As I was driving recently, I listened to an episode of NPR’s “This American Life.” The theme was “How I Got into College.” Unfortunately, this post isn’t going to focus on that wider issue (interesting in its own right!), but rather on a peculiar reflection on identity that was prompted by one young man’s story in the episode. Emir Kamenica, a Harvard graduate, was born in Bosnia in 1978, […]
Month: September 2014
The Reapers are the Angels
Yes, #Day2014 is next week. To follow the live tweets from the zombie apocalypse, find us @StudyReligion. Learn more about the annual Day Lecture here. Learn more about this year’s lecturer here. […]
Did You Get on Board?
Did you stop by the Religious Studies Student Association‘s table at Get on Board Day a few weeks ago? Well if you missed out, don’t worry, we got it all on tape. To show a little “slice of life” in the Department, we’ve uploaded a video with a behind the scenes look of the setup for the event. Give it a watch! Get on Board Day 2014 from UA Religious Studies. […]
… and Wonder Woman Had Her Lasso of Truth
Join us each Monday for another spine-tingling episode from The Praxis Squad. […]
Judging the People Whom We Study
Do you ever listen to “Interfaith Voices” on the radio or on the web? I find it to be a fascinating place to hear how scholars of religion (who often comprise the show’s guests and experts) try to represent their work to the wider public — a representation that’s generally lodged in all sorts of methodological and theoretical problems. Whether the issue lies in how these scholars go about doing their own academic work or, perhaps, in how they think […]
Grad Tales Begins Again
Last year the Department of Religious Studies started a new speaker series, Grad Tales: There and Back Again. This Wednesday at 6:30 pm in the Anderson Room of the Ferguson Center (upstairs, in the older part of the Ferg) we will kick off this year’s series with recent grad Samantha Bush as our first speaker. […]
tranCendenZ or eXistenZ?
Are we testing a new virtual game or testing a new virtual game in which we’re testing a new virtual game? Do we have bio-ports of cool blue head units? Is your head spinning? Join us for “eXistenZ” (1999) tonight @ 6 pm in MA 210 (or 207 if throngs show up). And yes, there’ll be real food. […]
I Know You Are But What Am I?
By Cara Burnidge Cara Burnidge, Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Northern Iowa, teaches Religions of the World and researches religion in U.S. foreign relations. She also tweets and, along with her students, curates a Flipboard magazine dedicated to religion in international affairs. Readers beware: this blog post is not about religion. It is a reflection on some of the issues involved in defining an object of study.* This past week, Rachel Maddow kicked off her show with […]
“What Am I Doing With My Life…?”
Yes, #Day2014 is all about zombies! Follow the live tweets @StudyReligion. Learn more about the annual Day Lecture here. Learn more about this year’s lecturer here. […]
“eXistenZ is Paused”
Join the Religious Studies Student Association this Thursday, Sept. 11, @ 6 pm in Manly 211 (or in 207 if we get throngs coming out!) for “eXistenZ” (1999) — a film that fiddles with the boundary between the virtual and the real. We’ll even have some dinner there for you too… […]