Barbara Krawcowicz
Barbara Krawcowicz is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Religious Studies of Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Her work centers on modern and contemporary Judaism and the question how Jews have been transforming and reinventing their religious ideas and discourses in response to events seen as challenging their current forms. In addition, Barbara is also interested […]
Religious Studies Project Digest – February 8, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find a new job opportunity, 1 grant, and 2 Call for Papers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 32!) to support all of our […]
Critical Approaches to Studying Religion in Film
Ting Guo chats with Rebekka King and Tenzan Eaghall about their new edited volume, Representing Religion in Film (Bloomsbury 2022), and they explore the “ideological blindspot” of existing studies on religion and film, have a listen!
Religious Studies Project Digest – February 1, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 5 jobs, 4 fellowships, 1 grant, 18 Call for Papers, and an online talk about religion public scholarship. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently […]
Oversimplified Binaries | Discourse! January 2023
This month’s Discourse! features our co-founder Chris Cotter, Lauren Horn Griffin, and Kristi Boone complicating and unpacking oversimplified binaries—be sure to tune in!
Kristi Boone
Kristi recently completed her PhD at the University of Leeds and is an associate lecturer there. She is a sociologist of religion, focusing intersectional analysis of political rhetoric, media discourse, and religion to clarify and assess how political power and its associated agendas are negotiated.
Religious Studies Project Digest – January 25, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 4 jobs, 5 fellowships, 1 grants and awards, 9 Call For Papers, and a submission for new SBL Program Units. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to […]
Interrogating the Interrogators: Managing Muslims in Germany
In this episode host Candace Mixon and guest Schirin Amir-Moazami discuss Amir-Moazami’s book, _Interrogating Muslims: The Liberal-Secular Matrix of Integration_ as a starting point in discussing topics such state categorizations of religion in the liberal state and considerations of religion and secularism. Through examples of German swimming classes and citizenship tests, Amir-Moazami suggests that in relational moments, there are places to look for state reinforcement of its own bodily needs and governing of subjects that cannot govern themselves.
Schirin Amir-Moazami
Schirin Amir-Moazami is Professor of Islam in Europe at the Institute of Islamic studies at Freie Universität Berlin. She studied Political Sciences and Sociology in Frankfurt/Main, Berlin, Aix-Marseille and Paris and holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence of the Department of Social and Political Sciences. Amir-Moazami’s research interests encompass critical secular […]
Religious Studies Digest – January 18th, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 4 jobs, 3 fellowships, 4 grants and awards, 6 Call For Papers, and an upcoming conference on Islam. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently […]
Religious Studies Project Digest – January 11, 2023
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 3 jobs, 4 fellowships, 3 grants, and 8 Call For Papers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 30!) to support all of our […]
Religious Studies Project Digest – December 27th, 2022
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find 2 jobs, and a Call For Papers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 34!) to support all of our upcoming developments. Please visit […]
Religious Studies Project Digest – December 21, 2022
Welcome to the Religious Studies Opportunities Digest! This week you will find jobs, a fellowship, and a Call For Papers. Everyone at RSP says thank you to all who have generously supported the RSP through our Patreon and PayPal donation options! Our goal is to have 100 patrons (currently at 34!) to support all of our upcoming developments. Please […]
Realities (Altered & Virtual) | Discourse! November 2022
Join host Sidney Castillo and guests Jordan Loewen-Colón and Sharday Mosurinjohn for the bumper final Discourse! episode of 2022!
Jordan Loewen-Colón
Dr. Jordan Loewen-Colón currently serves as the AI, Ethics, and Data Justice Fellow at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario). His research looks at philosophy, religion, and digital technology like virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) to answer questions about what it means to be and feel like a human in the 21st century.