Call for Nominations for Executive Committee

The Religion and Politics Section of the APSA is pleased to announce a Call for Nominations for candidates to stand in an upcoming online election to serve a two-year term on the Executive Committee of the Religion and Politics Section. There are three vacancies on the Committee to be filled in this election.

Section members who wish to self-nominate as candidates should forward a short biography, including their institutional affiliation, to the Section Chair at eshurd@northwestern.edu no later than September 30, 2015. Nominees who do not self-nominate will be asked by the Chair to consent to having their name on the ballot.

This Call for Nominations will close on September 30, 2015, with the online election held shortly thereafter. According to APSA online elections are administered as follows:

1. APSA will send an email to all current section members with a message from the Chair that includes the names of the candidates, candidate bios, the number of positions open, the voting dates, and a link to the ballot.

2. The ballot typically gives the candidates’ names, and the option of choosing yes, no, or abstain.

3. When the voting period has concluded APSA will send a detailed report of the results to the Section Chair, who will convey the results via email to the section.

I look forward to receiving your nominations.

Elizabeth Hurd
Section Chair
Religion & Politics

Call for papers – Spring 2016 Special Issue of the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

“Sexuality in the Post-Marriage Equality Era”

This special issue of the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations (HJSR) examines U.S. culture and politics after the marriage equality tipping point. Many queer activists have been concerned that the focus on marriage equality would take away from other queer social movements, or fundamentally change queer norms and institutions. Has that happened? What is next for queers in the U.S.? Submissions due September 11, 2015.

For submission instructions and more information see: http://www.humboldt.edu/hjsr/

Call for Papers – DIVISION 33: RELIGION AND POLITICS – 2016

Division Chair: Matthew Scherer, George Mason University

What are the key transformations underway at the intersection of religion and politics in the present moment and/or historically? In what ways does religion transform politics, in what ways does politics transform religion, and how are those transformations crosscut by shifting fields of ethnicity, race, class, and gender, as well as changed patterns of migration, economic development, legal regulation, governance, and violence? Are current conceptual frameworks and research methodologies employed in the field sufficient to account for these transformations? To what extent have events and scholarly innovations transformed the study of religion and politics? Does the concept of transformation provide a useful framework for the study of religion and politics?

We invite panels and individual papers addressing these questions and others at the intersection of religion and politics in either contemporary or historical frameworks. Religion and Politics is an interdisciplinary field and panels and papers that foster exchange between diverse theoretical and analytical approaches are welcome.

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This call is for the APSA Annual Meeting – See APSA proposals page here.
2016 Annual Meeting Program Chair
Matthew Scherer
George Mason University
mschere2@gmu.edu