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Items
- Items is a space for engagement with insights from the work of the Council and the social sciences.
- Pandemic Surveillance and Homophobia in South Korea
  by Timothy Gitzen and Wonkeun Chun
- Workers’ Attitudes toward Increased Surveillance during and after the Covid-19 Pandemic
  by Jessica Vitak and Michael Zimmer
- The First Anti-Vaxxers: Vaccine Hesitancy in the Spanish Empire
  by Allyson M. Poska
The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- Facing death alone: Mortuary prospects for the socially solo in Japan
  by Anne Allison
- Covid-19, death, and repatriation in Southern Africa
  by Lorena Núñez Carrasco
- Dust to dust: A religion of return migration
  by Adrián Félix
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- Graduate Studies, the Makerere Factor, and the Future of Social Sciences in Uganda: A Conversation with Prof. Kasaija Phillip Apuuli
  by Duncan Omanga and Kasaija Phillip Apuuli
- An Interview with Erick Sourna
  by Erick Sourna Loumtouang and Natalie Bernstien
- Reflections on Conducting Fieldwork during the Covid-19 Pandemic
  by Tapiwa Madimu
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Special Projects

A Universe of Terms

This project began in November 2019, publishing multiple original responses on distinct terms related to the study of religion and secularism.

Is this all there is

A special project of The Immanent Frame to mark its tenth anniversary. Co-curated by Courtney Bender and Nancy Levene and published in 2017-2018.

Reverberations

A digital forum on prayer, with unique contributions published from 2013-2015 as part of the New Directions in the Study of Prayer initiative of the SSRC’s Program on Religion and the Public Sphere.

Frequencies: A Collaborative Genealogy of Spirituality

Frequencies seeks to commence a genealogy of spirituality and published unique entries and artwork from 2011-2012 as part of the SSRC’s Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life project.