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Items
- Items is a space for engagement with insights from the work of the Council and the social sciences.
- Crisis Informatics and Mutual Aid during the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Research Agenda
  by Robert Soden
- Varieties of Covid-19 Expertise: The Pandemic in China, Hong Kong, and the United States
  by Larry Au, Zheng Fu and Chuncheng Liu
- Lessons from Conflict Studies on Research during the Coronavirus Pandemic
  by Kanisha D. Bond, Milli Lake and Sarah E. Parkinson
The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- Muslims and the American political imaginary during a pandemic
  by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
- Texts, tales, transits: Archival method and the politics of listening
  by Mezna Qato
- Practices of relation: Goh and Kaell
  by Robbie Goh and Hillary Kaell
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- Refugees and Migrants – A Blind Spot in Ghana’s Covid-19 Response?
  by Amanda Coffie
- Harnessing the Capacities of Community Health Workers to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19 in Kenya’s Urban Informal Settlements
  by Roseanne Njiru
- Covid-19 in Africa: Youth at the Fore
  by Alcinda Honwana and Nyeleti Honwana
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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.