Events Religion

Event: Religion, Race, and Urban Space in NYC – Museum of the City of New York

1 December 2022, 6:30PM EST Tickets Curator Azra Dawood talks with Nathaniel Deutsch, Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, and Hussein Rashid, three leading scholars of religion in New York City, about the intersections of the public and private, the political, secular and sacred. This program accompanies our new exhibition, City of Faith:Religion, Activism…Continue readingEvent: Religion, Race, and Urban Space in NYC – Museum of the City of New York

Books

New Book: Teaching Critical Religious Studies

Teaching Critical Religious Studies: Pedagogy and Critique in the Classroom Are you teaching religious studies in the best way possible? Do you inadvertently offer simplistic understandings of religion to undergraduate students, only to then unpick them at advanced levels? This book presents case studies of teaching methods that integrate student…Continue readingNew Book: Teaching Critical Religious Studies

Media Appearances

Building Community Through the Arts | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube

Building Community Through the Arts | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube. In this discussion, panelists talk about the true power of the arts to shape cities and policies and strengthen the ties between us. For this conversation, scholar Hussein Rashid is joined by Lydia Cotton and Marty…Continue readingBuilding Community Through the Arts | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube

Media Appearances

Art & Global Politics | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube

Art & Global Politics | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube. In this discussion, three artists and scholars talk about the intersection of art and history as well as art and politics and cultural diplomacy. How do performances shape our understanding of history—and how might politics shape our…Continue readingArt & Global Politics | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube

Media Appearances

Teaching History | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube

Teaching History | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube. What role should the performing arts play in education and the teaching of history? Spoleto Festival USA’s 2022 season looked at the power of the arts to reveal untold histories, especially those of marginalized people and groups whose stories…Continue readingTeaching History | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube