Database of Religious History - DRH

📣NEW DRH ENTRY: Mexica (Aztec) Religion‼️

We are very grateful to our colleague Bertrand Lobjois for completing an excellent entry on the (Aztec) religion in the Database of Religious History - DRH

Description: The Mexica religion thrived in and around what is actually known as Mexico City, and what was known then as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, between its official foundation in 1325 and its fall after the invasion of the Spaniard and Indigenous alliance in 1521. The Mexicas built and developed a highly complex system of values, symbols, and rituals that ruled daily life of commoners. The religion was also deeply intertwined with the tlahtoani (Mexica ruler) legitimation and Mexica territorial expansion. Mexica religion was in many ways an heir of a very long Mesoamerican religious tradition. This complexity is particularly observable in its ritual calendars, feasts, prayers, religious architecture, specialists (tlamacazqueh), and deities (teteo).

✅To learn more about this religion👇
https://religiondatabase.org/browse/1441/ #/

See our recruitment call for specialists in East Asian Religions

Database of Religious History awarded largest grant for a UBC humanities research project - Faculty of Arts UBC’s Database of Religious History (DRH) project has received the largest grant to date for a single research project in the humanities at UBC—$4.8 million.

Call for Postdocs, Database of Religious History (DRH)

The Database of Religious History (DRH; religiondatabase.org), based at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, is currently hiring three postdoctoral research fellows for 2-year terms.

Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. (earned within the last five years) in a field relevant to religious history (religious studies, area studies, history, archaeology). Responsibilities will include serving as a DRH Editor and taking responsibility for filling out DRH coverage in their area of expertise, through entry contributions of their own and recruitment of colleagues. They will also be expected to participate in the academic life of the project, contribute to workshops, and attend conferences in their field. Candidates are advised to familiarize themselves with the basics of the project (what an entry looks like, the different polls and types of entries, how the DRH is structured, etc.), in order to understand the nature of the work involved, before submitting an application.

Salary is CAD 60,000 per year, and fellows will be expected to relocate to UBC. The contract will be for one year, June 1 2021 - May 31 2022, with the second year contingent upon review. In some cases extension to a third year may be possible.

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

Applications should include a cover letter, CV and two letters of recommendation, to be uploaded via this form by April 20, 2021.

Questions about the positions can be directed to the Associate Director, M. Willis Monroe: [email protected]; questions about the application should be directed to Adam Barnett Adam Barnett: [email protected].

https://www.religiondatabase.org/landing/about/drh-news

We're excited to announce that our project "Exploring the Cultural Evolution of Religion Employing a Large-Scale, Quantitative-Qualitative Historical Database" has been funded by the John Templeton Foundation John Templeton Foundation.

This multimillion-dollar grant will support the DRH’s work over the next 3 years. Thanks to Templeton Religion Trust and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for previous funding, and University of British Columbia for its support and for serving as the institutional home of the DRH.

Soon we'll be advertising new postdoc positions. We also always welcome scholars to join our international team as contributors and editors! We just hit 500 published entries on the site contributed by over 260 experts, so now is a great time to get involved.

Contributors are eligible for honoraria when publishing entries in the database and editors perks include annual stipends and access to travel funding and a small number of teaching releases.

Check out the write-up of the DRH on the Templeton Religion Trust's website which includes a nice interview about the project with director Prof. Edward Slingerland

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We're hiring! Two postdoc positions in religious history/archaeology/studies working with the DRH. Applications due March 27th.

The Database of Religious History The Database of Religious History (DRH; religiondatabase.org), based at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, is currently hiring two postdoctoral research fellows. Contingent upon additional funding, this may be expanded to five positions.

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We just sent out our first bi-annual newsletter, if you want to read some of the new developments and hear about the progress of the DRH you can view it here:

DRH News and Updates - July 2019

The DRH Team hosted a workshop this past week at the Max Planck Institut für Wissenschaftgeschichte (History of Science) in Berlin. We were hosted by Shih-Pei Chen and Dagmar Schäfer.

The topic on hand was "Digital Humanities and Classical Studies: Prospects and Challenges", the presenters focused on the history of digital scholarship in the classical world, the expansion of the term "classical studies" as well as future challenges and exciting opportunities. All in all it was a productive and engaging environment for discussion and presentation. Our conversations flowed freely both in the workshop room and then easily transitioned to the neighboring Biergarten where we enjoyed the (fortuitous) lovely Berlin weather.

The program for the workshop can be found here: https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/digital-humanities-and-classical-studies-prospects-and-challenges