Institute for the Study of Immigrant Religions Launch Celebration
Friday, June 1, 2012
10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Location: Alumni & Visitors Center
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Category: Meeting
Description: Institute for the Study of Immigrant ReligionsLaunch Celebration
Our mission is to record, document, and archive the histories of immigrant religious communities: their establishment, challenges, ritual & spiritual life, and hopes for the future.
As an archival institute, our researchers conduct oral histories; collect historical documents, photographs, and other materials; and create digital archives for use by the public, researchers, and the religious communities themselves.
As a research institute, we seek to elaborate and expand upon methods and theories for studying urban religious communities in the US in the 21st century.
Through research, archival activities, and hosting professional conferences and workshops, we hope to position UC Riverside at the forefront of study in US urban immigrant religions.
ISIR seeks to chart the ever-evolving religious landscape, especially in respect to immigrant communities, in the Greater Los Angeles area.
We recruit, train, and deploy researchers specializing in this field from UC Riverside and surrounding areas to conduct research on and within communities including but not limited to American Hindus, Iranian Jews, Mexican-American Catholics, Latino Muslims, and Chinese-American Buddhists.
UC Riverside is uniquely positioned in this region, an area home to every major world religion. It is a region simultaneously home to novel expressions of hybrid religious identities and to transnational religious practices spanning borders.
The University of California, Riverside is currently the only research university in the greater Los Angeles area offering the PhD in the academic study of religion.
Date: Friday, June 1, 2012
Time: 10:00am-6:00pm
Place: UCR Visitor and Alumni Center
3701 Canyon Crest Dr.
Riverside
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Program:
10:00am -12:00pm Researchers Workshop (Pre-circulated papers)
Jeanette Reedy-Solano of Cal State Fullerton, session respondent
Michael Alexander, Associate Professor Department of Religious Studies, Session Chair
12:00pm - 2:00pm Luncheon (by pre-order only, $20, with jhughes@ucr.edu)
2:00pm - 3:45pm "Archiving and Documenting Immigrant Communities"
Samip Mallick, South Asian American Digital Archive
4:00-6:00pm Panel Discussion ”Immigrant Religions in California"
Gastón Espinosa, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, U.S. Latino Religions and Politics Claremont McKenna College
Jane Iwamura, Visiting Scholar, Asian American Religions, UC Los Angeles
Samip Mallick, South Asian American Digital Archive
Amanda Huffer, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, UC Riverside
Jennifer Scheper Hughes, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, UC Riverside
6:00pm Wine and Cheese Reception
Open to: General Public
Admission: Free
Sponsor: Center for Ideas & Society
Contact Information:
Renee DeGuire
951 827-1556
renee.deguire@ucr.edu