We are thrilled to be featuring the work of emerging scholars from across North America. Please note that programming is subject to change. A detailed scheduled, as well as Zoom links for those who would like to attend virtually, will be available on this page shortly. Thank you.
Keynote Speech by Dr. Sowparnika Balaswaminathan
Panel 1 – Pushing Boundaries
Pregnant Moralisms: Christianity, Surrogacy, and Queer/Trans Family Building by Reese Car & Sam Dolores Sanchinel
“Heidegger’s Phenomenological Method: Phenomenology or Formal Indication?” by Adam Smith
Jesus People: The Reclamation of Religious Identity by Marginalized “Christians” by Macalister Arendt
How Anti-Atheist Prejudice Keeps Non-Believing Clergy Silent: The Clergy Project Participants Share Their Pain by Alexandr Zamușinski
Foundation for Buddhist Theory of Positive and Negative Actions by Chulthim Gurung
Womanizing Christianity: The Freedom to Be by Andreany Leandre
The Unbecoming Ghost: Media Conjurings, Academic Exorcisms, and BHU’s ‘Bhoot Vidya’ Ayurveda Certificate Program by Thomas Seibel
Panel 2 – Intersecting, Confining, and Contradictory Identities
Interreligious/Interfaith Studies: Scholarship, Activism, and Affect by Elyse MacLeod
Realities of Belonging: Negotiating South Asian Identity in Montreal by Katie Khatereh Taher
Diversity vs. Hate: An Analysis of Hate Crime Incidents Motivated by Racial or Ethnic Identity and Religion in the US Gateway Cities by Fadime Apaydin
Defining the Acceptable Citizen and “Good” Migrants through India’s National Register of Citizens and the case of Rohingya Muslims by Ana de Souza
The Freegan Subculture, the Religioid Spectrum, and the Tragedy of the Commons: An Exploration of Potential Solutions and Future Implications by Gabriel Yahya Haage
Ancient Non-Freedom: Questioning Assumptions of Captivity during the Anatolian and Levantine Late Bronze Age by Caroline Armstrong
Panel 3 – Performance and Embodiment
BUILDING BRIDGES: The Television Series Our Boys & its Impact on the Perceptions of the “Other” by Cynthia De Petrillo
Choral Evensong as Music Therapy: Examining the Mental Health Benefits of Religious Musicking for Choristers by Bronwyn Thies-Thompson
Poetic Metaphors of Conflict: Close-Reading the Musicality of Anwar by Mahin Sekendra
Towards Post-Realist Perception by Paolo Gruni
Freezer Bag Frame Narrative: Layers of Relation in Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale For The Time Being by Fabrizio Lacarra Ramirez
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