Colloquia and Talks

Recent and upcoming events:

April 23, 2009

Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

Talk Title TBD

Event details: TBD. Lunch will be provided.

March 26, 2009

Allen Hertzke, University of Oklahoma

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

Talk Title TBD

Event details: TBD. Lunch will be provided.

February 26, 2009

Geoffrey Layman, University of Maryland

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

Talk Title TBD

Event details: TBD. Lunch will be provided.

November 21, 2009

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

Saturday Scholars Series

“Understanding the Cultural, Religious, and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults”

Event details: Annenberg Auditorium, Snite Museum of Art.

November 20, 2009

Keith Meador, Duke University

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

Talk Title TBD

Event details: Hammes-Mowbray 319, 11:45a-1:00p. Lunch will be provided.

October 30, 2009

Donna Freitas, Boston University

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

Talk Title TBD

Event details: Hammes-Mowbray 319, 11:45a-1:00p. Lunch will be provided.

September 17, 2009

Robert Nauman, University of Colorado Boulder

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"One Nation, Under God:  Designing American Identity during the Cold War Era."

Event details: O'Shaughnessy 119, 11:30a-12:45p. Lunch will be provided.

May 20-22, 2009

Critical Realism & Human Personhood

Event description: This 3-day conference brought together 44 of the most promising young scholars in the sociology of religion from around the country to the philosophy of science called critical realism and to explore its connections to definitions of human personhood in the social sciences.

Event details: McKenna Hall

To see pictures from this event, click here.

May 18-19, 2009

Young Scholars in the Sociology of Religion (YSSR)

Event description: This 2-day conference brought together 43 of the most promising young scholars in the sociology of religion from around the country to discuss their work and the larger intellectual issues and directions in the field.

Event details: McKenna Hall

To see pictures from this event, click here.

April 17, 2009

Brian Steensland, Indiana University

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"Does God Love Free Markets? The Rise of Post-War 'Fusionism' in the United States."

Event details: Hammes-Mowbray 319, 11:45a-1:00p. Lunch will be provided.

January 23, 2009

Stephen Warner, University of Illinois, Chicago

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"Race and Religion in the American Republic"

Event details: Hammes-Mowbray 319, 11:45a-1:00p. Lunch will be provided.

December 5, 2008

Sharon Nepstad, University of New Mexico

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"The Religious Roots of Resistance in the Plowshares Movement."

Event details: Flanner G-20, 11:45a-1:00p. Lunch will be provided.

November 12, 2008

Tina Fetner, McMaster University

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism'"

Event details: Hammes-Mowbray 319, 9:00a-9:50a. Refreshments provided.

November 7, 2008

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

John Templeton Foundation Grant Writing Seminar

Event details: LaFortune Student Center Gold Room, 11:45a-1:15p.

October 10, 2008

John Green, University of Akron

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"Gauging the God Gap: Why Worship Attendance Matters at the Ballot Box."

Event details: Grace Lower Level, 11:45a-1:00p. Lunch will be provided.

August 29, 2008

Curtis Evans, University of Chicago Divinity School

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"The Problem of the 'Black Church.'"

Event details: Flanner Hall G-20, 11:30a-12:45p. Lunch will be provided.

April 18-19, 2008

Stephen Vaisey, University of California, Berkeley

"Fuzzy Set/QCA Seminar."

Event details: Coleman-Morse 107, Friday & Saturday 8a-5p.

March 28, 2008

David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame

"Religious Schools and Academic Achievement in Early Childhood."

Event details: Hammes/Mowbray Building, Room 319, 11:45a-1:00p.

January 18, 2008

Mark Ottoni Wilhelm, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis

"Family Structure and Income During Childhood and Subsequent Prosocial Behavior by Young Adults"

Event details: Flanner G-20, 11:30a-1:00p.

December 6, 2007

Research & Analysis in the Sociology of Religion (RASR) Workshop

Event details: Flanner 925, 5:15p-6:30p.

November 16, 2007

Michael Lindsay, Rice University

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"A Vision for the Center: Evangelicals and American Public Life, 1976-2006."

Event details: DeBartolo 119, 11:30a-1:00p.

November 15, 2007

Research & Analysis in the Sociology of Religion (RASR) Workshop

Event details: Flanner 925, 5:15p-6:30p.

November 13, 2007

Mary Ellen Konieczny, University of Chicago

"How Catholic Families Gravitate toward Liberal and Conservative Parishes: Discourse and Practices Surrounding Marriage at Two Churches."

Event details: Grace Hall 234, 12:00p-1:30p.

October 12, 2007

Korie Edwards, Ohio State University

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"The Face of Race in the Worship Practices of Interracial Churches."

Event details: DeBartolo 119, 11:45a-1:00p.

October 11, 2007

Research & Analysis in the Sociology of Religion (RASR) Workshop

Event details: Flanner 925, 5:15p-6:30p.

October 4-5, 2007

The Advancement of Knowledge and Religious Identity: Institutions of Higher Learning in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Beyond

Description: Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the Department of History, and the Center for the Study of Religion and Society.
Event details: Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies.

September 27, 2007

Research & Analysis in the Sociology of Religion (RASR) Workshop

Event details: Flanner 925, 5:15p-6:30p.

September 25, 2007

Robert Fishman, University of Notre Dame

"Explaining Cross-National Variation in the Evolution of Priestly Vocations: Conclusions from a Collaborative Study."

Event details: Hesburgh C-103, 12:30p.

September 7, 2007

Andy Greeley, University of Arizona and National Opinion Research Center

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

It Can't Hurt: A Preliminary Investigation of the Sociological Study of the Correlates of Prayer."

Event details: LaFortune Student Center, Notre Dame Room 202, 11:30a-1:00p.

September 6, 2007

Research & Analysis in the Sociology of Religion (RASR) Workshop

Event details: Flanner 925, 5:15p-6:30p.

July 17, 2007

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

"Conducting Research on the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers."

Event details: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC

June 20, 2007

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

"The Influence of Religious in the Lives of American Teenagers."

Event details: John Templeton Fdn. Founders Board Meeting, Nassau, Bahamas

May 23-25, 2007

Young Scholars in the Sociology of Religion (YSSR)

Event description: This 3-day conference brought together 30 of the most promising young scholars in the sociology of religion from around the country to discuss their work and the larger intellectual issues and directions in the field.

Event details: McKenna Hall

To see pictures from this event, click here.

May 7, 2007

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

"Understanding the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers."

Event details: St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Briarcliff Manor, NY

April 18, 2007

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

"Soul Searching: A Movie About Teenagers and God "

Event details: Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

Free but ticketed event and open to the public, 7:00p-9:00p

For more information visit http://csrs.nd.edu/ssmovie.htm

Call DPAC Ticket Office at 574.631.2800 to reserve tickets.

  

April 18, 2007

Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at Austin

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"Types of Religious Influence and the Sexual Behavior of American Adolescents."

Event details: Grace Hall, Lower Level, 3:30p-5:00p

  

April 16, 2007

Jennifer Hammer, NYU Press

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"How to Publish Your First Book "

Event details: Flanner Hall, G-20, 1:00p-2:00p

March 20, 2007

David Sikkink and Trish Snell , University of Notre Dame

A Workshop on Graduate Student Funding for Conference Activities.

Event details: Flanner, Room 813, 10:00a-11:00a

  

March 1, 2007

Charles Taylor, McGill University
"Master-Narratives of Secularization"

Event details: DeBartolo, Room 102, 4:30pm

February 14, 2007

Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"American Evangelicals and Recent Electoral Politics."

Event details: O'Shaughnessy, Room 119 , 12:00a-1:30p

February 8, 2007

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

"Understanding the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers."

Event details: Trinity School, Durham, NC, 7:00p-9:00p

January 19, 2007

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

"'Don't Let the Car Fool You. My Treasure is in Heaven': Toward Explaining Financially Ungenerous American Christians."

Event details: Flanner, G-20, 11:30a-1:00p

December 7, 2006

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)

"God, Religion, Whatever: On Moralistic Therapeutic Deism?" from Soul Searching.

Event details: Decio, Room 131, 12:00p-1:00p

November 27, 2006

Dan Olson, Indiana University

"Why do smaller religious groups have higher commitment levels?"

Event details: Flanner, G-20, 4:30p-5:45p

November 2, 2006

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

"Catholic Teenagers: Faith at Risk? Do new findings reveal a time of renewal- or massive generational failure?"

Event details: Fordham University Pope Auditorium, New York City
Free and Open to the Public, 5:30p-7:30p
Please see this news article and visit the website for more details.

RSVP: ReligCulture@Fordham.edu

October 19-22, 2006

Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

Sessions on the findings from the National Study of Youth and Religion data and pre-premier showing of Soul Searching: A Movie about Teenagers and God.

Event details: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting at the Portland Marriot in Portland, Oregon

RSVP: Please RSVP online

October 5, 2006

Margarita Mooney, Princeton University

"Beyond the Sea and the Mountain: Spiritual Capital and Assimilation Theory"

Event details: Lower Level Grace Hall, 9:30a - 11:00a

October 3, 2006

Jenny Trinitapoli, University of Texas at Austin

"Adding a 'D' to the ABCs: Divorce, Religious Leaders,

and HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Event details: Lower Level Grace Hall, 9:30a - 11:00a

September 26, 2006

Amy Burdette, University of Texas at Austin

"Religious Involvement, Race, and Adolescent Sexual Behavior"

Event details: G-20 Flanner Hall, 9:30a - 11:00a

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