Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Religion, Media, and Culture Unit and Ritual Studies Unit

Call for Proposals

Technology and Ritual

We invite proposals that investigate the use of technology, automation, or artificial intelligence in religious ritual or ceremony. Examples could include a robotic arm performing aarti in India, electric wheelchairs made available to the elderly or disabled in Mecca, or Mindar, an AI-robot priest in Japan. This session also welcomes discussions of aniconism and/or technophobia across religious and world traditions.

Sponsor
Religion, Media, and Culture Unit	View
Ritual Studies Unit	View

Chair	Mail	Dates
Courtney Applewhite, École Polytechnique…	courtney.applewhite@epfl…	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Joy Palacios	joypalacios@gmail.com	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Sana Patel, University of Ottawa	spate161@uottawa.ca	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
William Chavez, Stetson University	wchavez@stetson.edu	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Abtsam Saleh, Harvard University	asaleh@g.harvard.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Gloria I-Ling Chien, Gonzaga University	chien@gonzaga.edu	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Caroline Matas, Princeton University	cmatas@princeton.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Daigengna Duoer	daigengna@ucsb.edu	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Dana Logan	dana.w.logan@gmail.com	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Jordan Loewen-Colón, Syracuse University	jbloewen@syr.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Jone Salomonsen	jone.salomonsen@teologi…	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Michael Amoruso	mamoruso@oxy.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Margarita Simon Guillory, Boston University	mlsg@bu.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Renee Cyr	renee.cyr23@gmail.com	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Laurel Zwissler, Central Michigan University	Zwiss1l@cmich.edu	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View

Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection