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Important: Outgoing and Incoming Mail

The University's inhouse mail office asks us to use the following addresses for outgoing (sender) and incoming (addressee) mail in the future:

For regular mail (letters, postcards,books etc.) by Deutsche Post:

Universität Leipzig
KFG "Multiple Secularities"
Internes PF 163199
04081 Leipzig

For parcels, courier consignments, express shipments and any direct deliveries:

Universität Leipzig
KFG "Multiple Secularities"
Internes PF 163199
Ritterstraße 24
04109 Leipzig

Reminder: CfA for a Student Assistant

We are still looking for a student assistant to join the KFG "Multiple Secularities" as soon as possible for 10h/week. Please spread the call among your students and colleagues.

Tasks: 

• Support of Monika Wohlrab-Sahr's research project on Secularity as a contested issue in the field of research on Islam: literature search, transcription of interviews, general research support
• Support of administration and research of the KFG in general

Requirements:

• Advanced training in Islamic / Middle Eastern / Arabic Studies, Social Sciences, the Study of Religion or similar fields, ideally holding a BA-degree
• Interest in the research of the KFG "Multiple Secularities"
• Ability to work independently
• Fluent English, written and spoken, good knowledge of Arabic and/or Farsi is desired but not mandatory

Applicants should send their application (English cover letter, CV, relevant certificates) in one pdf-file of max. 5MB to multiple-secularities@uni-leipzig.de by 30 June 2018.

CfP: Religion and Secularism on Campus

The international conference Religion and Secularism on Campus: The Changing Dimensions of the University Experience (6-7 September 2018, SOAS, University of London) will explore the diversity of ways in which religious and non-religious identities are experienced, encountered and catered for on higher education campuses in the UK, Europe and beyond. Invited are proposals for papers that explore any dimension of religion or non-religion on campuses in any geographical context, focussing on a particular tradition, group or movement or on the interactions between different parties, or on broader cultural or political changes impacting upon how religion is expressed within campus contexts. Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 300 words together with names and short biographies (150 words) of the presenter/s, institutional affiliation/s and contact details. Proposals should be sent to the project co-ordinator Kareem Darwish – kd27@soas.ac.uk. Deadline: 5pm on Friday, 6th July 2018.