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Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit, Religion and Human Rights Unit, Religion, Media, and Culture Unit and Religions, Social Conflict, and Peace Unit
Call for Proposals
Catastrophe, Apocalypse, and Human Rights
We seek proposals that address religious thought and practice, and human rights concerns, in these areas:
- Violations of human rights during a catastrophe or “state of emergency,” or the wholesale setting aside of human rights norms in a (real or imagined) catastrophe or state of emergency
- Representation of apocalyptic or catastrophic settings, often with religious overtones or religiously-inflected, in media and popular culture (film, literature), and depictions of human rights protection (or lack thereof) in such settings
- The religious resonances of manufactured or imagined apocalypse, and the call to defend” a particular group or social order from an apocalyptic threat; examples might include conspiracy theories against immigrant or minority groups, such as the racist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory; and catastrophizing of the actions of oppressed groups in their search for equality, such as the characterization of largely peaceful racial justice protests as “burning down cities”
Sponsors
Chairs
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Laura Alexander, University of Nebraska, Omaha1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Jenna Reinbold, Colgate University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Santiago H. Slabodsky, Hofstra University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Chase L. Way, Other1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Deborah Whitehead, University of Colorado, Boulder1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
Steering Committee Members
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Amarnath Amarasingam, University of Waterloo1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Luke Beck Kreider, University of Virginia1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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William Chavez, University of California, Santa Barbara1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Elonda Clay, Vrije University Amsterdam1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Heather M. DuBois, Stonehill College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Margarita Simon Guillory, Boston University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Janna Hunter-Bowman, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Curtis Hutt, University of Nebraska, Omaha1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Stephen Jenkins, Humboldt State University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Sara Kamali, University of California, Santa Barbara1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Zayn Kassam, Pomona College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Brad Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Flagg Miller,1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Siti Sarah Muwahidah, Emory University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Kyle Nicholas, University of Virginia1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Irene Oh, George Washington University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Miray Philips, University of Minnesota1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Christophe D. Ringer, Chicago Theological Seminary1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Wonchul Shin, Villanova University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Jason Springs, University of Notre Dame1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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John M. Thompson, Christopher Newport University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Rachel Wagner, Ithaca College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Kayla Renee Wheeler, Xavier University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Wendy Wiseman, University of California, Santa Barbara1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
Method
PAPERS
Review Process
Proposals are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members during review, but visible to chairs prior to final acceptance or rejection