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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">The online system for submitting abstracts or sessions for the 2017 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion is now open at
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3D001oK0V0hEHBVNa1AdgFYlTZKZ078kfpC5ZL3a82lVDIoXVkXsVbVgwkC7EaTT4WAjA1-5FbGeiyKPLkOi8kFmzjiSfktIda-5FP9mwisq07wP0lMtDkbP6s7oGB1gDZPS30LoZViphCp1QVDgvxI6VJHYrpNBovkFJ9-2DGnSkM-5FWjJuoY8-3D-26c-3D7dkqG-2D9tILFDvn0gPkaKx-2Db0DJMzt5bQ1UPXoEQRcaXdAOtHv25pdg-3D-3D-26ch-3Dg5HibnEPZCja4pTvkX5mauNCj6XDA1-2DNhiKk0ZHsiNeuWdqsfOO99g-3D-3D&d=DQMFaQ&c=AGbYxfJbXK67KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A-1IxfAU&r=QuGWZE3bxjSV6b6tRaeY5wBdt0i0wS9wb6ldjFCRAOs&m=9XB6z1yIv53uV_59bUOHk2YrWt0DxHLjLfzHIIjns9M&s=ryU2aTBq5TrSj-cZcZToHpx-UtJobAL6i1fBIxOfSuk&e=" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0078C1;text-decoration:none">www.sssrweb.org</span></a>. The deadline to submit abstracts is March 31, 2017, and decision notifications will be made by April 30, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">The theme of the meeting will be
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">"Going Public: The Social Impact of Scientific Research on Religion"</span></strong> and it will take place
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">October 13-15, 2017</span></strong> at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION<br>
Call for Papers: 2017 Annual Meeting<br>
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC<br>
October 13-15</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background:white">Building on this year’s focus on the diverse public roles of religion, the theme of the annual meeting of the SSSR is “Going Public: The Social Impact of Scientific Research on Religion.” Increasingly, funding agencies require
researchers to include in their proposals knowledge transfer strategies or plans for ensuring that the research results have an impact on a broader public audience. A subcommittee of the American Sociological Association recently tabled a report on including
the evaluation of public communication by university scholars as part of their assessment for tenure and promotion. How does thinking about public impact influence the way that we do research? Where do knowledge transfer strategies fit into the research process?
How do we know if our research on religion makes a difference? And does it matter?</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">We invite proposals for individual papers or sessions that focus on various aspects of the process of translating the results of scientific research on religion to a variety of audiences beyond, and within, academia including
religious individuals, groups and organizations; government and politicians; public service providers; educators; medical professionals and health care workers; therapeutic professionals; members of community agencies; non-governmental organizations; and the
media, to name just a few.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Potential topics may include:</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The use of diverse media including newspapers, magazines, trade journals, newsletters, television, radio, social media, websites, and blogs;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The opportunities and challenges of new technologies;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Issues related to the process of knowledge translation;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Evaluating the impact of knowledge transfer strategies;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Collaboration with non-academic partners and stakeholders;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The promises and pitfalls of public engagement in shaping the research process;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The democratization of scholarly research;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The role of scholarly research in public debates about religion;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The development of policy guidelines;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Blurring of the lines between the scholarly and the public;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The rise of religious nones;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Diverse methods: visual, action-oriented, community-based, qualitative, and quantitative;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• How diverse contexts of religious establishment influence knowledge transfer strategies;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The impact that the research of graduate students and emerging scholars is making;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• The challenges involved in going public with scientific research on religion;</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Of course, proposals for panels and papers on any topic in the scientific study of religion are welcome.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Submissions Open: February 1, 2017 (see<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.sssrweb.org/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#660000;background:white">http://www.sssrweb.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Submissions Close: March 31, 2017</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Decision Notification: April 30, 2017</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Please direct any questions to Catherine Holtmann, Program Chair, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 5A3,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:cathy.holtmann@unb.ca"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#660000;background:white">cathy.holtmann@unb.ca</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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