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...of the programme are expert lectures, paper presentations by the students and individual tutoring by the faculty. The UCSIA Summer School 2024, titled God on Our Side? Questioning Theological Narratives of...
The headscarf controversy
Gender equality and Islamic headscarves
by Joan Scott...long denied women the right to vote and its civil code enforced male prerogatives over women in families until well into the twentieth century. The Turkish republic (a one-party state...
Religion and digital culture
Religion for commoners
by Nathan Schneider...(contra Clifford Geertz) as representing a way of harnessing collective intelligence toward collective ends: share the code with the world, and the world will fix its bugs in no time....
Religious freedom in the United States
Corporation as sect
by Kathryn Lofton...United States might be described as religions, the Internal Revenue Code supplies certain benefits to those collective bodies that apply to be recognized as “churches and religious organizations.” The exemption...
Uprising in Egypt
Egypt’s revolution and the new feminism
by Margot Badran...dignity of the citizens of Egypt must either go or be drastically overhauled. The Muslim Personal Status Code (also referred to as family law) structures a model of the family...
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Program assistant openings at the SSRC
by Wei Zhu...The program offers fellowships to nurture the intellectual development and increase retention of early-career faculty in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. Additionally, the program features a thematic focus...