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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Bramadat, Director of the <a href="https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/csrs/fellowships-awards/apply/visiting/index.php">
Centre for Studies in Religion and Society</a> (CSRS) at the University of Victoria, will outline opportunities for research on religion and society for uWaterloo faculty and graduate students.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bramadat will give a seminar on the future of the study of religion, followed by refreshments and an informal talk about research opportunities at the CSRS. A number of uWaterloo faculty (from Religious Studies, Sociology and Legal Studies,
Political Science, etc.) have spent time at the CSRS. This is also an excellent opportunity for your graduate students.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These are non-stipendary fellowships for researchers working on any topic related to religion and society. Fellowships are open to scholars from any discipline, including scholars who are working on creative projects (artwork, creative
writing, etc.). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">During my last fellowship at the CSRS, other fellows included a historian, a sociologist, an Islamicist, a biologist, and a poet. The Centre also has a position for an artist-in-residence. The Centre provides an ideal opportunity for interdisciplinary
and creative work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fellows are given an office plus all the other amenities that research requires. The Centre is situated in a beautiful location on the University of Victoria campus. For more details, see
<a href="https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/csrs/fellowships-awards/apply/visiting/index.php">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You are invited to participate in the seminar, or simply to come for refreshments to learn about the CSRS fellowships.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below for details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">David Seljak<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor, Religious Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Faculty of Arts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Where is Religious Studies Going Next? A view from the West Coast</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Paul Bramadat, Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Friday, February 16, 2:30-4 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">PAS 1053</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Coffee and snacks provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Free. Open to all.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dr. Paul Bramadat, Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, will discuss future directions for the study of religion in Canada and North America. He will use his experience at the CSRS to describe
how new areas of research, inter-discipinarity, and the shifting definition of what we mean by the word “religion” will change the academic study of religion. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dr. Bramadat will focus especially on the Centre’s new major SSHRC-funded research project on religion in Cascadia (the Pacific Northwest region of the US and Canada)—an inter-disciplinary, cross-border project
that connects the study of religion to regional identity, culture, politics, history, and geography. (You can listen to him make some preliminary remarks about this project on CBC Radio’s
<i>Tapestry </i>program <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/sacred-space-1-architecture-and-region-1.4474834/beautiful-british-columbia-vs-friendly-manitoba-where-you-live-may-influence-your-spirituality-1.4474925">
here</a>.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This seminar is addressed to graduate students and faculty interested in the study of religion and its future. While aimed at graduate students, senior undergraduate students are welcome to attend. After that
talk, lunch will be provided, during which Paul will outline some research opportunities for students, faculty, and alumni of the Joint PhD program at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. (Two of our graduate students, one
alumni, and one professor in the program have already worked at the Centre.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For more information: <a href="mailto:dseljak@uwaterloo.ca">
dseljak@uwaterloo.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">David Seljak<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Religious Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">St. Jerome’s University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">290 Westmount Road North<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Waterloo, ON N2L 3G3<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">519-884-8111, ext. 28232<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">St. Jerome’s University and the University of Waterloo are on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnawbe and Haudenosaunee peoples. We are situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six
miles on each side of the Grand River.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">St. Jerome’s is part of the University of Waterloo’s commitment to the
<a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en">United Nations Women</a>’s <a href="http://www.heforshe.org/">
HeForShe</a> campaign:, and I am SJU’s Faculty Advocate for the HeForShe <a href="http://www.heforshe.org/impact">
Impact 10x10x10</a> initiative.<o:p></o:p></p>
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