MINI-SEMINARS
Click on names to see bios and papers
Manifestations
of the Divine: The Body
- Gisela Cánepa Koch, Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú (moderator)
- Joseph
Roach Yale University, “Ghost Notes: Jazz Divinity.”
- Liza
McAlister Wesleyan University, "Zonbi spirits and zombified bodies
in Haitian Rara and Vodou arts."
- Luis
Millones Universidad de San Marcos (Peru), “Hechizos de amor:
magia y poder en la costa norte del Perú.”
- Daniel
Dawson “The Universe in a Pot: Palo Mayombe in Cuba.”
War, Religion
and the Culture of Fear
- Mark Crispin Miller, NYU (moderator)
- Rossana
Reguillo ITESO, (Mexico), “La razón re-encantada: magia,
neoreligión y rituales en la era del colapso.”
- Barbara
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett NYU,“Jewish Responses To 9/11.”
- Julio
Ortega Brown University,"La representación de la violencia:
preguntas sin respuesta."
Christian Media
and Contemporary US: Politics, Culture, and Belief
- Faye Ginsburg, NYU (moderator)
- Linda
Kintz U. of Oregon, "Performing Imperialist Fundamentalisms."
- Melani
McAlister George Washington University, "Read the Future":
Christian Prophecy, Popular culture, and the Middle East.”
- Tanya
Erzen NYU,
“Proselytizing Media: Conservative Christian Media Encounters the World.”
The Ethics
and Erotics of Religion
- Licia Fiol- Matta, Barnard College (moderator)
- José
Muñoz NYU, “La Lupe, Fever and Fervor: Latina Affect and
Religosity.”
- Ann
Pellegrini NYU, "Testimonial Sexuality, or, Structures of Religious
Feeling."
- Agnes
Lugo- Ortiz University of Chicago, “Spectacles of Religiosity:
Bodies, Violence and Representation in Slaveholding Cuba."
Religious Fervor
and Popular Culture
- Ulla Berg and Alyshia Galvez, NYU (moderators)
- Silvia
Spitta Dartmouth College, "New Mexico/New Mestizo: Enacted and
Otherwise Enchanted Environments." \
- Sylvia
Molloy NYU, "Displaying Americas: Idols and Ideology."
- Vivian
Martínez Tabares Casa de las Américas (Cuba), "Amplitud
representacional de las religiosidades cubanas."
