Faculty
Daniel Cere,听Associate Professor of Religion, Law, and Public Policy
厂辫别肠颈补濒颈锄补迟颈辞苍:听Religion, Law, and Public Policy; Religion and Globalization; Religious Freedom and Human Rights; Social Ethics; Gender, Sexuality and Marriage; Catholic Social Thought
Hillary Kaell,听Associate Professor, Anthropology and Religion听Specialization: Christianity; Messianic Judaism; Material and sensory studies; Anthropology of religion; Capitalism and consumption; Space, place and landscape; Global networks and imaginaries; North America, primarily the United States and Quebec.
Samuel Nelson, Assistant Professor (CAS)听
Specialization:听Secularization and church/state dynamics; Religious organization; Empire and colonialism; Missionaries
Armando Salvatore,听Barbara and Patrick Keenan Chair in Interfaith Studies, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, Associate Member, Institute of Islamic Studies
Graduate Students
Ph.D.
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Fawaz Abdul Salam听(Ph.D. 2018-)听B.A. in Economics from the University of Delhi. M.A. in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Fawaz鈥檚 research broadly focuses on contemporary religious urban practices in the Middle East and South Asia. His Ph.D. research examines the social production of everyday Muslim spaces in the Fatih neighborhood, Istanbul. The research specifically addresses the discursive and material forces that mediate religious discourses, practices, institutions, and movements in the neighborhood. |
| 听 | Samia Ahmed听(Ph.D. 2020-) |
| 听 | Imaduddin Balkis听(Ph.D. 2019-) |
| 听 | Hamdi Selman Cetin听(Ph.D. 2018-) |
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Ana de Souza听(Ph.D. 2020-) B.A. in Classics and World Religions from UU直播 (2016). M.A. in History and Philosophy of Religion from Concordia University (2019). LL.M. (Master of Laws) from Dublin City University (2020). Ana studies Canadian religious minorities in the context of multiculturalism, focused particularly on Hindu nationalism. |
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Chung Chih Hong听(Ph.D. 2018-) B.A. in Social Work from the Donghai University. M.S.S. in Indigenous Development and Social Work (2014) from Donghwa University. M.A. in Theology (2016) from YuShan Theological College and Seminary. As an indigenous from the Kasavakan community of the Pinuyumayan tribe in Taiwan, Chung-Chih鈥檚 (also known as Ayah Demaladas) studies focus on the intersectional influences between Christianity, indigeneity, and gender. Her Ph.D. research particularly examines Christianity's implication in the erosion of Pangcah women鈥檚 traditional cultural and social authority in Taiwan and the lived experience of Pangcah women today. |
| 听 | Malith Kur听(Ph.D. 2016-) |
| 听 | Marie-Eve Melanson听(Ph.D. 2016-) |
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Lucie Robathan听(Ph.D. 2017-) M.A. (hons) in Philosophy and Theology from University of Edinburgh (2012). M.A. in Religious Studies: Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies from UU直播 (2017). Lucie鈥檚 research focuses on hermeneutical philosophy and its socio-political application, and her current project uses this framework to interrogate the process of claiming asylum in the UK. |
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Avian Tang听(Ph.D. 2016-)听B.A. (Hons.) in Religious Studies from UU直播 (2013). M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Ottawa (2015). Avian鈥檚 research is focused on religion, public policy, and law in Europe and Canada, with a particular interest in the legislative regulation of religious freedom and the subsequent challenges brought before the European Court of Human Rights. |
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Hary Widyantoro听(Ph.D. 2019-)听B.A. on Islamic Law from State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga (2013), M.A. on Religious Studies from Gadjah Mada University (2015). Hary鈥檚 research is focused on Religion, Law, and Public Policy, and Interfaith relation in the Public Sphere. |
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