Dear ISSR members,
As you are well aware, the next ISSR conference will be held in Melbourne, Australia, 3-7 July, 2017 under the title “Religion, Cooperation, and Conflict in Diverse Societies”. Please find more information on the conference here.
The call for thematic session proposals is now open. You may propose a thematic session by using this link http://sisr-issr-conference-submission-2017.com/index.php/test/rccds2017. Before doing so, please consult the instructions for registration at the online conference system and for submitting proposals. In addition to the thematic session proposals, you may also propose a Working Group session, New Researchers' Forum, and Author Meets Critics session.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 15th September 2016.
Please find here also the Call for ISSR Workshop Grant and the Call for the Best Book Award. Please note that deadlines for both calls is 15 September 2016 as well.
With sadness, we share with you the information that one of the most prominent sociologists of religion, Thomas Luckmann (1927-2016), passed away on May 10th, 2016.
Kind regards,
Siniša Zrinščak
ISSR General Secretary