Hubert Morken Best Book Award – Call for Nominations

We would like to invite nominations for APSA’s 2022 Hubert Morken Best Book Award. The Hubert Morken Award is given for the best book dealing with religion and politics published within the previous year. The criteria for the award include the originality of the argument presented, quality of the research, innovative methods, readability of the text and the policy or practical implications of the scholarship.

To be eligible for the award, books must have been published in 2021. The nomination should include a brief statement (250-750 words) summarizing the book’s contributions and why it is nominated for the award. This statement can be sent by email to the committee chair, Michael Driessen (mdriessen@johncabot.edu).

As part of the nomination, publishers should send a hard copy of the nominated book to EACH member of the awards committee at the addresses below, making sure that the books arrive by the nomination deadline, April 15th, 2022.

Self-nominations are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact the committee chair, Michael Driessen (mdriessen@johncabot.edu).

Committee Members’ Contact Information:

Dr. Michael Driessen (Committee Chair)
John Cabot University
Via Della Lungara 233
00165 Rome ITALY

Dr. Alexander Thurston
211 North Ridge Drive
Oxford, OH 45056

Dr. Michele Margolis
Perelman Center for Political Science
133 S. 36th St. Room 401
Philadephia, PA 19104

Call for Nominations for Communications Coordinator

From the Section Chair:

Dear Religion and Politics Section Members,

Religion and Politics Section is calling for nominations, including self-nominations, for the Communications Coordinator position. The Communications Coordinator oversees, coordinates, and updates the content of the section website and manages the section correspondence as well as the Twitter account in coordination with the other members of the Executive Committee. The Communications Coordinator is an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee, and must be a member of the section once appointed.

The section currently uses WordPress and Twitter in addition to APSA Connect, so any experience with WordPress and/or Twitter would be considered a plus. If you are interested in serving the section in this capacity, please send a short bio (150 words max) to the section chair, Nukhet Sandal (sandal@ohio.edu), by August 15. The Communications Coordinator will be elected to a two-year term by (virtual) secret ballot or acclamation (if only one nominee is presented) of the section members, and will be announced together with the new Executive Committee members at the Annual Business Meeting.

APSA Religion and Politics: requesting proposals for small grant awards

Religion and Politics: requesting proposals for small grant awards of up to $2,500 for research on religion and politics. Proposals may address any topic of theoretical, empirical, and practical significance for the study of religion and politics. Effective proposals will make clear what the author(s) intend to do, why that research is important, and how the project will be executed.

  • Please submit proposals to https://apsa.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/62/home by 11:59 PM on September 1, 2021. Awards will be announced by October 15, 2021.
  •  Funds may be spent through October 15, 2022.
  • Applicants must be members of the Religion & Politics section (note that section membership is free to graduate students).
  • Preference will be given to graduate students, recent PhDs, and untenured faculty.
  • Questions may be addressed to Amy Erica Smith, aesmith2@iastate.edu.