12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Florida State University

Call for Papers: The Florida State University Department of Religion is
pleased to announce its 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium to be held
February 22-24, 2013 in Tallahassee, Florida.

This year’s symposium will be centered on the theme “*Politics of Religion*.”

Due to our commitment to collaborative scholarship, students from all
fields with interdisciplinary interests in the study of religion and at all
levels of graduate study are encouraged to submit paper proposals.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Identity Formation;
Comparative Conflict; Church and State; Human Rights and Ethics; the
Construction of Legitimizing Discourses; Issues of Race, Class, Gender, and
Sexuality; the Body; and the Role of the Scholar.

Presentations should be approximately 15 to 20 minutes in length and will
receive faculty responses. In addition, every year respondents select the
best graduate paper to receive the Leo F. Sandon Award, an endowed award
named for the Religion Department’s former chair.

Proposals including an abstract of approximately 300 words, a list of key
terms, and a one-page CV should be submitted by *December 1, 2012* for
review. Final papers must be submitted by *January 15, 2013*. Please send
proposals to Brent Gordon at .