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Two interesting calls for papers / panels have been recently released on general topics related to Ancient History and History of Religions:1) Classical Association of Canada Annual Meeting 2014http://www.mcgill.ca/classics/cac-aah2014/cac2014 The Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada (CAC) will be held at McGill University in Montreal, May 6 to 9, 2014. The program committee is inviting proposals for paper presentations. In addition to submissions from individual speakers, we solicit proposals for panels from research networks and sponsored research teams that wish to present their collaborative work. Proposals from graduate students (PhD) should include a supporting letter from their supervisor.Proposals should be sent to the chair of the program committee at cac2014@mcgill.ca, indicating the following reference in the subject line: Paper Proposal, Name (or: Panel Proposal, Name of the responsible panel contact). The submission deadline for proposals is January 15, 2014. In an ongoing effort to ensure a high quality of contributions, all submissions will undergo the process of double blind review.Nota bene: The CAC conference will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians (AAH), which will run in part in parallel with the CAC, from May 8 to 11. A joint keynote address is scheduled for May 8, 2014.2) XXI World Congress of IAHR: Dynamics of Religion: Past and Present - Call for Panels The XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) will take place August 23-29, 2015 in Erfurt, Germany, looking at the »Dynamics of Religion: Past and Present«. Religion is a human, historical, social and cultural phenomenon. As such, religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are constantly in processes of change. The Congress will address the processes of change, the dynamics of religions past, present, and future, on several interconnected levels of analysis and theory, namely that of the individual, community and society, practices and discourses, beliefs, and narrations. These will be addressed within four areas: •       Religious communities in society: Adaptation and transformation •       Practices and discourses: Innovation and tradition •       The individual: Religiosity, spiritualities and individualization •       Methodology: Representations and interpretations We invite contributions from all disciplines of religious studies and related fields of research to allow for broad, interdisciplinary discussion of the Congress topic to register their panels for the XXI World Congress of the IAHR. Each panel lasts two hours. Panel papers should be limited to 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of panel participants. Panel conveners are asked to approach possible participants from different nations to reflect the scope and internationality of the IAHR Congress. To propose a panel, please submit a general proposal of the panel as well as individual proposals of all papers included in the panel. Both panel and papers of a proposed panel will be evaluated by the Academic Program Committee to ensure a high academic standard of the Congress program. We therefore ask panel conveners to submit the proposals of all prospective panel participants of a proposed panel as indicated by the submission form. Proposals of panels and of papers should not exceed 150 words. The deadline for submission of proposals is Sunday, September 14, 2014. All proposals must be submitted electronically via the IAHR 2015 website (www.iahr2015.org). This site will be available for submissions from Sunday, September 1, 2013 through Sunday, September 14, 2014. As part of the submission process, you will be asked to indicate the area in which you would like your proposal considered. Your proposal will then be forwarded to the appropriate member of the Academic Program Committee. You will receive notice concerning the status of your proposal as soon as possible and certainly before March 1, 2015. If your panel or paper has been accepted by the Academic Program Committee, please note that you will have to register as Congress participant before May 15, 2015 to be included in the Congress program. For any further questions, please contact the organizers at iahr@uni-erfurt.de.