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UCSIA Summer School Alumna Gillian Chu Leads Groundbreaking Research Project
We are proud to highlight the achievements of UCSIA Summer School alumna Gillian Chu. Gillian participated in the UCSIA Summer School in 2019 and joined our workshop in 2023. She has recently shared exciting news about her latest academic endeavors. Gillian has been...
New Books by Louise Müller on African Philosophy and Development
We are delighted to share that Louise Müller has recently published two new books: Beauty in African Thought: Critical Perspectives on the Western Idea of Development Well-Being in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development Both works offer...
Thijl Sunier published new book on Islamic Authority in Europe
We are pleased to highlight the latest book by Thijl Sunier, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology of Religion at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Sunier was one of tutors at our summer school in 2014, 2015, and 2016, contributing valuable insights on Islam in Europe. In...
Jennifer P. Eggert and Behar Sardiu explore the role and experiences of Muslim pracademics
This year's UCSIA Summer School lecturer Jennifer P. Eggert joined forces with Behar Sardiu for the article Muslim pracademics as double brokers: a faith-sensitive, intersectional framework for understanding pracademics’ experiences and positionalities in the...
Ely Orrego Torres publishes article on ecofeminist political theology in Latin America
This year's UCSIA Summer School student Ely Orrego Torres and Diego Rossello published a paper in Social Compass on Imagining ecopolis: Visions of ecofeminist political theology and ecocriticism in Latin America. Although often overlooked by mainstream accounts of...
Dr. Gillian Chu Achieves Prestigious Fellowship and Best Thesis Award, and Publishes Research on Hong Kong’s Lay Theologies
Dr. Gillian Chu, an alumnus of the UCSIA Summer School in 2019, has recently made significant strides in her academic career. Dr. Chu was awarded a prestigious fellowship at the University of Birmingham, where she will further her research in the field of religion and...
Randeep Singh Hothi Publishes Article in Cultural Anthropology
The UCSIA Summer School is proud to announce that Randeep Singh Hothi, a participant in the 2022 programme, has recently published a significant article in the renowned journal Cultural Anthropology. His piece, titled The Massacre and Martyr(dom)s of Oak Creek: On the...
Simon Polinder wins the E-International Relations Article Award
In 2011 Simon Polinder was a participant in the UCSIA Summer School. That year's focus was religion and international relations. He presented his research paper 'Interaction in a Globalising World'. Last week, Simon won the E-International Relations Article Award with...
Replay the panel debate on religion and politics
All over the world, we see this phenomenon of populist leaders who make use of religious discourse of religious legitimations, and theological justifications for their political rhetoric. In India, Modi uses Hinduism to create a sense of national identity, but also to...
Religion as language to express fear and frustration
Religion is back from never being gone in the political realm. That was the subject of the UCSIA Summer School's public panel debate. The panel included international religion scholars and summer school tutors Jayeel Cornelio, Jennifer Eggert and Vlad Naumescu. Read...
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