Recent and upcoming events:
November 12 , 2008
Tina Fetner, McMaster University
Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)
"How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism'"Event details: Location TBD, 9:00a-9:50a. Refreshments will be provided.
October 10, 2008
John Green, University of Akron
Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Religion (IWAR)
Talk Title TBA.Event details: DeBartolo 119, 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 25, 2008
Brian Steensland, Indiana University (event cancelled)
Event details: Grace Hall Lower Level, 11:30a-1:00p.
April 18-19, 2008
Stephen Vaisey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"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.
March 18, 2008
Michael Emmerson, Rice University (event cancelled)
Event details: Hammes/Mowbray Building, Room 319, 5:00p-6:30p.
March 13, 2008
Margaret Archer, University of Warwick
"Linking Structure and Agency: Reflexivity as the Missing Link?"
Event details: Flanner G-20, 2:00p-3:30p.
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: Hesburg 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 confernce 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'Shaugnessy, 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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