Study Religion

Dept. of Religious Studies at Univ. of Alabama
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Study Religion

Study Religion is a production of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. The podcast brings listeners into the life of the department through discussions with faculty, student work, analysis of current events and popular culture, and interviews about the state of religious studies as a field. It is a chance to listen in to the conversations we're having on the balconies and inside the offices of Manly Hall, the department building and our logo.

  1. Ep. 26 Example #4: Seduction Forums

    2023/05/04

    Ep. 26 Example #4: Seduction Forums

    In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a masters student in our department, discusses the topic of online Seduction Forums with 2022 AE participant Suzanne van Geuns. Dr. van Geuns is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Center for Culture, Society, and Religion at Princeton University. Her scholarship broadly examines the intellectual exchange between computational projects and the gendered or sexual imagination, with her most recent project focusing on artificial intelligence research as it appears in heterosexual seduction advice. Her chapter on seduction forums will appear in the forthcoming volume four of the American Examples anthology series. You can read more about American Examples at www.americanexamples.ua.edu. A transcript of this episode is available at https://religion.ua.edu/about/podcasts/ Ep. 25 Example #4: Seduction Forums By Dept. of Religious Studies at Univ. of Alabama is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

    42 分钟
  2. Ep. 25 Example #3: Ridicule

    2022/11/10

    Ep. 25 Example #3: Ridicule

    In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a masters student in our department, discusses the topic of mesmerism, ridicule, and the corpse of an alleged mermaid with Dr. Joshua Urich. Dr. Urich received his PhD at the University of Texas-Austin and is a visiting assistant professor of religion at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. His chapter, “Truth is Never Ridiculous: Social Territory and the Cartography of Ridicule” will be published in the forthcoming third volume of American Examples. You can read more about American Examples at https://www.americanexamples.ua.edu.

    54 分钟
  3. Ep. 24 Academic Job Market pt.4

    2022/09/06

    Ep. 24 Academic Job Market pt.4

    This is the fourth and final episode of a four-part series, in which Erica Bennett and Jacob Barrett hear from Shannon Trosper Schorey, a recent PhD graduate in Religious Studies, on her experience in a job outside the academy, in the tech sector. Jacob and Erica then reflect on the series as a whole.

    45 分钟
  4. Ep. 23 Academic Job Market pt.3

    2022/09/06

    Ep. 23 Academic Job Market pt.3

    In episode three of a four-part series we discuss how many students leave their graduate programs before completion, partly due to concerns of job security or availability, Jacob Barrett and Erica Bennett listen to Jared Powell explain his decision to leave his PhD program in English and pursue a career path outside academia.

    32 分钟
  5. Ep. 22 Academic Job Market pt.2

    2022/09/06

    Ep. 22 Academic Job Market pt.2

    In episode two of a four-part series, Erica Bennett and Jacob Barrett continue their discussion on the job market after a graduate degree in the humanities. This episode they hear from tenured English Professor Pamela Gilbert on her experience within academia and advising students going into the academic job market.

    35 分钟
  6. Ep. 21 Academic Job Market pt.1

    2022/09/06

    Ep. 21 Academic Job Market pt.1

    In the first episode of this four part series, Erica Bennett and Jacob Barrett discuss the worries of starting a PhD program in the humanities with particular focus placed on the dismal state of the job market for many humanities PhD graduates. To further flesh out the state of the job market currently, Erica talks with Bradley Sommer, a recent PhD grad in History.

    34 分钟
  7. Ep. 20 Example #2: The Atomic Bomb

    2022/08/17

    Ep. 20 Example #2: The Atomic Bomb

    In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a masters student in our department, discusses the topic of the atomic bomb and its relationship to the counterculture movement with Dr. Erik Kline. Dr. Kline is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and received his PhD in English from the University of Alabama. He has specialties in disability, trauma, addiction, and religious experience in American fiction. Erik’s chapter, “Seeing God, Reading a Trip: William Blake, Ram Dass, and Spiritual Awakening in 1960s Psychedelic Mysticism” will be published in the forthcoming second volume of American Examples. You can read more about American Examples at https://www.americanexamples.ua.edu.

    51 分钟
  8. Ep. 19 Example #1: Comedy

    2022/07/20

    Ep. 19 Example #1: Comedy

    In this episode of our new mini-series Examples, Ciara Eichhorst, the American Examples Fellow and a master’s student in our department, discusses the topic of comedy and its relationship with religious studies with Dr. Samah Choudhury. Dr. Choudhury is an assistant professor in the department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca College in New York, with specialties in Islamic Studies, Humor and Comedy, Race, and Gender. You can find more information about her and her work in the first volume of American Examples at https://www.americanexamples.ua.edu. A transcript of the show is available at: religion.ua.edu/about-us/podcasts/ Study Religion is a production of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama and Examples is an American Examples production.

    43 分钟
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Study Religion is a production of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. The podcast brings listeners into the life of the department through discussions with faculty, student work, analysis of current events and popular culture, and interviews about the state of religious studies as a field. It is a chance to listen in to the conversations we're having on the balconies and inside the offices of Manly Hall, the department building and our logo.

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  • 创作者
    Dept. of Religious Studies at Univ. of Alabama
  • 活跃年份
    2017年 - 2023年
  • 单集
    39
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    儿童适宜
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