Public Talk at Judson Memorial, March 15
Ikh Bin De Sitra Akhra by Shterna Goldbloom. Used courtesy of the artist
CFP: Special Issue of CrossCurrents: Gardening as Social-Spiritual Practice
Guest edited by Johan Roeland Many of us love gardening: being outside, assisting in acts of creation, enjoying the beauty of fresh flowers, and becoming ecstatic over those first glimpses of new growth in the spring. At the same time, small-scale farming and local gardening can be activities for alternative socio-political action, as community gardens…
2023 – APRIL/Auburn Summer Colloquium “Memory”
7-21 July, New York City Memorials and monuments are contested spaces. Memoirs are a popular genre in publishing. Memories often make or break court cases. Many people fear losing memory as they grow older. One scholar has discussed “religion as a chain of memory”; certainly the myths and rituals of religious traditions help us remember,…
CFP for special issue of CrossCurrents journal, “Queer Muslim Media.” Edited by Amanullah De Sondy and Magda Mohamed
This issue brings together work situated at the intersection of the three terms of the title: How are queer Muslims represented in media? How does media allow an alternative space for queer Muslims? Is Muslim belief and practice influenced by media production? How might a religious tradition such as Islam reconfigure what we mean by queer, especially as queer…
Introducing The Commons
Our first issue of The Commons has critical takes, creative essays, a photo essay, an interview. And every month we’ll be bringing you more of these.