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Orit Avishai, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of sociology, had an article published in The Conversation on December 5 entitled “Orthodox Judaism can still be a difficult world for LGBTQ Jews – but in some groups, the tide is slowly turning”. You can read the article here.
Adam Beyt, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, adjunct instructor of theology presented “Erotic Intimacy and Eschatological Hope: A Mystical-Political Response to Michael Bernard Kelly’s Christian Mysticism’s Queer Flame” in the Gay Men and Religion Unit, at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Pierre Bourgeois, ARTS AND SCIENCES, doctoral candidate in theology, presented “The Zapatista Reclamation of Indigenous Land: the Unintended Result of a Decolonized Catholic Church,” in the Indigenous Religious Traditions Unit at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Timothy Couper, ARTS AND SCIENCES, doctoral candidate in theology, presented “The Hope and Failure of Liberation: Queer Theory and the Theology of Gustavo Gutiérrez” in the Liberation Theology Unit at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Emanuel Fiano, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of theology, presented “The Idea of the Law in Isho’bokht of Rev Ardarshir” in the Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Emanuel Fiano, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of theology, presented “Law and Theology in the Trinitarian Controversies,” in the Social History of Formative Christianity and Judaism unit at the Society of Biblical Literature’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
David De La Fuente, ARTS AND SCIENCES, doctoral candidate in theology, presented “‘The Soul of Theology’ and the ‘Bodies’ of Christ: Scripture, St. Paul, and M. Shawn Copeland’s Spirituality of Racial Justice” in the Christian Spirituality Unit at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Th.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, presented “Hetty and Elizabeth: Women’s Ecclesial Reproductions in an Economy of Enslavement” in the Class, Religion, and Theology; Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection; Religion and Sexuality; and Women and Religion Collaborative Unit. She also presented “Decentering White Supremacy through Teaching our Institutional History” in the Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit. Both of these presentations took place at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, presented “How Did Helena of Adiabene Become Queen of Jerusalem?” in the Religious Competition in Late Antiquity unit, at the Society of Biblical Literature’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Karina Martin Hogan, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, presented “Indigenous Americans as the Lost Tribes of Israel: The Role of 4 Ezra in the Birth and Persistence of the Idea,” in the Wisdom and Apocalypticism unit at the Society of Biblical Literature’s annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Frank Hsu, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of computer and information science, gave a Dec. 15 online talk for the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering/Computation and Neural Systems, CalTech, on the topic Combinatorial Fusion: A Novel Fusion Paradigm for Informatics and Data Science.
Ki-Eun Jang, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of theology, presented “Ethnicity and ‘Common Sense Groupism’: What Could the Complexities of Modern Theories Teach about Ancient Texts?” in the Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures unit at the Society of Biblical Literature’s annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Ki-Eun Jang, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, assistant professor of theology, presented “The Grammar of Ancient Identification: A Reassessment of Gentilics as Relational Adjectives,” in the Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew/National Association of Professors of Hebrew unit at the Society of Biblical Literature’s annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Claire Koen, ARTS AND SCIENCES, doctoral candidate of theology, presented “A Demonic Encounter in the Coptic Life of Paul of Tamma” at the Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Network annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 16 to 18.
Kathryn M. Kueny, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, presented “The Melancholic Messenger: Tracing emotions of despair and an ethics of care in prophetic narratives,” in the Qur’an Unit. She also presented “Earthquakes, Winds, Droughts, and Floods: Disaster response in premodern Muslim societies,” in the Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit. Both of these presentations took place at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Brenna Moore, Th.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, participated in a panel on the theme of “The Significance and Legacy of Louis Massignon (1883-1962) for Comparative Theology” in the Comparative Theology Unit, at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Nicholas Paul, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of history and director of the center for medieval studies delivered a paper about “Gardens in the Landscape of the Latin East” on Dec. 13.
Michael Peppard, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of theology, presented “Bearing a Jewish Weight: A New Reading of Papyrus CPJ 519” in the Ancient Fiction and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative unit at the Society of Biblical Literature’s annual meeting which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Kathryn Reklis, PH.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, presided over a roundtable entitled “Thinking the World at the Brink of the Planet” hosted by the Cultural History of the Study of Religion unit, and the Religion, Media, and Culture Unit business meeting at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
Natalie Reynoso, ARTS AND SCIENCES, doctoral candidate of theology, participated in a panel on “Teaching the Traditions of the Late Antique East: A Strategy Swap,” in the Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit, at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22.
John Seitz, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, participated in a panel on the theme of “Real Lives, Real Presence: A Roundtable on Robert Orsi’s Contributions to the Study of Religion” in the Catholic Studies Unit and Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22. He also presided at the Catholic Studies Unit business meeting.
Maeera Shreiber, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of English, published a book titled Holy Envy: Writing in the Jewish Christian Borderzone on Nov.15.
Lance Strate, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of communication and media studies, recently published a new book titled, Concerning Communication: Epic Quests & Lyric Excursions Within the Human Lifeworld, published by the Institute of General Semantics on Dec.1.
Lance Strate, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of communication and media studies, presented a paper titled “Time is Not Space: Metaphor, Metaphysics, and Cybernetics” at the Ecologies of Mind, Media, and Meaning Symposium sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics in New York City, which ran from Oct. 7 to 9.
Magda Teter, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of history and Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies, spoke on a panel titled “Building Jewish Libraries into the Future: The Dorot Jewish Division at 125” at the 125th-anniversary celebration of New York Public Library’s Dorot Jewish Division on Dec. 14.
Christiana Zenner, Ph.D., ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of theology, participated in a panel on the theme “Religion and Don’t Look Up,” in the Public Understanding of Religion Committee, at the American Academy of Religion’s 2022 annual meeting, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22. She also presided over the Religion and Ecology Unit, as well as the Energy, Extraction, and Religion Seminar.
