Professor Grace Davie
Other Information
Academic Awards
2008 Honorary Doctorate in Theology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Professional Organizations
SISR (International Society for the Sociology of Religion)
1990-98 Council member
1994-98 Convenor and in this capacity, program chair of two major international conferences (Québec 1995, Toulouse 1997) each of which gathered 300 plus scholars from over 30 countries.
ISA (International Sociological Association)
1990-98 Member of Research Committee 22 (Sociology of Religion) of the ISA
2002-06 President, Research Committee 22
2006-10 Invited member of Programme Committee for 2010 ISA Conference
ASR (Association for the Sociology of Religion)
1997 Member International Committee
1998 Chair International Committee
1999 Elected member of the Council
2002 President Elect and Program Chair for Chicago meeting
2003 President
Appointments in other universities
1992 Visiting scholar, Faculty of Theology, University of Uppsala; return visits in September 1994, December 1995
1994 Visiting lecturer, Centre for Religious Studies, Vilnius University
1996 Directeur d'études invité, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
1998 Visiting lecturer, Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
1998 Directeur d'études invité, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
2000-01 Appointment as the Kerstin Hesselgren Professor in the University of Uppsala (as visiting professor for 2000-01 session)
2002 Visiting scholar, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia
2003 Directeur d'études invité, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
2005 Adjunct professor, Hartford Seminary, Connecticut (fall semester)
2006-07 Visiting professor, University of Uppsala (including four weeks spent at the Collegium for Advanced Studies of the University of Helsinki)
2010 on Further visits to the University of Uppsala to support the work of a new research programme on The Impact of Religion - Challenges for Society, Law and Religion - see http://www.crs.uu.se/Impact_of_religion/ for more details.
Current Trusteeships
St Luke's College Foundation
Member and current Chair
See http://www.theredirectory.org.uk/trust.php?n14 for more information
The Reid Trust for the Higher Education of Women
Member and current Chair
See http://www.reidtrust.org.uk
