Tag: religion

Anthro in the news 12/15/14

  • Ed Liebow, Executive Director of the American Anthropological Association.

    Cultural anthropology is essential for addressing Ebola

Discover Magazine reported on a conference on anthropology and Ebola held at the George Washington University in November that convened nearly twenty anthropologists to brainstorm about how to better address Ebola through the inclusion of cultural knowledge. The article mentions several anthropologists, academics and professionals working in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, including Sharon Abramowitz of the University of Florida, one of the effort’s organizers.  The article quotes Edward Liebow, executive director of the American Anthropological Association, one of the co-sponsors of the conference: “Epidemiologists are making oversimplified assumptions about transmission, setting these wild upper limit bounds…We’re in a position to actually breathe life into the numbers, to put people into those positions, to make much more realistic assessments of near-term and longer-term predictions.” Continue reading “Anthro in the news 12/15/14” →

Call for submissions: Journal of Religious Studies, History and Society

Dear colleagues,

The Journal of Religious Studies, History and Society (Revista Ciências da Religião – Historia e Sociedade) is a fully peer reviewed, open-access, Brazilian publication of the Religious Studies Department of Mackenzie University (Brazil). It’s a biannual Journal for the purpose of advancing scholarship in the study of religion that publishes original research articles, reports and book reviews that reflect the wide variety of research being carried out by scholars of religion in all countries.

The Journal invites submissions from all academic disciplines in the arts, humanities and social sciences, including but not limited to sociology, anthropology, history, psychology, philosophy and theology. Articles will be considered on any topic that bears upon any religious tradition.

All submissions should be formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style. The deadline for submission is February 25, 2014. Manuscripts on English, Portuguese or Spanish should be submitted by e-mail.

Submissions should be emailed to the Journal Editor, Dr Suzana Coutinho, at suzana.coutinho@mackenzie.br.

Journal URL http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/cr,

Contact for queries and submissions: suzana.coutinho@mackenzie.br.

My best regards,
Suzana