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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are offering 2 PhD scholarships (1 based in Sydney and 1 in Perth) as part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project: “<b>The African Diaspora and Pentecostalism in Australia: New Perspectives on Materiality, Media and
Religion</b>.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This project investigates the new African Diaspora in Australia and its embrace of Pentecostalism, particularly after arrival. The African community in Australia has often been associated with poor settlement outcomes, and has also been
on the receiving end of a racialised moral panic. The project aims: to understand the range of challenges African-Australian communities faces; to determine why so many of their members join Pentecostal churches; to investigate how Pentecostal churches support
these communities' translocal and transnational mobility and sense of belonging, and; to contribute to policy efforts to improve outcomes for African new arrivals in Australia.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Within this larger project, the PhD candidates will conduct ethnographic research with Pentecostal churches and African Diasporas in Australia. Both projects will investigate questions such as: how do Pentecostal churches support/hinder
processes of settlement and ‘integration’? How do some Pentecostal megachurches generate transnational religious fields – ones which may harness resources from branches elsewhere in the world? And what impact does all of this have on Australian cities’ post-secular
social landscapes?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#262223;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds: anthropology, sociology, religious studies, cultural studies, African studies, Migration studies or a related
field. In particular, the project is suitable for candidates with strong interests in the intersections of migration and religion. Applications from students of African heritage are especially welcomed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#262223;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Deadline:</b> 30 June 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="color:#262223;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">For more details, see
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262223"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/graduate_research_school/grs/scholarships/current_scholarships/current_scholarships/ssap_the_african_diaspora_and_pentecostalism_in_australia">https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/graduate_research_school/grs/scholarships/current_scholarships/current_scholarships/ssap_the_african_diaspora_and_pentecostalism_in_australia</a>
(<span style="color:#262223;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Religion and Society Research Cluster, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/search?sc_view=1&id=8941">http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/search?sc_view=1&id=8941</a> (<span style="color:#262223;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">School of Social Sciences, University
of Western Australia, Perth).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Prof Cristina Rocha</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Director of Religion and Society Research Cluster |School of Social Sciences and Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Western Sydney University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">President:
<a href="https://www.aasr.org.au/"><span style="color:blue">Australian Association for the Study of Religion</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Editor: <i><a href="http://www.globalbuddhism.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Journal of Global Buddhism</span></a></i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Editor: <a href="http://www.brill.com/publications/religion-americas-series"><span style="color:blue">Religion in the Americas series, Brill </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="http://www.uws.edu.au/religion_and_society/people/researchers/dr_cristina_rocha" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.uws.edu.au/religion_and_society/people/researchers/dr_cristina_rocha</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Latest book: <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/john-of-god-9780190466718?q=rocha&lang=en&cc=us"><span style="color:blue">John of God: The Globalization
of Brazilian Faith Healing</span></a> (OUP, 2017)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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