other world religions, Judaism has recognized the challenges posed by climate change and has inspired its own forms of religious environmentalism. The lecture will identify the principles that guide Jewish environmental ethics and the characteristics of Jewish environmental activism. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between religious and secular dimensions of Jewish climate advocacy that links ecological justice to social justice. Learn more here.
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2022 Annual Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Date: March 29-30th, 2022
The annual Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State travel to campuses across the country, bringing a speaker to engage with the community and inspire students to stand up for religious freedom for all people. The Shurden Lectures are returning to Mercer University in 2022. Join BJC on March 29-30 in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia to hear from the Rev. Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine. Learn more here.
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2022 James Kent Summer Academy Fellowship: Olin-Searle-Smith-Darling Fellows in Law (The Federalist Society)
Deadline: March 31, 2022
The Federalist Society’s James Kent Summer Academy is a program for law students and recent graduates who demonstrate strong potential for being leaders among a future generation of legal scholars. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in academic discourse, to learn about an academic career track, to deepen their understanding of key ideas about the law, originalism, the administrative state, and markets and the law, and to receive personalized career planning and publishing guidance.
The Academy will take place August 3-6, 2022 in Annapolis, MD. This all-expenses-paid conference will include seminar-style sessions guided by a group of leading faculty, informational sessions and workshops for professional development, and the opportunity to connect to a community of talented students and scholars. Participants will also receive invitations to ongoing events and academic and professional development resources throughout the year. Learn more here.
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Conference & Call for Papers: Religion and Diversity (European Academy of Religion)
Deadline: April 3, 2022
The Fifth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion will take place in Bologna, June 20-23, 2022. The overarching topic of the Conference will be Religion and Diversity. Starting from November 2, it is possible to submit panel and AMC proposals, according to the rules and deadlines published in the Call for Proposals. Papers will only be allowed to be proposed within the open call panels that will be published on the website; spare papers will not be accepted. Learn more here.
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The Savannah Seminar: Religious Freedom and Democracy (Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy
Deadline: April 2022
The Savannah Seminar on Religious Freedom will take place April 6-10, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia. The Savannah Seminar is designed primarily for upper-level undergraduate students, although outstanding recent graduates and other students are welcome to apply. Students can be enrolled in any field of study, but will want to make sure to have exposure to the humanities and social sciences. Successful applicants will be high-performing with excellent letters of recommendations and writing samples. Learn more here.
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ICLARS Conference: Human Dignity, Law, and Religious Diversity: Designing the Future of Inter-Cultural Societies (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Date: September 19-21st 2022
The 6th ICLARS Conference will be held in Cordoba (Spain), from 19 to 21 September 2022. The general theme of the conference is: Human Dignity, Law, and Religious Diversity: Designing the Future of Inter-Cultural Societies. The aim is to analyze how the notion of human dignity, which is the central axis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, can help create common ground between competing understandings of human rights that have an impact on freedom of religion or belief. Human rights were conceived as an instrument to achieve social cohesion and harmony but have often become a battlefield for conflicting ethical and political positions. This betrays the very notion of human rights, which are universal by nature and should be aimed at uniting, not dividing, society. Learn more here.
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Call for Papers: Submissions for 2022 Issues (Australian Journal of Law and Religion)
Deadline: Rolling Basis
The focus of the AJLR is on scholarship that displays a connection between law and religion. Contributions that are purely theological, sociological, or political will not be considered, but interdisciplinary work involving these fields in connection with law and religion are welcome. Articles involving any area of law may be considered, and it is anticipated that many of the articles received and published by the journal will involve the sub-disciplines of public law (involving constitutional claims of freedom of religion or religion-state neutrality), employment law (involving religious discrimination claims), private law (involving the corporate structures, taxation and charity law obligations, and property interests of religious entities), and international law (involving human rights guarantees). Articles from the sub-disciplines of legal history, comparative law, and law reform are also anticipated.
Submissions may include scholarly articles, book reviews, and contributions to a special topic forum. Submissions should be in standard Australian English and references (with footnote citations), should comply with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th edition), and in MS Word format. Prospective authors are encouraged to include their institutional affiliation, a cover letter, or a CV. All submissions should be sent via e-mail to editorsAJLR@gmail.com. Learn more here.
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Call for Papers: Inaugural Issue of the Journal of the Sociology of Law and Religion
Deadline: Rolling Basis
The School of Law of the University of Nicosia, in cooperation with the PhD Programme on Human Rights, Society, and Multi-Level Governance offered by the Universities of Padova, Zagreb, Western Sydney, and Nicosia, announces the launch of its new journal, the Journal of the Sociology of Law and Religion (JSLR). The JLSR is peer-reviewed and shall serve as a forum where original research is presented, and discussion is shaped. The journal is published in the English language and is available online through an open-access platform. It welcomes original submissions and contributions in topics pertinent to the Sociology of Law and Religion widely defined and is published bi-annually.
The Sociology of Law and Religion includes the use of social science materials and approaches to the study of ‘law and religion’, the influence of sociology being either methodological or theoretical. The use of social theory, fieldwork, qualitative and quantitative research, or other tools leading to interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary approaches amongst the fields of law, religion, and sociology is welcome. The journal aims to present original work, review the legislative, case law, and doctrinal development on law and religion, as well as focus on comparative papers, which would assess law and religion issues through the lens of social sciences. Learn more here.
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For more CFPs and events, see "Law and Religion Headlines," compiled by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies: https://www.religlaw.org/headlines.
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