Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Ritual Studies Unit and Sociology of Religion Unit

Call for Proposals

Sociology of Ritual

This possible co-sponsored session invites proposals that examine or employ sociological approaches to ritual. Examples include original studies of religious, spiritual, or secular rituals across a variety of contexts; reassessments of major theorists, like Émile Durkheim, Clifford Geertz, or Catherine Bell; or other topics related to the sociological study of ritual.

Sponsor
Ritual Studies Unit	View
Sociology of Religion Unit	View

Chair	Mail	Dates
Courtney Applewhite, École Polytechnique…	courtney.applewhite@epfl…	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Di Di, Santa Clara University	ddi@scu.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Dusty Hoesly, University of California,…	hoesly@ucsb.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Joy Palacios	joypalacios@gmail.com	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Amidu Elabo, Princeton Theological Seminary	amidu.elabo@ptsem.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Joseph Blankholm, University of California,…	blankholm@ucsb.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Esther Chan	chane@uwm.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Damian Lanahan-Kalish	damian@ucsb.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Dana Logan, UNC Greensboro	dana.w.logan@gmail.com	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Warren S. Goldstein	goldstein…	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Jonathan Calvillo	jcalvillo@emory.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	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
Gustavo Morello, Boston College	morellog@bc.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Renee Cyr	renee.cyr23@gmail.com	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Simranjit Steel, University of Memphis	s.steel@memphis.edu	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View

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