Religions and Public Life
Providential Modernity Seminar with Eric Nelson
The Ahmadieh Family Conference Room, West Duke, Room 101 1364 Campus Drive, Durham, NCThe next Providential Modernity seminar will meet at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 6, in the Ahmadieh Family Conference Room (West Duke Building, room 101). The seminar will feature Eric Nelson (Government, Harvard University). A vegetarian lunch will be served; please RSVP to receive a copy of the paper (and request parking on East Campus, if […]
Faith and Politics: Mitt Romney’s vote to convict
Sociology-Psychology 248 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NCHow do we understand Mitt Romney’s speech on the floor of the senate and his decision to vote to convict Trump? How did he decide to vote against the GOP party line? How should people engage faith-fully with politics? Undergraduates are invited to join Dean Jenny Wood Crowley in a conversation on how Romney’s Mormon […]
Providential Modernity Seminar with Elsa Costa
The Ahmadieh Family Conference Room, West Duke, Room 101 1364 Campus Drive, Durham, NCThe next Providential Modernity seminar will meet at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 5, in the Ahmadieh Family Conference Room (West Duke Building, room 101). The seminar will feature Elsa Costa (Ph.D. candidate in History, Duke University), discussing some of her work on the Spanish Empire during the Counterreformation and Enlightenment: "The Bourbon Ideology? Civic Eudaemonism […]
RESCHEDULED to Apr. 16: Providential Modernity Seminar with Matthew Rowley
ONLINE** Rescheduled to virtual format, now on April 16, 1:00-2:30PM, EDT -- email Amber Díaz Pearson for the paper and Zoom meeting details. ** The next Providential Modernity seminar will meet at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 16, on Zoom. The seminar will feature historian Matthew Rowley (Leicester and Cambridge): "Make (Colonial) America Great Again: The […]
Religions and Public Life Graduate Student Research Workshop
Celebrate the end of the academic year with the 2019-20 cohort of Religions and Public Life graduate fellows, as they present public talks based on their research. The virtual workshop will meet on Zoom Wednesday, April 29, 2:00-5:30PM. Each panelist will give a 6-8 minute "TEDx"-style presentation, followed by open discussion and Q&A. *Please email […]
Religions and Public Life Graduate Fellowship Conference
ZoomThis event represents the culmination of the efforts of a year-long graduate student working group composed of Duke and UNC students working at the intersection of immigration and religion. Students have met monthly throughout the school year to develop their projects and receive feedback from the collegial environment of the working group. This conference will […]