Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2026

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit and Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit

Call for Proposals

Legacies of Tomoko Masuzawa’s The Invention of World Religions

Some two decades after the publication of Tomoko Masuzawa’s seminal account of the formation of the World Religions paradigm, we invite reflection on the multiple effects of her work. These may address any of the following: (1) the reception history of Invention; (2) its intellectual legacy, including continuities/discontinuities across various subfields; (3) its pedagogic impact; (4) the institutional effects or non-effects of the critique of the pluralist paradigm.

Sponsors
Cultural History of the Study of Religion Unit	View
Religion, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Unit	View

Chair	Mail	Dates
Adam Stern, University of Wisconsin, Madison	adam.stern@wisc.edu	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Lucia Hulsether	lhulseth@skidmore.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Marko Geslani, University of South Carolina	marko.geslani@gmail.com	2026/01/02 - 2032/01/01	View
Marlon Millner, Wesleyan University	marlonmillner2021@u…	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Abimbola Adelakun	adelakun@austin.utexas…	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Eleanor Craig	elcatcraig@gmail.com	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Jennifer Graber	jgraber@austin.utexas.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Matthew Harris	matt.m.harris@gmail.com	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Matthew Smith	mjsmith@alma.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Rafael Vizcaino, DePaul University	r.vizcaino@depaul.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Rebecca Potts	rebecca.potts@yale.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Ridhima Sharma	ridhima.sharma@mail…	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Samaah Jaffer, Yale University	samaah.jaffer@yale.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Tisa Wenger, Yale University	tisa.wenger@yale.edu	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
William Underwood, Oberlin College and…	wunderwo@oberlin.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