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Screening Religion: The Children of Vank

The documentary “The Children of Vank” (Turkey, 2016) deals with the descendants of the few survivors of the 1915 Armenian genocide in Dersim (Tunceli) and the 1937-38 Dersim massacre. The documentary examines issues of belonging, memory and the long shadow of the genocide that now weighs on many Islamised Armenians in Turkey. The screening will be followed by a Q & A with the director Nezahat Gündoğan.

18 December, 7 p.m.
Cinématèque Leipzig in der nato, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 46

Calls for Applications

Leipzig University: W1 junior professorship at the Institute for the Study of Religion for three (or six  years), starting as soon as possible. Deadline: 3 January 2020. 
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University of Rostock: Nine research positions (E 13, part-time) at the graduate programme (DFG Graduiertenkolleg) Power of interpretation. Religion and belief systems in conflicts of interpretive power (Deutungsmacht. Religion und belief systems in Deutungsmachtkonflikten), starting April 2020 for three years. Deadline: 3 January 2020, applications in English are possible.
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Norwegion School of Theology, Religion and Society (Oslo): Three to four Ph.D. research fellowships (level 51, Norwegian salary scale), starting September 2020. Deadline: 15 January 2020.
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Heidelberg University: Research position (E 13, 50% or 100%) at the Institute for the Study of Japan (our colleague Hans Martin Krämer is director of the institute), starting March 2020. Deadline: 20 December 2019.
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Call for Papers: Panel on The Anthropology of Secularism, Atheism and Non-Religion

The European Association of Social Anthropolgists invites to its 16th biennial conference on „New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe”, from 21-24 July 2020 in Lisbon. We want to draw special attention to a panel on “Committed to Religion's Other: The Anthropology of Secularism, Atheism and Non-Religion”, convened by KFG Fellow Mascha Schulz (Zurich). Deadline: 20 January 2020.

Call for Papers: Conference on Religion and Space

The Centre for Intercultural Theology and Study of Religions at the University of Salzburg invites to the conference „Public: Religion & Space“, from 25-26 February 2020. The conference focuses on theoretical basics as well as on practical examples. Proposals can be submitted in German or English. Deadline: 31 January 2020.