Religion
Providential Modernity Seminar with Michael Gillespie
Classroom Building 229Religions and Public Life at KIE enters the second year of the interdisciplinary Providential Modernity seminar. For the first meeting of the fall, participants will discuss a short overview of a new book project by Michael Gillespie (Duke, Political Science), "The Antitrinitarian Origins of American Liberalism," at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 26, in Classroom Building […]
Providential Modernity Seminar with Ellen McLarney
Classroom Building 229The next Providential Modernity seminar will meet at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 31, in Classroom Building 229. Professor Ellen McLarney (AMES) will give a brief presentation followed by discussion of her new scholarship. She explains: "Black Arts, Black Muslims, and Modern Religiosity" looks at Black American conversion to Islam in the second half of the […]
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 […]
Kenan Graduate Fellows in Ethics Spring Research Workshop
Celebrate the end of the academic year with the 2019-20 cohort of the Kenan Graduate Fellows in Ethics, as they present public talks based on their research. This is their second research workshop of the academic year, and will feature half of the scholars presenting their work. The virtual workshop will meet on Zoom Monday, […]
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 […]