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The Meaning of Monsters, Premodern and Modern
Apr 18
The Meaning of Monsters, Premodern and Modern
Facing Monsters
Mar 28
Facing Monsters
EARTH: Land | God | Waste
Mar 4
EARTH: Land | God | Waste
Keep Your Zombies Close: How I stopped shuddering and learned to love ideological critique
Feb 28
Keep Your Zombies Close: How I stopped shuddering and learned to love ideological critique
"Dead Bird Hearts" Film Screening
Feb 14
"Dead Bird Hearts" Film Screening
Celebrating Recent Work by Ryan Carr
Feb 8
Celebrating Recent Work by Ryan Carr
Water and Oil Gallery Opening
Feb 6
Water and Oil Gallery Opening
Monstrous AI
Dec 6
Monstrous AI
Experiencing Medieval Monasticism
Nov 10
Experiencing Medieval Monasticism
Viktor Orbán and the Illiberal Turn Beyond Hungary
Nov 1
Viktor Orbán and the Illiberal Turn Beyond Hungary
Monsters Inside Out: American & Other Horrors
Oct 25
Monsters Inside Out: American & Other Horrors
Sensitive People: On Being Alive Now
Sep 18
Sensitive People: On Being Alive Now
Sovereigns, Dogs, and other Creatures
Apr 26
Sovereigns, Dogs, and other Creatures
Astrology: Ancient Symbols in Modern Times
Apr 18
Astrology: Ancient Symbols in Modern Times
Race and Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine
Apr 13
Race and Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine
Curating the “City of Faith” - New Directions in Representing Religion in Contemporary Life
Apr 11
Curating the “City of Faith” - New Directions in Representing Religion in Contemporary Life
Promiscuous Grace: Imagining Beauty and Holiness with Saint Mary of Egypt
From Digital to Analog and Beyond: Multimodal Scholarship, Public-facing Work, and the Digital Humanities
Mar 22
From Digital to Analog and Beyond: Multimodal Scholarship, Public-facing Work, and the Digital Humanities
Live Controversies: Azdari Networks and the Shi'i Muslim Present
Mar 6
Live Controversies: Azdari Networks and the Shi'i Muslim Present
Race, Religion, and Education: American History Textbooks in Historical Perspective
Feb 16
Race, Religion, and Education: American History Textbooks in Historical Perspective
On Wonder: An Evening of Magic with Jeanette Andrews
Feb 8
On Wonder: An Evening of Magic with Jeanette Andrews
Afterlives of Babri Masjid: 30 Years Later
Dec 9
Afterlives of Babri Masjid: 30 Years Later
“Ordered Liberty”: Race, Reproduction, and the Political Theology of the Supreme Court
Dec 7
“Ordered Liberty”: Race, Reproduction, and the Political Theology of the Supreme Court
Religion, Race, and Urban Space in New York City
Dec 1
Religion, Race, and Urban Space in New York City
Shamanism, Environmental Preservation, and Collective Healing: A Conversation with A k u z u r u and Miguel Keerveld
Nov 22
Shamanism, Environmental Preservation, and Collective Healing: A Conversation with A k u z u r u and Miguel Keerveld
Witches’ Houses & Magical Spaces
Nov 15
Witches’ Houses & Magical Spaces
Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America
Nov 1
Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America
Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology @ 100
Oct 17
Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology @ 100
Mormons, Magic and Tarot
Oct 11
Mormons, Magic and Tarot
Christian Nationalists and Gun Culture in America
Sep 15
Christian Nationalists and Gun Culture in America
Featured
Sovereigns, Dogs, and other Creatures
Apr 26
Sovereigns, Dogs, and other Creatures
Astrology: Ancient Symbols in Modern Times
Apr 18
Astrology: Ancient Symbols in Modern Times
Race and Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine
Apr 13
Race and Catastrophe: Lessons from Palestine
Curating the “City of Faith” - New Directions in Representing Religion in Contemporary Life
Apr 11
Curating the “City of Faith” - New Directions in Representing Religion in Contemporary Life
From Digital to Analog and Beyond: Multimodal Scholarship, Public-facing Work, and the Digital Humanities
Mar 22
From Digital to Analog and Beyond: Multimodal Scholarship, Public-facing Work, and the Digital Humanities
Live Controversies: Azdari Networks and the Shi'i Muslim Present
Mar 6
Live Controversies: Azdari Networks and the Shi'i Muslim Present
Race, Religion, and Education: American History Textbooks in Historical Perspective
Feb 16
Race, Religion, and Education: American History Textbooks in Historical Perspective
On Wonder: An Evening of Magic with Jeanette Andrews
Feb 8
On Wonder: An Evening of Magic with Jeanette Andrews
Afterlives of Babri Masjid: 30 Years Later
Dec 9
Afterlives of Babri Masjid: 30 Years Later
“Ordered Liberty”: Race, Reproduction, and the Political Theology of the Supreme Court
Dec 7
“Ordered Liberty”: Race, Reproduction, and the Political Theology of the Supreme Court
Religion, Race, and Urban Space in New York City
Dec 1
Religion, Race, and Urban Space in New York City
Shamanism, Environmental Preservation, and Collective Healing: A Conversation with A k u z u r u and Miguel Keerveld
Nov 22
Shamanism, Environmental Preservation, and Collective Healing: A Conversation with A k u z u r u and Miguel Keerveld
Witches’ Houses & Magical Spaces
Nov 15
Witches’ Houses & Magical Spaces
Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America
Nov 1
Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America
Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology @ 100
Oct 17
Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology @ 100
Mormons, Magic and Tarot
Oct 11
Mormons, Magic and Tarot
Christian Nationalists and Gun Culture in America
Sep 15
Christian Nationalists and Gun Culture in America

A.Y. 2021-22

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The Non-Religious Origins of Religious Climate Opposition? Climate Communication on The Glenn Beck Program, 2009 to 2011
Apr 20
The Non-Religious Origins of Religious Climate Opposition? Climate Communication on The Glenn Beck Program, 2009 to 2011
Dangerous Magic: Enslaved Women, Violence, and The Opacity of Conjure
Apr 14
Dangerous Magic: Enslaved Women, Violence, and The Opacity of Conjure
Populism and New Theopolitical Formations in the Americas
Apr 11
Populism and New Theopolitical Formations in the Americas
The Sexual Politics of Black Churches
Apr 7
The Sexual Politics of Black Churches
Faith in Thoreau
Mar 29
Faith in Thoreau
Witches on the Frontier: A Seventeenth-Century American Tragedy
Mar 23
Witches on the Frontier: A Seventeenth-Century American Tragedy
Religion and the Politics of Belonging during the War on Ukraine
Mar 22
Religion and the Politics of Belonging during the War on Ukraine
Magic, Reason and Magical Thinking
Feb 24
Magic, Reason and Magical Thinking
In Deep: Water, Covid, Climate Change - A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert
Feb 10
In Deep: Water, Covid, Climate Change - A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert
Atrocities in Xinjiang: Religion, Race, Culture
Nov 16
Atrocities in Xinjiang: Religion, Race, Culture
(De)Colonizing Magic
Oct 26
(De)Colonizing Magic
Making Land Work For Good
Oct 19
Making Land Work For Good
Gestures of Protest and Piety: Race, Politics, and Faith in the World of Sport
Oct 13
Gestures of Protest and Piety: Race, Politics, and Faith in the World of Sport
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Oct 6
Modern Sufis and the State: The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond
The Devouring of the World and the Climate Crisis
Sep 27
The Devouring of the World and the Climate Crisis
Magic and Witch-Hunting in Today's Global Political Economy and Social Protest Movements
Sep 21
Magic and Witch-Hunting in Today's Global Political Economy and Social Protest Movements
Will the Real Jihadi Please Stand Up?: Or, the War on Terror is Dead, Long Live the War on Terror
Sep 14
Will the Real Jihadi Please Stand Up?: Or, the War on Terror is Dead, Long Live the War on Terror

A.Y. 2020-21

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Grieving One-Self, June 22.jpg
Jun 22
Death and After
Grieving One-Self: Mortuary Care for Social Singles in Japan
Death and After
Death and After
Monument Lab: A Memorial to the Pandemic
May 27
Death and After
Monument Lab: A Memorial to the Pandemic
Death and After
Death and After
French Culture Wars? The Political and Intellectual Stakes of the Polemic on “Islamo-Leftism”
May 6
Cosponsored Events
French Culture Wars? The Political and Intellectual Stakes of the Polemic on “Islamo-Leftism”
Cosponsored Events
Cosponsored Events
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May 6
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Oceanic Imaginations: Fluid Histories, Mobile Cultures
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
At Home and Abroad: The Politics of American Religion
Mar 17
Religion and Public Life
At Home and Abroad: The Politics of American Religion
Religion and Public Life
Religion and Public Life
A Second Coming: Mimicry and Monumentality in Bangladesh, 50 Years On
Mar 10
Rethinking Public Religion
A Second Coming: Mimicry and Monumentality in Bangladesh, 50 Years On
Rethinking Public Religion
Rethinking Public Religion
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Feb 23
Rethinking Public Religion
When Women Rebel: Confronting Charismatic Authority in Nigeria
Rethinking Public Religion
Rethinking Public Religion
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Feb 12
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Shame and Resistance in the Post-Colony: Plantation Legacies and Racial Hierarchies in the Mascarene Islands
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social Media (Panel 3)
Feb 10
Religion and Public Life
Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social Media (Panel 3)
Religion and Public Life
Religion and Public Life
Religion and the Mastery of Public Space in Nigeria
Feb 5
Rethinking Public Religion
Religion and the Mastery of Public Space in Nigeria
Rethinking Public Religion
Rethinking Public Religion
Catholics and the Court
Jan 28
Religion and Public Life
Catholics and the Court
Religion and Public Life
Religion and Public Life
Life After Death in Black America
Nov 17
Death and After
Life After Death in Black America
Death and After
Death and After
3rd Annual Ambedkar Lecture: Race, Caste and Social Justice
Nov 13
Cosponsored Events
3rd Annual Ambedkar Lecture: Race, Caste and Social Justice
Cosponsored Events
Cosponsored Events
Of Sky, Water and Skin: Photographs from a Zanzibari Darkroom
Oct 30
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Of Sky, Water and Skin: Photographs from a Zanzibari Darkroom
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Joint Projects, Joint Projects/Oceanic Imaginations
Life in Proximity to Death: Questions of Design
Oct 27
Death and After
Life in Proximity to Death: Questions of Design
Death and After
Death and After
Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social Media (Panel 2)
Oct 27
Religion and Public Life
Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social Media (Panel 2)
Religion and Public Life
Religion and Public Life
States of Violence. A Conversation About Race, Capital and Sovereignty in the COVID-19 Era
Oct 22
Religion and Public Life
States of Violence. A Conversation About Race, Capital and Sovereignty in the COVID-19 Era
Religion and Public Life
Religion and Public Life
Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social Media (Panel 1)
Oct 20
Cosponsored Events, Religion and Public Life
Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social Media (Panel 1)
Cosponsored Events, Religion and Public Life
Cosponsored Events, Religion and Public Life
The Government of Religious Life in Idi Amin’s Uganda
Oct 14
Rethinking Public Religion
The Government of Religious Life in Idi Amin’s Uganda
Rethinking Public Religion
Rethinking Public Religion
Future or Past? Climate Change as Seen From the global North and South
Sep 30
Rethinking Public Religion
Future or Past? Climate Change as Seen From the global North and South
Rethinking Public Religion
Rethinking Public Religion
Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons
Sep 23
Religion and Public Life
Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons
Religion and Public Life
Religion and Public Life

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