The Enhancing Life Project On the Road

 

Events

July 2019

7/9-7/12: Michael Luchs delivered a talk on „Consumer Wisdom theory“ at the 22nd Marketing Congress of the Academy of Marketing Science in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Early Career Event)

 

June 2019

6/23-27/2019: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) presented a paper “Climate Hope, Eschatology and the Bible” at a Gustavus Adolphus College Youth Event, Saint Peter, MN (Scholar event)

 

May 2019

5/19-21: Michael Luchs organized a track on „Consumer Wisdom“ at the 2019 Transformative Consumer Research Conference at the College of Business at Florida State University. For more information see: https://tcr.business.fsu.edu/track-1/consumer-wisdom.
(Early Career Event)

 

March 2019

3/11-12/2019: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) theological consultation “Creation and the City of God,” Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, Atlanta. (Scholar event)

Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) offered the Peace Lecture (endowed lecture) titled entitled “For the Healing of the World,” at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Coral Gables, Florida. March 2019. (Scholar event)

3/21/2019: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) gave two lectures at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston for the Robert C. Stuart Lenten Series. (Scholar event)

3/20/2019: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) gave a lecture: “Journeys Through Revelation: Apocalyptic Hope for Enhancing Life” at the ELCA Milwaukee Area Synod. (Scholar event)

3/2-3: Aasim Padela, Andrea Bieler, and Martin Wendte hosted a multidisciplinary workshop on  Religious Dimensions of Healthcare Delivery at the University of Chicago. For more information see: https://voices.uchicago.edu/islamandmedicine/rdhd/

(Early Career Event)

 

February 2019

2/28-3/2: Michael Luchs participated in the 2019 Annual Conference of the Society of Consumer Psychology in Savannah, Georgia. (Early Career Event)

2/13: Stephen Lakkis participated in a panel discussion at the Museum of World Religions, Taipei, to celebrate “UN Interfaith Harmony Week”, speaking on the topic: “Love of the Good, and the Love of One’s Neighbor”.

 

January 2019

1/30-31: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) delivered the keynote lecture and organized a workshop at Luther Seminary, “Give Us This Day our Daily Bread: Food, Land and Sustainability” St Paul, MN. (Scholar event)

1/27: Stephen Lakkis hosted the 2019 International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Taipei, jointly organized by the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei and the German Institute Taipei. For more information see: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/01/28/2003708778

(Early Career Event)

1/25-26: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) delivered the lecture: “From Neighbor to Neighbor? Religious-sociological Perspectives on Church in Urban Neighborhood” in the context of the closed meeting of the Protestant church council at Magdeburg, Blankenburg (Harz). (Scholar event)

1/25: Lea Schweitz gave an invited lecture on “Creation Catechesis and Reading the Book of Nature” at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. (Early Career Event)

1/18: Jason Danely delivered a talk on “Frail aesthetics and slow lives: personhood and longevity in Japan” at the University of Liverpool. (Early Career Event)

1/9-10: Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) delivered the UN Expert Group Meeting on: “The State and Future of Preventing Violent Extremism in the Arab Region: Regional Assessment and Future Prospects,” at Abu Dhabi, UAE. (Scholar event)

1/3-6: Maria Antonaccio (Bucknell University) delivered a paper titled “The Self-Endangerment of the Human in the Anthropocene” at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics. Approximately forty people attended the session. Louisville, Kentucky. (Scholar event)

1/3: Stephen Lakkis participated in a broadcast panel discussion on the HSSSZN News Network addressing taxation reform and the “Yellow Vest” movement in Taiwan with broad online audience. (Early Career Event)

 

December 2018

Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) delivered the lecture, “Can Data be Decolonized? Data Relations and the Emerging Social Order of Capitalism,” (with Ulises Mejias), at the University of Amsterdam. December 2018. (Scholar event)

Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) gave a presentation at the 1st State of the Art meeting of the International Society of Uterus Transplantation (Ghent, Belgium). There were approximately 200 attendees. December 2018. (Scholar event)

12/19: Stephen Lakkis gave a talk on the need for economic and tax reform in Taiwan at the annual “1219 Human Rights Memorial Day”. For media coverage see: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3601006

(Early Career Event)

12/13: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave a lecture on “Whose Dialogue, Whose Faith? Interfaith Dialogue and (the lack of) Intrareligious Diversity in Germany” at the conference “Sunni-Shi'i Relations in Europe: How to Study Them?” in Turku, Finland. (Scholar event)

12/10 Michael Ing gave an invited lecture on “The Vulnerability of Integrity” as part of the Early China Speaker Series at the Columbia University, New York, NY. (Early Career Event)

November 2018

Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) delivered lecture, “Data Colonialism and the Threat to Human Autonomy,” Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Media and Communications, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. November 2018. (Scholar event)

Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) delivered lecture, “Colonized by Data: The Hollowing Out of the Digital Social World,” HIIG, Berlin Lecture Series on the Digital Society, Berlin. November 2018. (Scholar event)

Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) delivered lecture, “Data Colonialism and the Emerging Social Order of Capitalism,” Film and Media Studies, Yale University. November 2018. (Scholar event)

Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) Grand rounds presented at Mayo Hospital (Rochester, MN). There were approximately 250 attendees, a combination of residents, fellows, medical students, and attending staff. November 2018. (Scholar event)

Ruben Zimmermann (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz) delivered a paper a paper in cooperation with PD Dr. Christine Thomas at the annual meeting of Psychiatrists in Europe (DGPPN-Conference 2018) on “Ethics of Relinquishing in Geronto Psychiatry” in Berlin, November 2018. The annual meeting of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie” is the largest conference on Psychiatry in Europe (about 9000 participants). (Scholar event)

Ruben Zimmermann read a paper at the Students Church “Diner Church” of the “ESG = Evangelische Studentengemeinde” of the Johannes Gutenberg University on Ethics of Relinquishing. November 2018. (Scholar event)

Ruben Zimmermann (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz) delivered a paper at the annual meeting of Pschychiatrists in Europe (DGPPN-Conference 2018) on “Ethics of Relinquisihing in Geronto Psychiatry” in Berlin, November 2018. (Scholar event)

11/25-28: Stephen Lakkis participate in an invitation-only workshop in Berlin, Germany, on “Religion and Peace Education” organized by the Berghof Foundation and the German Foreign Ministry. (Early Career Event)

11/24: Jason Danely gave a keynote lecture on “Transcending Death through Love and Imagination”  at the Tokyo University Center for Life and Death Studies during an international symposium on “Death and Life Studies in East Asia: Hyper-aging and Dying”. (Early Career Event)

11/10: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) ELCA National Church Council, Bible Study. (Scholar event)

11/10: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave a lecture on “Religious and Cultural Diversity in Rural Areas at the Integration and Demography Conference” of the district of Göttingen. Osterode. (Scholar event)

11/9: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) presented “Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Christian Responses,” Georgetown University, Nov. 9, 2018. Supported by a grant from the McDonald-Agape Foundation. (Scholar event)

11/9: Stephen Lakkis was invited to give a blessing for “World Religions Harmony Day” and the “17th Anniversary of the Museum of World Religions” on the theme “Love the Earth, Love Peace” (Taiwan). (Early Career Event)

11/06: Ruben Zimmermann (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz) thirteenth Mainz Moral Meeting on “Time and Ethics.” Five panelists/scholars from different disciplines were included, about 50 participants attended. (Scholar event)

 

October 2018

During October and November Nazar Shabila conducted a training course on “Women’s Health” at the Center for Research and Education in Women’s Health at Hawler Medical University, Iraq.

Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) “The Corporate Reconstruction of the Social World,” invited presentation at Shifting Landscapes of Public Communication conference, University of Washington. October 2018. (Scholar event)

Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) Grand rounds presented at Brown University-Women and Children’ s Hospital (Providence, RI). There were approximately 200 attendees, a combination of residents and attending staff. October 2018. (Scholar event)

Paul Dafydd Jones co-hosted a conference on “Christianity and the Alt-Right: Exploring the Relationship”, which was co-sponsored by Religion and its Publics (University of Virginia) and The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and Religion and its Publics. More information can be seen here: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/christianity-and-the-alt-right-in-america. For video, see https://www.c-span.org/video/?453306-2/christianity-alt-right-past. (Early Career event)

Christopher Scott (Stanford University) presented two papers at ASBH, “Preparing for Genomic Enhancement Technologies: An anticipatory approach and 2) Death’s Compatibility with a Love of Life (a response to the philosopher Christine Overall).” October 2018. (Scholar event)

10/28: Stephen Lakkis gave an invited lecture for parishioners at the Suanglien Presbyterian Church, Taipei, on “The Kingdom of God and Social Reform” (Early Career event)

10/26: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture, “Forgotten Minorities? Comparative Sociological-Comparative Perspectives on Migration Churches,” at “Coming Together and Being a Community Together: What does Intercultural Openness Mean for Parishes?” Protestant Academy Loccum. (Scholar event)

10/25: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave a lecture on the “Religious Landscape Germany: Opportunities for Peaceful Cultivation of Religious Diversity” at the Theological Forum. Lüdinghausen, Germany. (Scholar event)


10/24: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Workshop on the role of religion in migration contexts within the Research College “Religious Plurality and its Regulation in the Region” (RePRIR). Bochum, Germany. (Scholar event)

10/24: Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) was invited to give a lecture: “Religion in World Politics,” NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy. (Scholar event)

10/21: Stephen Lakkis was invited to give a lecture to the “2018 Young People’s National Bible Study Camp” at the Hsinchu Bible College, Taiwan, on the topic “The Book of Esther and the Challenges of Pluralism”. (Early Career event)

10/18-19: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) Hein Fry Lecture Respondent, at national ELCA event in Chicago. (Scholar event)


10/14-17: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) South Central Wisconsin Synod ELCA Pastors’ Conference, “Let the Whole Creation Cry,” 3 lectures on sustainability, the Bible, and Enhancing Life (200+ attendees). (Scholar event)

10/14: Stephen Lakkis launched a “Discipleship Course” for church parishioners focused on the practical application of faith in response to social issues as a longterm one-year course with monthly meetings, catering for parishioners. (Early Career event)

10/12: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture at the symposium “Diakonie - Kultur – Theologie.” Frankfurt, Germany. (Scholar event)

10/10-12: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) World Communion of Reformed Churches, Manila, Philippines; consultation on Empire. October 2018. (Scholar event)

10/6 Mike Hogue gave a keynote lecture, based on his ELP book (American Immanence: Democracy for an Uncertain World) in Evanston, IL. (Early Career event)

10/6: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) chair of the panel “Escape Migration, Religious Diversity and the Islamic Religious Field” in Germany at the 2nd Conference of the Network Refugee Research. Eichstaett. Together with Schader. (Scholar event)

10/3: Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) was invited to give a lecture: “From Huntington to Trump: 30 Years of the Clash of Civilisations,” at the University of East Anglia. (Scholar event)

 

September 2018

9/27-28: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave a lecture on “Religious Diversity in German Refugee Accommodation Centers: Micro-Politics of Spatial Separation and Religious 'Emission Control’” at the conference “Refugees and Religion.” Utrecht. (Scholar event)

9/26: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), “Religious Diversity and Practice in Refugee Housing” for the Ad Hoc Working Group “The Processing of Difference in Organizations” of the 39th Congress of the German Sociological Association. Goettingen, Germany. (Scholar event)

9/16: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) participant on the expert panel FRIHUMSAM-17 of the Research Council of Norway. Oslo, Norway. (Scholar event)

 

August 2018

Ruben Zimmermann (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz) Published ZEITzeichen-Article. Within the protestant churches in Germany the magazine “ZEITzeichen” is well known and read by academic readers as well as by a wider audience in church and society. Therefore, I was happy to get the chance to present my project on “Ethics of Relinquishing” in that Forum. The magazine article was published in issue 8 of 2018, pages 47-49. (see attached). This magazine is not open access, therefor, the full article cannot be read online, but a brief abstract can be seen here: 

https://zeitzeichen.net/geschichte-politik-gesellschaft/uebersicht-august/

8/27-31: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) seminar on 'See, I make everything new' - The apocalyptic interpretation of fragile power relations in the context of the Villigst Summer University. Villigst. (Scholar event)

8/26-30: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) “Tree of Life: Radical Hope, Ecology and Spirituality,” Ring Lake Ranch Retreat Center, Wyoming: http://www.ringlake.org/html/programs.php (Scholar event)

8/20: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Divide and Rule: How Cities govern Religious Diversity through Interreligious Initiatives at the Summer School "Religion in Cities." Groningen. (Scholar event)

 

July 2018

Menahem Blondheim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) participated in the Scholas Occurentes annual conference in Rome in July 2018. (Scholar event)

Menahem Blondheim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) gave two conference presentations in South America: in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. (Scholar event)

Karline McLaine delivered a research talk “Living the Bhagavad Gita at Gandhi’s Ashrams” during a Summer Seminar on “The Bhagavad Gita: Ancient Poem, Modern Readers “ at Yale University.

7/29-8/1: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) ELCA Association of Teaching Theologians Panel Presentation, “Apocalypse, Ecology and Enhancing Life,” Minneapolis, MN. (Scholar event)

7/26: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture on the subject of “Religion in the Market: What can be Learned from Alternative Religious Providers” within a study on the theory of church action. Hofgeismar. (Scholar event)

07/20: Sebastian Sattler gave a talk on Social Influences in Parental Decisions to Give Prescription Drugs to Healthy Children at the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto. (Early Career Event)

7/16: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture on “New Territory: Interpretative Organizational Research on Religious Diversity in Refugee Accommodation” in the research module “Organization and Religiosity.” Hannover. (Scholar event)

07/13-30: Stephen Lakkis was a Scholar in Residence at the Forschungszentrum Internationale und Interdisziplinäre Theologie (Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology), at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. (Early Career Event)

7/8-13: Paul Dafydd Jones hosted another interdisciplinary Senior Research Fellows Seminar on “Religion and its Publics” at the  University of Virginia. (Early Career Event)

7/10: Stephen Lakkis gave a lecture on the topic “Public Theology and the Economy of Life: Dismantling Theological Systems of Poverty Acceptance” at the Faculty for Protestant Theology, Ruhr University Bochum. (Early Career Event)

7/6: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Research Colloquium “Religion, Migration, Civil Society.” Goettingen. (Scholar event)

7/4: Sebastian Sattler held a presentation on Buffering Fear with Beer: How Thoughts about a Terror Attack Impact Alcohol-Related Attitudes and Behavior” (with Franziska Pradel) at a Brown-Bag Lunch at the chair of Clemens Kroneberg. (Early Career Event)

7/2-3: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) Wardlaw Lectures on “Preaching the Tree of Life for Healing: Revelation’s Vision for Our World,” Endowed lectureship for Association of Chicago Theological Schools DMin in Preaching, Chicago. (Scholar event)

 

June 2018

6/2018 Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) organized an international conference, “Current Migration and Religion: A Transnational Discourse,” at Basel University with scholars from South Africa, Canada, Norway, Switzerland Zimbabwe: (Scholar event)

6/28: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture on “Internal and External Dynamics of Demarcation of Interfaith Activities within the Framework of the Academic” commemoration of Peter L. Berger of the Academy of World Religions. Hamburg. (Scholar event)

6/27: Sebastian Sattler delivered a presentation on “Associations between Occupational and Organizational Characteristics and the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs for Cognitive Enhancement” (with Myriam Baum and Mareike Reimann) at a Brown-Bag Lunch at the chair of Clemens Kroneberg, Cologne. (Early Career Event)

6/20: Amit Pinchevski gave a talk on “The Archive is on the go” at a symposium on Archive and Activism, Tel Aviv University, Israel. (Early Career Event)

06/19: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) delivered talk, “A Matter of Faith? Religious Background of Refugee Aid” inGermany at the EASR conference. Bern. (Scholar event)

6/18-20 Stephen Lakkis was invited to participate in a 3-day interfaith meeting organized by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office and Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs on the topic “The Responsibility of Religions for Peace”, held at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Berlin. More information can be found here: http://www.taiwancpt.org/events/files/friedensverantwortung_berlin_2018.html.

(Early Career Event)

6/17-20 Paul Dafydd Jones was co-organizer of a conference on “Karl Barth and the Future of Liberation Theology”, together with Kait Dugan, Center for Barth Studies. There gave a plenary lecture on “Liberation Theology after Charlottesville”. (Early Career Event)

6/10-11: Menahem Blondheim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) organized the highly successful and well attended conference on “The Economy of Salvation: Religion, Economy and Conflict,” at Mt. Scopus. (Scholar event)

6/10-11: Menahem Blondheim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) participated in numerous public events, particularly in the context of the religion and peace project, including, among others, a first-of-its kind visit of a top Muslim spiritual leader from Malesia and his hosting for intensive discussions with experts at the Truman Institute. (Scholar event)

 

May 2018

Maria Antonaccio (Bucknell University) delivered a paper on “The Prospects for a Viable Humanism in the Anthropocene” in May 2018 at an interdisciplinary conference at Indiana University on the theme “Being Human in the Age of Humans: Perspectives from Religion and Ethics.” The attendance at the conference was approximately fifty people. (Scholar event)

Mike Hogue gave a keynote lecture in Concord, Massachusetts on the topic of his ELP-book (“American Immanence: Democracy for an Uncertain World”). (Early Career Event)

5/30: Sebastian Sattler held a presentation on “Social Status and Pediatric CE” (with Fabienne Kraemer and Guido Mehlkop) during a Brown-Bag Lunch at the chair of Clemens Kroneberg, Cologne. (Early Career Event)

5/28: Stephen Lakkis gave a Lecture with Q&A for undergraduates at DaTong University, Taipei, on the topic “Growing Towards Success” as part of the interdisciplinary “Life Education” curriculum. (Early Career Event)

5/24-28: Amit Pinchevski presented a paper on “Virtual Reality and the Digital Future of Traumatic Past” in the 2018 annual conference of the International Communication Association in Prague, Czech Republic. (Early Career Event)

5/23-28: Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) presented the main argument of hiss project at the communication field’s leading international conference, the ICA, in Prague, in a panel on Datafied Life, before an audience of 120 people. Paper: Deconstructing Datafication’s Brave New World, Nick Couldry, Jun Yu. (Scholar event)

5/19: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) ELCA Northern Illinois Synod, “Creation Stewardship, Eco-Reformation, and the Future” 2 keynote lectures, Lutheran Outdoor Ministry Center. Oregon, Illinois. (Scholar event)

5/16: Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) spoke on “Colonized by Data: The Capitalization of Life without limit,” at the University of Cardiff, Centre for Data Justice. (Scholar event)

5/15: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) presentation on police work in the multi-religious society within the scope of an inspection head meeting. Goettingen. (Scholar event)

5/11 Stephen Lakkis gave a and participated in a panel discussion on the topic “What is Public Theology?”. Respondent: Dr. Ye Hao (Assoc. Professor of Political Science, National Chengchi University). (Early Career Event)

5/9-10: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) invited expert within the symposium “social work interreligious.” Paderborn. (Scholar event)

5/2-3: Sebastian Sattler was the moderator of the small group scenario exercise “What scenarios would constitute positive uses of non-assistive BCIs? And negative uses?” during a workshop on “Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) and Personhood” at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Canada. (Early Career Event)

 

April 2018

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) spoke on “The Aftermath of Trauma as Site of Artistic Creativity,” Historic Trauma Research Center, Kigali Rwanda. April 2018.

(Scholar event)

4/29-30: Amit Pinchevski presented a paper on “Virtual Testimony and the Digital Future of Traumatic Past” in the conference Tomorrow’s Holocaust Memory: An International Conference at Tel Aviv University, Israel. (Early Career Event)

4/26, 2018: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary SustainGETS lecture, "On Earth As in Heaven: Biblical Ecology for an Eco-Reformation," Evanston, IL (flyer attached); watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FIuCbZOF9M

(Scholar event)

04/24: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture on “Religion, Migration and Flight: Empirical Perspectives” the Research Colloquium of the YMCA University. Kassel. (Scholar event)

4/20-22: Christopher Scott (Stanford University) was a panelist at the International Health Humanities Consortium Conference: Frankenstein@200. The panel, entitled “Stigma and Sensibility: The Face of the Other in Frankenstein,” showed how the stigma of “bio-creation” has now been reversed: to not adopt enhancement technologies that make us smarter, faster, or healthier is to join a shrinking number of humans who risk becoming socially and economically obsolete. (Scholar event)

4/18: Sebastian Sattler gave a presentation on “Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs for Cognitive Enhancement as a Response to Chronic Stress Especially When Social Support is Lacking” during a Brown-Bag Lunch at the chair of Clemens Kroneberg, Cologne. (Early Career Event)

4/16: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) lecture on “Religion, Migration and Integration from a Sociology of Religion Perspective” within the Pastoral College “Community Development with Refugees.” Villigst. (Scholar event)

4/13-15: Paul Dafydd Jones taught an interdisciplinary Senior Research Fellows Seminar on “Religion and its Publics” in Washington D.C. (Early Career Event)

4/13: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) “The Philosophical Foundations of Medicine and Religion.” Opening Keynote Lecture, the Annual Conference on Medicine and Religion, St. Louis, MO, April 13, 2018. (Scholar event)

4/11: Amit Pinchevski gave a public talk on virtual reality and Holocaust memory at Neve Schechter on Holocaust Memorial Day. (Early Career Event)

 

March 2018

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) gave a talk entitled “Rethinking Affectivity and Vulnerability,” Oxford University, Department of Philosophy. March 2018. (Scholar event)

Menahem Blondheim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) gave a presentation at the Argentinian Parliament in the presence of the chair of its committee on foreign affairs, Argentina’s Secretary of Human Rights and many members of Parliament, of the administration and the diplomatic core. Several days later he appeared at a conference in Montevideo arranged by the Presidency of Uruguay and its Secretary of Human Rights, an event attended by numerous civic leaders and academics. March 2018. (Scholar event)

Kris Culp (University of Chicago) presented a paper at a conference in memory of ELP colleague, Pamela Sue Anderson. See https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/event/love-and-vulnerability-memory-pamela-sue-anderson. The conference, entitled “Love and Vulnerability,” focused on work that came to fruition within Pamela’s ELP. Mid-March, 2018. (Scholar event)

Nazar Shabila participated in the “First Scientific Conference on Women's Health“ at the newly established Center for  Research and Education in Women’s Health at Hawler Medical University, in Erbil (Irak). More information can be found here: https://hmu.edu.krd/announcements,-news-events/news-events-and-announcements/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=478&Itemid=1042

(Early Career Event)

A flurry of coverage attended Menahem Blondheim’s (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) visit and lectures in the Dominican Republic. Most national newspapers there interviewed him and referred to the interview on their front pages. See e.g.

https://www.listindiario.com/economia/2018/03/01/504651/se-debe-pagar-por-la-calidad-de-las-noticias

3/19-29: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) Lectures on discontinuing life support, organ donation after cardiac death, and palliative sedation, St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and the Australian Catholic University, Public Lecture as part of a two-week Visiting Professorship, Sydney, Australia. (Scholar event)

3/16: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) “Sociology Explores a lecture on Religious Networks in the Present” at the AKMN Methods Workshop “Network Analyzes in Religious Studies.” Goettingen. (Scholar event)

 

February 2018

2/25: Stephen Lakkis was invited to host the 2018 International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Taiwan, jointly organized by the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei and the German Institute Taipei. A video of the opening address by Dr. Lakkis can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbePKC1yrY4 (Early Career Event)

02/22: Michael Ing (Indiana University) attended at a panel on his book (The Vulnerability of Integrity in Early Confucian Thought, Oxford University Press) at the American Philosophical Association.

2/21: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) on the podium of the ESG general conference “Religion, Identity, Society.” Hannover. (Scholar event)

2/16: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) Film Panel, “Shifting Sands,” One EarthFilmFestival.org; Doc Films, Ida Noyes Hall, 3-5 pm; panelist. (Scholar event)

02/16: Martin Wendte (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) lead a service on the theme of health and disability, which are key themes of his research. In this context Prof. Dr. Esther Bollag, University of Hamburg, Germany, preached a long sermon on the theology of dis/ability. This special service was part of the “Nachteulen-Gottesdienste”, a monthly service which is attended by a larger audience.

2/15-16: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture on “Parallel Society,” “Mobility Trap,” Ethnic Colony: Language Images of Migration Research in a socio -economic perspective at the workshop meeting of the DFG network “Paragesgesellschaften.” Trier, Germany. (Scholar event)

2/14: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave lecture on “Refugee Migration and Religious Pluralization: Challenges for Pastoral Care” in the context of the school pastoral annual conference “Pluralism Sensitive Pastoral Care.” Monastery Höchst / Odw. (Scholar event)

02/14-17: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University Berlin) delivered a talk on “Aus seinem Leben ein Kunstwerk machen”. Ästhetische Selbstgestaltung nach Nietzsche und Foucault, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetik, Offenbach.

2/12: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) “Empirical Studies About Physician Assisted Suicide: Methodological Considerations,” National Academy of Medicine Workshop, “Physician Assisted Death: Scanning the Landscape and Potential Approaches,” Washington, DC. (Scholar event)

02/12: Lea Schweitz (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago)gave a lecture on „Reading the Book of Nature: Toward a Lutheran Natural History“ as part of a lecture series, hosted by the Zygon Center for Religion and Science at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (see details at: www.zygoncenter.org)

2/7: Stephen Lakkis delivered a presentation for International Baccalaureate students at The Taipei European School on “Theories of Knowledge in Theology and the Natural Sciences”.(Early Career Event)

2/2: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) “Physician Assisted Suicide or Medical Aid in Dying?” with Lachlan Forrow, MD, Veritas Forum, Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge, MA. (Scholar event)

 

January 2018

01/31: Michael Ing (Indiana University) gave a presentation titled “Things Endure While We Fade Away: Tao Yuanming on Being Himself” at the University of Michigan.

1/31: Alexander Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) on the podium of the symposium “Religiosität im Zwischenraum.” Marburg, Germany. (Scholar event)

01/25: Lea Schweitz (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) was invited as plenary speaker on the topic of “Creation Catechesis and Reading the Book of Nature“ at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, USA.

1/25: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) “A Debate: Should Physicians Help Patients End their Lives?” with Timothy Quill, MD. Columbia University/ Barnard, New York, NY. (Scholar event)

01/23:  Monique Mitchell (University of South Carolina, College of Social Work) gave a keynote on the Impact of Removal and Foster Care Entry on Children: Ambiguity, Grief, and Trauma at Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family & Children Services Safe at Home “Hopefuls” Training, Macon, Georgia, USA

1/18: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) “Science is Giving the Pro-Life Movement a Boost” by Emma Green, The Atlantic, Jan. 18, 2018. Dr. Sulmasy is extensively quoted.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/pro-life-pro-science/549308/

01/11-14: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University Berlin) delivered a talk on “Ästhetik und Macht. Von der Lebenstechnik nach Nietzsche in Auseinandersetzung mit Marx” at an international conference at ‚Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche der Klassik-Stiftung Weimar‘

 

December 2017

12/9-10: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a keynote on "Care as Emotion and Ethics: Toward a cross-cultural comparative approach” and took part in a discussion together woth F. Aulino at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.

12/1: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) “Meet the Elon Musk of Assisted Suicide, Whose Machine Let’s You Kill Yourself Anywhere,” by Nicole Goodkind, Newsweek, Dec. 1, 2017. Dr. Sulmasy is quoted. http://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-assisted-suicide-machine-727874

 

November 2017

Karline McLain (Bucknell University) delivered a conference presentation on “The Afterlives of Gandhi’s Ashrams in South Africa and India” at the American Academy of Religion’s annual conference.

11/28 – 12/3: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) took part as organizer and presenter at a roundtable on: Age-Subjectivties. Intersectionality and Experience. He also participated as discussant on: “Personhood in the Context of Aging” at the 114th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington DC

11/11: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) gave a lecture on the issue of death penalty at Taoyuan Presbyterian Church, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

11/11: Monique Mitchell (University of South Carolina, College of Social Work) gave a keynote lecture on ‘Transition into Foster Care: Children’s Experiences of Ambiguity and Trauma‘ at the Annual Conference of the Foster Home Division at Thornwell Home for Children, Greenville, SC, USA

11/08-10: Michael G. Luchs (College of William and Mary) gave a presentation on “Design for the Wise Consumer” at the 2017 Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) conference, Delft, Netherlands.

 

October 2017

Paul Dafydd Jones (University of Virginia) gave a public lecture on ‘The Reformation, Past and Present.’ at New Monmouth Presbyterian Church. Lexington, Virginia.

10/14: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a presentation on “In the shadow of gratitude: Ageing, dependence and subjectivity in Japanese families. Subjects and Subjectivities of Care” for a Medical Anthropology Workshop at University College London.

 

September 2017

9/23: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) (Center for Public Theology Taiwan) hosted an international Conference on the topic “500 Years of Reformation. Faith, Reform, and the Challenges of Ideology” in Tainan, Taiwan. He himself presented at this very conference on “The Use and Abuse of Scripture in Social Conflicts”.

9/19: Monique Mitchell (University of South Carolina, College of Social Work) gave a keynote on: Promoting Healthy Transitions for Children and Youth Entering Foster Care for a post-conference training event at Kansas Department for Children and Families, Manhattan, KS, USA

 

August 2017

08/12: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) hold a presentation on “The Industrial Age and the Ecological Crisis” at Taoyuan Presbyterian Church, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

 

June 2017

Paul Dafydd Jones (University of Virginia) gave a lecture on ‘Patience and the Trinity’ at the international conference ‘Nommer Dieu aujourd’hui. Approches contemporaines des attributs divins.’ University of Geneva, Switzerland.

6/3: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) gave a lecture and lead a workshop on “Poverty and the Work of the Church” for the Hsinchu Area University Student’s Christian Fellowship at Chungli Presbyterian Church, Chungli, Taiwan.

 

May 2017

5/3: Kristine Culp (University of Chicago) and William Schweiker (University of Chicago) gave a talk entitled "Innovating Humanities" and hosted a Q&A at the University of Chicago Divinity School's Wednesday Lunch Series, as part of the University of Chicago's Innovation Fest. 

5/5: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) delivered a talk on multifaith spaces on a training event for teachers organized by the pedagogical institute of Giessen

5/6: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) delivered a talk on “Conviviality in Multifaith Societies” at the regional research congress of Lower Saxonia, Hanover.

5/7: Menahem Blondheim (Hebrew University Jerusalem) gave a talk called Why Do Jews Answer Questions With Questions? Why Not? at Spertus, the Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, located in Chicago, IL. 

5/16: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave a talk on “Religious Background of Refugee Aid” at the YMCY-University, Kassel.

5/25: Kristine Culp (University of Chicago) was a panelist at the session "Theology in the Constructive Study of Religion"; part of the "Traditions of Swift Hall: Constructive Studies in the Academic Study of Religion" conference at the University of Chicago. 

Ruben Zimmermann (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz) organized the 12th "Mainz Moral Meeting" on the subject of "Future and Ethics" at Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz.  

April 2017

4/6-8: Monique Mitchell (University of South Carolina, College of Social Work) gave a talk "Grieving Children in Foster Care – Why Care?" at the Association for Death Education and Counseling Conference in Portland, OR.

4/7: Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) will deliver a talk entitled “Rethinking Religion and Spirituality in Reproductive Medicine as Tools for Navigating the Increasing Uncertainty of Prenatal Genetics” at the 2nd Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference at Albany Medical Center.

4/24-27: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) presented a talk at the Gettysburg Seminary's Spring Academy, "Re-Formation is Local," in Gettysburg, PA. 

4/27-28: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University) organized a workshop "On Machine-Culture: Facing the Relationship Between Technoligy and Human Beings in Nietsche" at the Kolleg Friedrich Nietzche of the Klassik Foundation Weimar.

4/28: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) delivered a presentation on "Reformation, CRISPR, and Theology" to the Lutheran Alliance of Space, Science and Technology, with Ecumenical Roundtable on Science, Technology and the Church, in Chicago.

Cbristopher Scott (Baylor College of Medicine) gave an online lecture entitled No Country for Old Men as part of Baylor's DIVAU series

March 2017

3/8: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) delivered a talk "Substituted Interests and Best Judgments: Re-Thinking Surrogate Decision Making,” The Thomas R. Pellegrino Endowed Lectureship at East Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA.

3/17-19: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) gave a talk called “Revelation and God’s Green Earth: Reading the Bible So Earth Is Not Left Behind” at Bethany Theological Seminary's "God's Green Earth" Presidential Forum.

3/23: Kristine Culp (University of Chicago) was a panelist at a seminar for the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches in Aberdeen, Scotland. 

3/24-26: Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) delivered a talk entitled "Religion, spirituality, and the clinical introduction of new prenatal genetic technologies: Walking the line between patient-centered care and controversy" at the Conference on Medicine and Religion in Houston. 

3/25: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) was a panelist for the premiere of "Your Health: A Sacred Matter," a documentary film, at the Conference on Religion and Medicine in Houston.

3/25: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) delivered a talk on “Migrant Churches in a Comparative Perspective” at the symposium “Encounter in Glocality: Christian migrant churches in Germany in Transformation”, Ruhr-University of Bochum.

3/27-30: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a talk called Imagining a dangerous compassion: How cultural narratives enhance ageing societies for the European Network of Ageing Studies and North American Network of Aging Studies Joint Conference and 9th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology in Graz, Austria. 

3/29: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University) presented her doctoral thesis, in a talk entitled "Den anderen nicht in seiner Heimlichkeit ertappen”, to the “Philosophische Abendgespräche”.

3/29-31: Monique Mitchell (University of South Carolina, College of Social Work) was a plenary speaker at the Child Welfare League of America's National Conference in Washington, DC.  

3/30: Lea Schweitz (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) spoke at the event "Nature and the Reformation Legacy" at the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN. 

Menahem Blondheim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) organized a conference on religion and peace in Africa. The conference, focusing on Islam, Christianity and indigenous religions, will be held in collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will take place in Jerusalem.

February 2017

Menahem Blondheim (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) met with Pope Francis at The Vatican in the context of his project about religion and peace. 

2/8: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University) presented a talk entitled "Nietzche in the Debate on Recognition", at the Berliner Nietzche Colloquium at Technische University, Berlin. 

2/9 - 2/10: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) and Pamela Anderson (University of Oxford) gave a lecture titled "It rips you to bits: Woundedness and compassion in carer narratives" at a conference on "Vulnerability and the Politics of Care" at the British Academy Conference; Danely is co-organizer.

2/9-10: Monique Mitchell (University of South Carolina, College of Social Work) gave a presentation "Research and Recommendations for Building a Relational Home for Children and Youth Entering and Exiting Foster Care" at the Palmetto Association for Children and Families Annual Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. 

2/13: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) spoke to International Baccalaureate students on theories of knowledge in theology of the sciences. 

2/13-17: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) spoke on ecology and the Bible at the Taiwan Presbytarian Church's International Forum. 

2/16 - 2/18Michael Luchs (College of William and Mary) presented at the 2017 Society of Consumer Psychology conference in San Francisco, CA.

2/22 - 2/26: Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) gave a presentation on his research at the annaul International Studies Association conference in Baltimore. 

2/25: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) gave a talk entitled "Creation Care and Climate Change: It's About the Kids!" at the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 

January 2017 

1/9: Christoph Krönke (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) presented his work on data paternalism at the University of Passau.

1/8-11: Amit Pinchevski (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) gave a presentation titled “Traumatic Memory Reloaded: War Imagining and Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy” at the News Images and Icons in the Digital Age: Photojournalism in Transition conference at Tel Aviv University. 

1/9-11: Menahem Blondheim (Hebrew University) delivered the greeting at the Truman Institute's conference on "Politics, Religion, and the Pursuit of Peace: Brazil, Israel, Palestine".

1/17: Menahem Blondheim (Hebrew University) delivered the introductory remarks at the Truman Institute's conference "Can Religion Be a Path to Peace? Towards Charting The Terrain".

1/18: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a talk called Enduring Longevity: Carers' struggles with uncertain futures at a workshop sponsored by the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University. 

1/21: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) spoke on the topic of Reconciliation at a national Service for Christian Unity, bringing together the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, and Taiwan’s Catholic Church, Methodist Church, Episcopal Church, and Lutheran Church, hosted at the Taiwan Episcopal Church's St. John's Cathedral. 

1/25: Heike Springhart (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg) presented Anthropologie in evangelischer Perspektive. Zum Umgang mit Sünde, Schuld und Vergebung (Anthropology in a Protestant Perspective. On Sin, Guilt and Forgiveness) at University Jena. 

1/27: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) delivered a talk “Killing and Allowing to Die: Re-Visiting the Distinction” at the Bioethics After the Holocaust Conference at the Houston Methodist Research Center.

1/28: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a talk called Enduring Longevity: Carers' struggles with uncertain futures at the UK-Japan Seminar on the Politics and Practices of Low-Fertility and Ageing Population in Post-War Japan, a workshop funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. 

1/31: Kristine Culp (University of Chicago) was an invited participant at the Religion and Socio-Cultural Goods Roundtable in Chicago. 

Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) gave a presentation related to his research to the United Nations Committee of Religious NGOs, and gave another presentation to senior United Nations leaders, in New York.

December 2016

12/1: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave a talk on the organizational challenges of religious migrant communities at the “Kybernetisches Kolloquium” of the Führungsakademie für Kirche und Diakonie in Fulda.

12/2: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) was a panelist on the topic of "Do Health, Religion, and Spirituality Need One Another?" at the Harvard Symposium on Advancing Health, Religion, and Sprituality at Harvard University's School of Medicine and Public Health in Boston. 

12/19: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) organized a public lecture by ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) Native American Bishop Guy Erwin at LSTC entitled "Honoring the Land, Serving the Neighbor: Reformation Perspectives on Standing Rock." 

12/28: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) held a special event for the “Day of the Innocents”.  This year’s focus was on the global refugee crises, and was planned in collaboration with Amnesty International Taiwan, who gave presentations and discussed active ways to help. This was an interfaith event, with representatives from the Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and Taoist communities, as well as two political representatives. Members of the press also attended. Event poster attached.

Andrea Bieler (University of Basel) delivered the farewell lecture at the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel on Inclusion in Practical Theological Terms, and led the farewell worship service at the Unterbarmer Hauptkirche.

November 2016

11/1:  Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) presented a lecture followed by Q&A on the topic of “Perspectives on Human Life and Value in the Biblical Creation Myths” at the Nation Taiwan University, School of Law, European Union Law Research Centre.

11/4: Menahem Blondheim (Hebrew University) hosted a plenary session called “Media Abstention as a New Literacy: The Case of Teenagers and the Cellphone” for UNESCO's Global MIL (Media and Information Literacy) Week in Sau Paulo.

11/6: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) held a “Ministry Fair” at his church to encourage people to get involved in active outreach in society. Particular areas of focus related to his ELP were work with (1) local sex-workers and women in need; (2) local at-risk youth; (3) prison ministry; (4) migrant workers.

11/7 - 11/9: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) will present at a workshop on “How does work with refugees change the church” organized by the Protestant Academy of Loccum, Germany.

11/11: Heike Springhart (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg) will present the paper Vulnerability as an anthropological concept, at Ruhr-University Bochuman's Conference "Pax cum Deo – Pax cum Ecclesia: 
Penitence and Punishment between Personal Insight and Objectivity" 

11/9 - 11/12: Pamela Anderson (University of Oxford) has been invited to give a paper at the University of Oxford at an International Consultation on "Love in Religion: The Cutting-Ede Issues."

11/10: Nazar Shabila (Hawler Medical University) gave a lecture in a capacity-building course on women's health and violence against women for the faculty and staff of Hawler Medical University. 

11/10-11: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave a talk on "Migration, Refuge, and Religious Pluralization" at a workshop on refugee support as a challenge for the church at the Protestant Academy of Loccum, and gave a talk entitled "Deceptive Silence: The Governance of Religious Diversity Through 'Rooms of Quiet' at an international workshop on religion and materiality at the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion in Marburg.

11/12 - Heike Springhart will present Christlich-ethische Aspekte der Sterbebegleitung (Ethical dimensions of terminal care) at the 3rd Heidelberg Symposium on Palliative Care, hosted by University Hospital Heidelberg.

11/13: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) was a panelist on the topic of "Physician Aid in Dying Educational Session" at the American Medical Association's Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates in Orlando. 

11/14-16: Aasim Padela (University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine) presented at the Conference on Bioethical Challenges in Neurogenomics from an Interreligious and Multicultural Perspective at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. 

11/15: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) presented a session at the Nation Taiwan University, School of Law, European Union Law Research Centre. Preliminary topic is "Christian Traditions and the Development of Universal Human Rights."

11/16-19: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) used ELP funds to travel to Standing Rock, North Dakota from November 16-19. 

11/17: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave the lecture "Care and the desire for death: sharing, mourning, and aging in Japan," part of the panel “Living in the Wake of Death: New Socialities of Ageing” at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Minneapolis, MN

11/19 - 11/22: Michael S. Hogue (Meadville Lombard Theological School) hosted the annual American Journal of Theology and Philosophy lecture at the 2016 American Academy of Religion conference. Carol Wayne White will be giving the lecture on her recent book, Black Lives and Sacred Humanity.

11/19-22: Ruben Zimmerman (Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz) delivered two papers at the meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in San Antonio. 

11/21: Paul Jones (University of Virginia) gave a talk at the American Academy of Religion, in San Antonio, entitled “Karl Barth and Sexuality: A (somewhat) Indecent Proposal” for the Wildcard Session, “Re-Engaging Karl Barth on Race, Gender, and Sexuality: Is There More to be Said?” (A21-339)

11/21 - 11/23: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology) gave two papers at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in San Antonio, TX.

11/28-30: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) lectured on "Ongoing Reformation" for 95 pastors and spouses November 28-30, 2016, at Spirit of the Desert Retreat Center in Arizona (ELCA Grand Canyon Synod).

11/29: Paul Jones gave a presentation on "Justice in the Christian Tradition" at Grace Episcopal Church in Red Hill, Virginia. 

11/29 - 12/1: Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) gave an oral presentation at 4th annual Advances in Prenatal Molecular Diagnostics meeting in Boston, MA (http://www.healthtech.com/prenatal-diagnostics). This presentation will discuss the challenges faced by patients and providers in the clinical setting when discussing prenatal genetic testing. She will present findings about the role of patients’ values and beliefs (including religious and spiritual beliefs and practices) in the decision-making process and the challenges surrounding discussions on these topics. 

Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) delivered a paper on the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion's annual conference in Atlanta.

Andrea Bieler (University of Basel) gave a lecture on Disrupting the Logics of Violence at the Religious Imaginings conference at the Evangelische Akadiemie in Villigst.

October 2016

10/1-7: Kristine Culp (University of Chicago) attended the meeting of the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order workgroup on Theological and Ecclesiological Foundation for ‘Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace’, in connection with WCC/IFI consultation on “Globalization and Catholicity,” in the Philippines.  

10/4-6: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) gave the keynote address, "Interreligious Initiatives and the Governance of Religious Diversity" at the Herrenhausen Conference on Challenges of Religious Pluralization at Herrenhausen Palance in Hanover

10/6-9: Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities in Washington, DC.  This presentation will address women’s decision-making for NIPT and will present data collected as part of The Enhancing Life Project

10/6-9: Pamela Sue Anderson (University of Oxford) gave a panel discussion titled “A Distinctively Ricoeurian Vulnerability: The Dynamic Openness of Good Friends,” at the International Ricoeur conference, “Crossing Boundaries: Ricoeur in a Global Age,” 10th Annual Society for Ricoeur Studies Meeting, De Paul University, Chicago.

10/7 -9: Guenter Thomas (Ruhr University Bochum), William Schweiker (University of Chicago) and Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) attended the international interdisciplinary symposium on Religious Reformations and their Influence on a Society’s Culture, held at the Evangelische Akademie Loccum, Germany. Thomas will give two papers, entitled “Reformation as a multi-systemic event” and “Opposing Trends: Religious De-Medialization versus Technological Medialization.”  Schweiker will give a paper titled “Freedom’s Happiness: the Grammar of Intractable Moral Debate.”  Lakkis will present a paper on “Westphalia, Sovereignty, and Economies of Exclusion.”  Thomas is co-organizer of the event.

10/7-9: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) will present a paper on “Westphalia, Sovereignty, and Economies of Exclusion” at the international interdisciplinary symposium on "The Cultural and Social Implications of Reformations," held at the Evangelische Akademie Loccum, Germany. 

10/10: Martin Wendte (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) presented his research during a public talk in the “Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Derendingen, Tübingen”. 

10/12: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) participated in a Special Forum on the Dynamics of Japan’s Ageing Prison Population at Oxford Brookes University's Europe Japan Research Centre.

10/14: Daniel Sulmasy (Georgetown University) organized a conference at the University of Chicago entitled “What is the Place of Sedation in the Care at the End of Life?” and the schedule of speakers and titles can be found on the conference webpage: http://pmr.uchicago.edu/events/dying-a-christian-death/Conf1

10/15: Lea Schweitz (Lutheran School of Theology  Chicago) gave the keynote presentation on “Seeing the Infinite in the Finite and Reforming Our Visions of Nature” at the 2016 National Lilly Fellows Conference, Augsburg College, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

10/15-16: Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) presented at a workshop on “Refuge, Religion and Integration” organized by the Catholic Academy in Goslar, Germany.  

10/20: Aasim Padela (University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine) delivered a talk entitled “The Preservation of Life: The Essential Dimensions of Human Health in Light of the Maqāsid  al-Sharīʿah” at the 2nd World Conference on Integration and Islamicisation at the International Islamic University in Malaysia. 

10/21: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology Chicago) was principal organizer for an event at LSTC at which Rick Steves will be premiering his new Public Broadcasting System film on "Luther and the Reformation." 

10/26: William Schweiker (The University of Chicago) gave a lecture titled “Trans-Humanism and Religious Imagination: Reconstruction of Human Ontology,” at Hanshin University in Seoul, Korea.

10/27-29: William Schweiker (The University of Chicago) presented a paper on “Humanizing Capital: Thoughts on a Sustainable and Humane Future,” for The 4th World Humanities Forum, in Suwon City, Korea.

10/27-30:  Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) gave a paper on the United Nation Alliance of Civilizations at the annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Atlanta, GA.

Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) delivered a presentation at the American Society for Bioethics Humanities' annual meeting in Boston. 

September 2016

9/1 - 9/9: Kristine Culp (University of Chicago) led a conference/exchange between the Theologisches Studienhaus at Morata-Haus at the University of Heidelberg and the Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago on the theme “Reformation and Improvisation – Then and Now.”

9/4 - 9/6: Amit Pinchevski (Hebrew University) participated in a three-day symposium of the German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium, in Potsdam, Germany. https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/gisfoh-2016-design.html 

9/11 - 9/15: Menahem Blondheim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) organized and moderated two sessions on religion and peace at a conference on “Ancient Traditions, Contemporary Realities,” sponsored by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

9/12: Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago) gave a talk entitled "Healing the Dying,” at a Seminar on Care at the End of Life, Institute on Religion and Public Life, New York, NY.

9/15 - 9/17: Pamela Anderson (University of Oxford) gave a paper titled "Love and Vulnerability: Towards a New Philosophical Imaginary" at the Anthropos conference at Leuven University in Belgium.

9/16 - 9/17: Kristine Culp (University of Chicago) gave a presentation on “Integrity” for an Alumni/ae Retreat, at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago, one of three faculty presentations.

9/17: Martin Wendte (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) presented some research results by giving a lecture during  a conference entitled “Unmündigkeit als Herausforderung für eine Gerechtigkeitsethik” ("Immaturity as a challenge for an ethic of Justice") in Hanover, Germany.

9/21: Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago) spoke on “Physician Assisted Suicide: Ethical Considerations,” at the UCLA Ethics Center Monthly Seminar, Los Angeles, CA.

9/21: Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago) gave a lecture titled “Why You Shouldn’t Want Physician-Assisted Suicide,” at the Annual Litvack Public Lecture on Ethics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

9/22 - 9/25: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University) presented a paper titled “European, Supra-european, Human? Crossing Boarders in Nietzsche’s Understanding of Humanity,” at the Annual Conference of the German and British Nietzsche Societies, “European–Supra-European: Nietzsche’s View From Afar,” in Naumburg, Germany.

9/23 - 9/24: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology Chicago) lectured for 55 pastors and preachers at an Episcopal Preaching Foundation Event in Oregon, on the Gospel of Matthew and Eschatology:

http://www.diocese-oregon.org/event/equipping-the-preachers/

9/27: Aasim Padela (University of Chicago) delivered a lecture at the International Institute of Islamic Thought entitled “Constructing the Field of Islamic Bioethics: Why Islamic Bioethics Should Matter to Islamic Studies.” He discussed his preliminary research findings related to the essential dimensions of human health and well-being as gleaned from the Islamic legal genre of Maqāsid  al-Sharīʿah  (the higher objectives of Islamic law) during that session. The public lecture drew about 30 participants from local physicians, to researchers of Islamic studies, and Muslim community advocates. 

9/29 - 9/30: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University) gave a lecture titled "Sparing Someone Shame: Nietzsche's Mid-Position in the Debate on Recognition" at the Conference on Practical Philosophy, in Salzburg, Austria.

July 2016

 7/4 – 7/11: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a talk at Tokyo University/Kadokawa on the topic of “animating life.”

June 2016 

Ruth Farrell (Cleveland Clinic) delivered a presentation on her research at the Hastings Center in New York. 

May 2016

5/24 – 5/31: Michael Ing (Indiana University) gave a talk at the 11th East-West Philosophers' Conference at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, titled “Rethinking the Place of Value: Conflicts in Early Confucian Thought.” 

5/31: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a keynote lecture at the University of Manchester titled “Narratives of Decline: The Changing Patterns of Death and Aging in Contemporary Japanese Religions.”

April 2016

4/20: Lea Schweitz (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) gave a talk at Spring Academy Week, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, titled "God the Creator and the City: A Theology of Urban Nature."

March 2016 

3/1 - 5/31: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University) continued her project, “Government of the Self: Towards an Anthropological Rethinking of Humanity,” as Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University.

3/4 – 3/6: Pamela Sue Anderson (University of Oxford) presented a paper at a workshop on “Vulnerability” in Wuppertal, Germany, in collaboration with Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel).

3/11 – 3/13: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) presented at a conference on “Traditional Norms and International Corporate Responsibility/Integrity in South East Asian Contexts” in Heidelberg, Germany.

3/22: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a talk at the Centre for Medical Humanities, Oxford Brookes University, titled “Narrating the Expanse: Spiritual Experiences of Caring for Older Adults in Japan and the UK.” 

February 2016

2/5 – 2/6: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) spoke at the spirituality retreat for Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Chicago, on the topic of "Abundant Life, Enhancing Life.” 

2/10: Sarah Bianchi (Humboldt University) gave a talk at Stanford University entitled “Exemplary Ethics: A Kantian Perspective on Enhancing Human Embryos.”

2/11: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) gave a talk at the University of London Medical Anthropology Seminar titled "Wounded Worlds: Violence and the Making of Compassionate Subjectivities in Japanese Eldercare" 

2/26: Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University) presented a paper at the British Sociological Association, University of Manchester, England, on aging in Japan.

January 2016

1/9: William Schweiker (University of Chicago) gave the Presidential Lecture, titled “Humanity and the Global Future,” at the Society of Christian Ethics in Toronto, Canada.

1/14 – 1/17: Lea Schweitz (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) gave a talk at the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture at the University of Florida, titled “Cultivating the City: Considering Public Urban Spaces for a Theology of Urban Nature.”

1/21 – 1/22: Pamela Sue Anderson (University of Oxford) presented a paper at a workshop on “Vulnerability and Politics of Care” at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, England, in collaboration with Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University). 

1/21 – 1/25: Stephen Lakkis (Tainan Theological College and Seminary) attended the conference of the Global Network of Research Centers for Theology, Religious and Christian studies in Zurich, where he spoke on “Religion and Civil Society in Taiwan.”

December 2015

12/1: Kristine A. Culp (University of Chicago) participated in a panel discussion for the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop at the University of Chicago on the Enhancing Life Project, with William Schweiker (University of Chicago), Günther Thomas (Ruhr-University Bochum), Heike Springhart (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg), and Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago).

12/16 – 12/17: Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) participated in a workshop at University of Oslo, Norway on “Faith at the United Nations.”

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) co-led an international conference on the topic of “Religion and Aging in Global Perspective,” featuring scholars from Botswana, South Africa, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Switzerland, and Germany. The conference gathered scholars from the fields of gerontology, psychology, political science, sociology and theology who were reflecting on the topic.

November 2015

11/3 – 11/6: Christopher Scott (Stanford University) was the opening keynote speaker at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

11/10: Heike Springhart (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg) gave a public lecture at the University of Hamburg, Germany, on vulnerability as a conceptual frame for a realistic anthropology.

11/12: Heike Springhart (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg) gave a public lecture at Geistliches Zentrum Klosterkirche Lobenfeld, titled “What do we Hope For?” 

11/11 – 11/13: Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University) participated in a research workshop at Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt, Germany on “Justice and Faith in Global Politics.”

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) gave a presentation in Wuppertal, Germany on the transformation of violence as the focal perspective for a theology of the Eucharist.

Elizabeth Bucar (Northeastern University) delivered the Castelfranco Lecture at the invitation of the faculty of Religious Studies at University of California Davis, titled “Why Do Bodies Matter?”

Karline McLain (Bucknell University) presented a conference paper at the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta, titled “Gandhi’s Ashrams: Residential Experiments in Spiritual and Political Asceticism.“

 October 2015 

10/9 – 10/11: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) participated in the Northeast Minnesota Synod ECLA creature-care conference in Duluth. 

10/14: Christopher Scott (Stanford University) gave a lecture at Baylor University on his project, “The Vortex of Expectations.”

10/16: Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago) was a moderator and panelist on “Gray Matters: Perspectives on the Bioethics Commission’s Recommendations” at the International Neuroethics Society in Chicago.

10/17: Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago) spoke on “Patient as Problem/ Patient as Mystery: The Problem of ‘Personalized’ Medicine” at MedConference 2015, American Association of Medicine and the Person, Florham Park, New Jersey.

10/24: Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago) spoke on “Dignity in Christian Thought,” Dignity and Healthcare at the End of Life, Bayan Institute, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA.

10/26: Günter Thomas (Ruhr-University Bochum) gave a lecture at China Normal University in Beijing, China

10/27: Günter Thomas (Ruhr-University Bochum) gave a lecture at Renmin University in Beijing, China.

10/27 – 11/1: Barbara Rossing (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) participated in a Lutheran World Federation conference in Windhoek, Namibia on "Global Perspectives on the Reformation, Interactions between Theology, Politics and Economics."

10/29: Daniel Sulmasy (University of Chicago) gave the Scholl Lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, titled "Spirituality and Health Care.”

10/30: Günter Thomas (Ruhr-University Bochum) gave a lecture at Alliance Theological Seminary in Hong Kong.

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) gave two presentations at the conference “Archeology of Violence” at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico. 

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) gave a presentation in Villigst, Germany on the limits and the potential of empathy at a symposium on dimensions of care.

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) gave the opening lecture for the academic year at the Methodist Seminary in Reutlingen, Germany. 

Andrea Bieler (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel) gave a paper at the University of Basel, Switzerland, on illness narrative research as a topic of practical theological research.

Fall 2015

Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) attended a conference on religious communities and social services at the University of Münster, Germany, where he gave a talk on the civic potentials of religious migrant communities.

Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) contributed a session to an advanced training in interreligious and intercultural dialogue, hosted by the United Evangelical Mission in Wuppertal, Germany.

Ruben Zimmermann (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz) gave a paper on “etho-poietic” (From Plutarch to Foucault) on a workshop “Po/ethics” at Mainz, Germany.