Religious Studies Review published a symposium on Prof. Ribovich's book. You can read the essays and her response below.

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday for the opening of Urban Devotions! We enjoyed hearing from photographer David Gonzalez, as well as academics Efrain Agosto, Pablo Delano, and Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada. The display will remain up in the Poon Family Gallery (70 Crescent St.) until 10/24!

In our current issue, Leslie Ribovich and Cara Rock-Singer stage a conversation with 20th century cultural critics James Baldwin and Rabbi Louis Finkelstein. Learn more on the blog! katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...

Urban Devotions: Images of Faith in the City on display Sept. 26 - Oct. 24, Poon Family Gallery at Crescent Street Center for the Arts and Neuroscience. Opening Panel and Reception: Sept. 26 at 4:30 p.m. with David González, Efrain Agosto, Pablo Delano, and Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada.

We had a wonderful first meeting of the year with our fellows on Friday!

In July, Prof. Ribovich's co-authored piece with Dr. Charles McCrary was featured in Slate magazine. You can read it below.

Co-authored with Cara Rock-Singer, Prof. Ribovich's peer-reviewed essay,"Educating for the New Jerusalem to Deliver the Messianic Age: A Fabulative Friendship with Louis Finkelstein and James Baldwin" was published in the Jewish Quarterly Review! Check it out below.

On May 6, Greenberg Fellows Surya Rai ’25 and Grace Sullivan ’25 presented to the members of Asylum Hill Congregational Church. With GHIAA, they researched the intersections between interfaith grassroots organizing and different religious groups responses to the environmentalism.

On Wednesday, April 30, we heard from our Greenberg Fellows about the research they have been conducting all year. It was a great way to celebrate a year of hard work and innovative thinking. We are so proud of you!

Join us on Wed, Apr 30 at noon in McCook 201 for our Greenberg Fellows' end-of-year presentations. From environmental activism as a form of interfaith cooperation to a user-friendly digital display of the Greenberg Religion in the News archives, our fellows have undertaken a variety of topics.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom in Higher Education panel. We appreciate the expertise of Profs. Koertner, Carbonetti, and Kamola. The Greenberg Center is also looking forward to further thoughtful conversations and collaborations around this topic.

We had a great visit with @tazeenmali.bsky.social! We discussed her chapter on "Ramy", Islamophobia, and masculinity, featuring thoughtful responding remarks from Greenberg Fellow Alexander Cacciato '25. Dr. Ali also visited Prof. Ribovich's class to talk about television as pedagogy on religion.

Greenberg Fellow Daniyah Ali '25 wrote an op-ed about starting a Hindu Student Association was published in Trinity Tripod. You can read it here.

Excited to welcome @tazeenmali.bsky.social to campus on Wed. April 16. Dr. Ali will be participating in our Works-in-Progress lunch series, sharing a chapter from her upcoming book. Alexander Cacciato '25 will be her respondent. All are welcome to join us on Wed. April 16, 12-1:15 p.m. McCook 201.

We had so much fun dissecting "The White Lotus" yesterday afternoon. Thank you to Prof. Susanne Kerekes for sharing your expertise about Buddhism and Thai Culture.

As a part of his Greenberg Project, Alexander Cacciato '25 joined Maggie Ondrey '25 on Jake Loor '25's "The Podcast of Things." You can listen at the link below. Our Greenberg Fellows will be presenting their research at our End-of-Year Presentation Session on Wed., April 30 at noon in McCook 201.

On Tuesday, April 8, at 4:30 p.m. in the 1823 Room, join us as Prof. Susanne Kerekes as she dissects The White Lotus, sharing what the show demonstrates correctly about Buddhism and Thai culture. No preregistration needed.

The Public Policy & Law program @TrinityCollege is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor, with a preference for teaching intro law classes for liberal arts undergrads. Review is rolling with a deadline of 3/26. trincoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/3482 #PolSciJobs #PoliSciJobs #PoliSciJobMarket.

On Friday, March 7, Dr. Johnson spent the final day of his visit meeting with members of student groups, including Men of Color Alliance (MOCA), Greenberg Fellows, Trinity Hillel, and Interfaith Fellows.

On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Johnson gave his public lecture, "'Finite Disappointment, Infinite Hope': Why Blacks and Jews Matter in a Time of Moral Decadence" in the 1823 Room, followed by a dinner in Hamlin Hall.

We are so excited to welcome our Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Dr. Terrence L. Johnson! Here are some pictures from his first day, visiting with Prof. Ribovich’s classes, “Religion & Prisons” and “Race, Religion, & Public Education.” You can join us for his lecture today at 4:30 in the 1823 Room!

We are honored that our 2025 Greenberg Center Distinguished Fellow will be Dr. Terrence Johnson of Harvard Divinity School, a scholar of Black and Jewish relations, Black political thought, and Black religions.

Thank you to those who joined us at the book panel! It was lovely to hear interdisciplinary reactions to these new works from RELG faculty. It was also great to see connections between works, alongside their very different methodological approaches, historical periods and geographic areas explored.

So excited to celebrate these great new works! Please join us!

Leslie Ribovich and I wrote about the St. Isidore case, which is not the *most pressing* threat to American democracy but is certainly connected to them. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Please join us Wednesday, February 12 at 4:30 p.m. as we celebrate three recently published books by Trinity Religious Studies faculty!

Enjoying some ✨slight festive joy✨ to break up that finals grind back in December. See you soon, bantams!

Pssst...did you know you can hear Prof. Ribovich talk about her book on the @NewBooksNetwork newbooksnetwork.com/without-a-pray…

It was lovely having @MonaOrabee for our final Works-In-Progress lunch this semester. We had so much fun discussing fiction as a vessel for ethnographic work surrounding indigeneity, law, & justice. Thank you for sharing your work and to our respondent, Prof. Wyss of English.

Prof. Ribovich was on @the_revealer's podcast, talking about public school secularization and desegregation. You can listen to it below. therevealer.org/podcast/episod…

We are so, so excited to host @MonaOrabee in early December! An associate professor of political science at Howard University and editor of @ImmanentFrame, she will be presenting work from an upcoming book at our Works-In-Progress lunch on Wed. Dec. 4 at noon in McCook 201.

It's conference time! You can find Prof. Hornung at Society of Biblical Literature and Profs. Kerekes and Ribovich at @AARWeb. More specific details about their panels are in their respective program books.

It was a great Friday meeting with our Greenberg Fellows - we are so excited to hear of their work so far and what they have planned for the future!

We had a great time learning more about Prof. Gleason's study of hypothesizing on how the selection process for oral arguments delivered to the Supreme Court is gendered. Thank you to our colleagues in Public Policy, Political Science, and Religious Studies for their insights!

On Tuesday, October 29, Greenberg Center director emeritus @directorsilk will be moderating a panel on Christian Nationalism and the election at @boisi_center. See the image above for more details on how to register and attend.

Going to SSSR Conference in Pittsburgh this weekend? Check out @TrinityCollege scholars Ariela Keysar and Leslie Ribovich who are presenting. See the details in the linked program below. x.com/SSSReligion/st…

Our next Works-In-Progress lunch will be November 13 to learn more about Prof. Gleason's upcoming article, which researches the effect of attorney gender in the selection process. This event will take place in McCook 201.

Last Wednesday, Prof. Ribovich joined Profs. Chambers, Hamidi, and Gleason for a panel discussion about the 2024 election and its potential impact on current policies. Thank you to Poli Sci, Public Policy & Law, & Pi Sigma Alpha for allowing us to join such an important event!

Our first Works-In-Progress lunch was a great success! Thank you to Prof. Ribovich for sharing their work, and to Prof. Jones for their response. It was also great to hear from students and colleagues across the disciplines.

Check out Prof. Ribovich on "Nothing Never Happens! nothingneverhappens.org/project/no-sep…

Thank you to everyone who came to the Get to Know Greenberg Welcome Reception yesterday! It was great seeing both well-known and new faces, and we are so excited for what's to come.

Today's the day! See you soon. x.com/TrinGreenberg/…

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On the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we look back at the Greenberg Center’s “Religion in the News” one year after the attack. You can read that issue here: web.archive.org/web/2023091921…

In addition to our new staff, the Greenberg Center has moved from its place on Vernon Street to its new home in McCook, closer to the offices of Religious Studies and Public Policy & Law. Our main space is McCook 200A. Stop by and visit us!

We welcome Reanna Kuzdzal as the new Program Coordinator of the Greenberg Center and administrative assistant to Religious Studies and Public Policy & Law. Learn more about Reanna here: trincoll.edu/greenberg-cent…

We are excited to introduce Leslie Ribovich as the new director of the Greenberg Center. Prof. Ribovich is a scholar of religion, race, and education, coming to us most recently from Transylvania University. Learn more about Leslie here: internet3.trincoll.edu/facprofiles/De…

She's on a roll, folks! Check out Prof. Ribovich's essay on the @CanopyForum about Teaching the Ten Commandments and Bible in Public Schools: canopyforum.org/2024/09/05/tea…

Our new director, Leslie Ribovich, published a book earlier this year! An excerpt of it has been published in @the_revealer. Read it here: therevealer.org/public-schools…

Please join us for a Welcome Reception on Wednesday, September 18 at 4:30pm at Smith House (Reese Room and Patio.) Come meet the new leadership and undergraduate fellows of the Greenberg Center and hear what we have planned for the next year, as well as our goals for the Center.