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Call for Papers: “The New Cosmopolitanism”

The Contending Modernities Global Migration Working Group has issued a call for papers for a conference to take place in London in October, “The new cosmopolitanism: Global migration and the building of a common life”:

The global expansion of migration, within and between the global north and south, and the global resurgence and “publicization” of religion – have combined to bring religious and secular models of citizenship and civic education to the fore.  Nonetheless, there is surprisingly little consensus among religious leaders, educators, and policy makers as to what framework might allow people from different religious and ethical backgrounds to live together tolerantly and inclusively.  The lack of consensus is all the more vexing in that migration and religious revitalization today have created multicultural and multi-ethical landscapes all over the globe.  The question of the place of religion in modern multicultural societies is not an academic one, then, but one of the most pressing ethical challenges of our age.

Details are here.

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Call for Papers: “Religion, Democracy, and Equality”

The International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) will host its third annual conference, “Religion, Democracy, and Equality,” in Richmond this coming August and has issued a call for papers on the following themes:

  • Religious pluralism and treatment of religious minorities
  • Religion and anti-discrimination norms
  • Hate speech, hate crimes, and religious minorities
  • Religion and gender issues.

Details are here.

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Call for Papers: “Intellectual Property and Religious Thought”

The University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) will host a  conference, “Intellectual Property and Religious Thought,” on April 5, 2013. The conference will bring together legal scholars, religious ethicists, religion scholars, and theologians for an interdisciplinary discussion of how religious themes, practices, and communities may inform and shape intellectual property law and policy. The call for papers is here.

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Call for Papers: ReligioWest Project

The ReligioWest Project at the European University Institute (EUI) has issued a call for submissions for its Working Paper Series. Among the topics suggested: “Religious practices in Europe and USA (including religious affiliations, religious practices,building of new worship places, recruitment of clerics, conversions)”; “Court decisions on cases involving religion in Europe and North America (legal doctrines, common trends, definition of religion)”; and “Relationship between religions and secular law (interventions of religious groups in the public sphere, religious lobbying).” For details, please click here.

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Call for Papers: Family, Marriage and Love in Eastern Orthodoxy

The Sophia Institute will host a conference, “Family, Marriage and Love in Eastern Orthodoxy,” at Union Theological Seminary in New York on December 7. The call for papers invites legal perspectives on the subject. Details are here.

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Call for Papers: “Emerging Issues in First Amendment Jurisprudence”

The Elon Law Review has issued a call for papers for a symposium, “Emerging Issues in First Amendment Jurisprudence: Interpreting the Relationship between Religion and the State in the Modern Age,” to be held in October 2012. Proposals are due next month. Details are here.

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Call for Papers: The Changing Faces of Religion and Secularity

The Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Navarra (Spain) has posted a call for papers for a conference this summer on “The Changing Faces of Religion and Secularity.” Details are here.

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Call for Papers: Reframing Punishment at Oxford

The following is a call for papers for an interesting looking conference at Oxford in September dealing with new approaches to thinking about punishment.  I reproduce it here because one of the concepts it raises is religious and/or spiritual punishment.  Interested parties should contact shs@inter-disciplinary.net.  

The concept of punishment has a long history and diverse cultural, social and criminological meanings.  Research and debate is often focused on the offender, the offence, the state and legal codification.  In contrast, this project seeks to re-frame these debates in order to combine the insights they produce with broader cultural meanings, social representations and ritualistic or other activities.  Therefore, the aim of the project is to develop different ways of understanding the penetration and complexity of shared understandings of punishment from a variety of perspectives, approaches and practitioner experiences.  Reframing the debate might be done through papers aimed at the personal or social levels.  We encourage unique approaches to punishment in terms of boundary control, whether it is control of evil, the politically subversive, the economically disruptive, or punishment in pursuit of system stability or marginalisation of liminality.   Papers might also cover punishment issues relating to defining the contours of disgust, desire, dread, or the abject.  They may even consider the operation and consequences of both wrongdoing and various forms of societal/social punishment.  Accordingly the project welcomes papers, work-in-progress and pre-formed panels from diverse areas of study such as the humanities, social sciences, business, science, law schools and the arts, as well as practitioners.

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Call for Papers: Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy

A notice from the excellent Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy:

The Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy is currently soliciting articles for publication in our upcoming Spring 2013 issue. The issue will focus on the legal, ethical and policy considerations of a variety of important public policy issues currently facing the country. The Journal is unique among legal periodicals because it examines public policy questions within the framework of the Judeo-Christian intellectual and moral tradition. The Journal seeks to create a dialogue of ethical issues that is inclusive of diverse perspectives.  The Journal has a national audience of persons actively involved in the formulation of public policy, and often includes timely pieces from a broad spectrum of prominent scholars and officials.  Past contributors include Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, Justice William J. Brennan, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Judges Richard Posner and Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Senators Bill Bradley and Orrin Hatch, Governor Mario Cuomo, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Father Richard John Neuhaus, and Michael Novak, among others. The Journal’s unique focus is widely recognized, as demonstrated in citations to the Journal by various state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. 

If you are interested in submitting a piece for publication, please contact me directly at (505) 280-8334, or via e-mail at bhoughto@nd.edu.  Should you wish to examine a prior issue, the Journal would be pleased to provide you with a copy.  On behalf of myself, the Journal, and the University of Notre Dame, thank you for your kind consideration.

Sincerely,

Breanna Houghton
Solicitation Editor
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy

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Call for Papers: Emerging Voices in Islamic Jurisprudence

The Journal of Law and Religion (Hamline) has issued a call for papers for an upcoming conference, “Emerging Voices in Islamic Jurisprudence.” Information is here.