Earlier this week, I was among a group of 10 DSR faculty and PhD students who participated in a workshop at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Society at the University of Tübingen in Germany, where we discussed key issues in the study of religion in a comparative Canada/Germany perspective (more details below). This was an exciting opportunity for us to forge new connections between our universities, while enjoying the warm hospitality of our hosts, which included a “Stocherkahnfahrt” on the Neckar River. Many thanks to all those who participated, to our amazing hosts, Professors Monique Scheer and Holger Zellentin, and to Research Services Office of the Faculty of Arts & Science for their support of the student travel.
On May 25-27, a group of DSR faculty and PhD students visited the University of Tübingen for a partnership-building workshop co-sponsored by the DSR and the Center for Religion, Culture, and Society. Entitled “The Study of Religion: Pasts, Presents, & Futures”, the workshop included sessions on “reckonings” and the study of religion in Germany and Canada, the concept of “originalism” in the study of early Islam, connections among religion, the digital humanities, and AI, and graduate student panels on “futures” for the study of religion. The workshop also included visits to the museum collections of the University of Tübingen, and a panel on museums, universities, and responsibility. DSR faculty participants were Walid Saleh, J. Barton Scott, Amira Mittermaier, John Marshall, and Pamela Klassen. PhD students included Mohannad Abusarah, Sloane Geddes, Shannon Drew, Ridhima Sharma, and Christina Gousopoulos. Stay tuned for more updates about collaboration between the DSR and the CRCS in support of research projects, courses, and student and faculty mobility.
