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Amy Adamczyk Publishes Award-Winning Book on Cross-National Abortion Attitudes
Amy Adamczyk, alumna of the UCSIA Summer School 2009 cohort, recently shared news of a major scholarly achievement. In 2025, she published her book Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion with Oxford University Press. The book...
Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir Promoted to Full Professor and Announces Forthcoming Book
Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, alumnus of the UCSIA Summer School 2009 cohort, has recently been promoted to Full Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, a university currently ranked 12th worldwide in the QS World...
Renny Thomas Publishes New Volume on Decolonial Thought in South Asia
Renny Thomas, alumnus of the UCSIA Summer School cohort of 2011 and participant in the 2014 alumni meeting “Religion and Culture in a Globalized World: Questioning our Research Frames”, recently shared news of a major scholarly publication. The edited volume...
Dr Ann Gillian Chu Presents at Baptist Scholars International Roundtable in Oxford
On 5 August 2025, Dr Ann Gillian Chu (alumna 2019 and 2023) presented her research at the 2025 Baptist Scholars International Roundtable (BSIR), hosted at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. The event was organized by the Department of Religion at Baylor...
Negah Angha Joins Research Awards Committee for Canadian Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture and Knowledge
We are pleased to share exciting news from UCSIA Summer School alumna Negah Angha (2019), who has recently joined the Research Awards Committee of the Canadian Friends of Sufi Arts, Culture and Knowledge (CFSACK). The CFSACK Research Awards program, now entering its...
New Publications by Alumna Ann Gillian Chu
We are pleased to share recent publication news from Ann Gillian Chu, alumna of the UCSIA Summer School. Ann continues to contribute valuable scholarship at the intersection of theology, lived experience, and cultural context. Her two latest works include: “Rethinking...
Alumna Tamara Zlobina Receives Emma Goldman Snowball Award 2025
We are proud to share wonderful news from one of our early Summer School alumni. Dr. Tamara Zlobina, who participated in the 2007 edition of the UCSIA Summer School on Religion, Culture and Society, has been awarded the Emma Goldman Snowball Award 2025. Tamara, a...
Thao Nghiem Publishes Chapter on Secularism in 20th-Century Vietnam
We’re delighted to hear from Thao Nghiem, alumnus of last year’s UCSIA Summer School, who recently shared news of his latest publication. Thao has contributed a chapter to the newly released collected volume Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century...
PhD Success for UCSIA Summer School Alumna Bincy Mariya N
We are pleased to share the wonderful news that Dr. Bincy Mariya N successfully defended her PhD thesis on 11 November 2024. Her dissertation, titled “Caste and Conversion in Kerala: A Study of Literary Representations”, was completed under the supervision of Dr....
Final Speaker Confirmed for UCSIA Summer School: Nadia Marzouki
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Nadia Marzouki will join the line-up of speakers at this year’s UCSIA Summer School. She will be joining previously confirmed speakers Vlad Naumescu and Yasmin Moll. Dr. Marzouki is a research fellow at the French National Centre...
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