Happening next week! Join Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh (@giazilo.bsky.social) for a conversation on democracy and human rights Webinar happening Thursday November 27 at 10 AM Eastern More info below or on the @socialrepair.bsky.social website: www.social-repair.org/november-sem...

Excited to be hosting this webinar later this month! Join Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh who will reflect on the intertwined crises of democracy and human rights. Hosted by @socialrepair.bsky.social this event takes place Thursday November 27 at 10 AM Eastern

Event Announcement! We are hosting an online seminar with Dr Bonny Ibhawoh (@giazilo.bsky.social) on Democracy and the Tyranny of Possessive Individualism: Reclaiming the Collective in Human Rights Thurs 27 Nov 10:00 ET / 17:00 BRT / 17:00 SAST / 15:00 GMT Zoom ID: 990 4982 8324 Passcode: 929359

🌿 Death, nature, and renewal. Chris Miller and Melissa Gismondi discuss the growing movement toward natural or “green” burials and what these practices reveal about our relationship with death, nature, and the cycles of life. 🎧 Listen now uoft.me/jhi-podcast @cmillerphd.bsky.social

Happening this Wednesday! Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion. Oct 29, 1pm ET Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Masterclass announcement! Lori Beaman of @nonreligioncf.bsky.social will be talking to us on "Exploring Deep Equality" next week on Thursday 16th October. 3pm South Africa / 9am Canada / 10am Brazil / 2pm UK Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8160513998... Access code: 108926

📣Event Announcement!📣 Upcoming online seminar: To the right, the feminine: Religious women and the struggles over the public policy repertoire in health in Brazil Tuesday, 22 July 2025 16:00 – 17:00 / South Africa; 10:00 – 11:00 / Ottawa; 11:00 – 12:00 / São Paulo; 15:00 – 16:00 / United Kingdom

Still time to register for the 2025 EIR Conference, happening in just 2 weeks! Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/aar-easter...

Registration for our 2025 conference is open! Join us at St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY) as we reflect on 'The Future(s) of Religious Studies' View the full program on our website: eiraar.org/index.php/re... Register now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/aar-easter... @aarweb.bsky.social

CFP closes Monday! Submit proposals here: forms.gle/MMC1qC7BKt78...

Just 2 weeks left to submit a proposal for the 2025 AAR Eastern International Region conference. Join us @stlawrencecollege.bsky.social as we reflect on 'The Future(s) of Religious Studies'! See the poster below, or our website for more details: eiraar.org/index.php/re... Proposals due Dec 16!

#SBLAAR24 folks! I'll be presenting in the Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit on Monday from 3-4:30. Come learn how people commemorate their relationships with pets and animals in obituaries!

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We are an international research project based at the University of Ottawa studying the impacts of the rise of nonreligion, focusing on attitudes to death and dying, the environment, education, immigration, the law, and more. Find out more about our project: nonreligionproject.ca

2 papers recently out based on my study of obits One gives a broad look at our data set: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The second (w/ co-authors Hannah McKillop & Sohini Ganguly) focuses on changes spurred by declining religion: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Happy to see these out!

The AAR's Eastern International Region currently has an open CFP for our 2024 Conference in Toronto! See more info in the poster below, or on our website: eiraar.org/index.php/re...