We are pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of the Being Human Institute for early career scholars. The cohort will participate in three workshops over three years, each held in Bloomington and coordinated by a different pair of professors, providing the time and space for these early-career scholars to read and write religion beyond existing genres and rubrics. Selections were based on the promise of current research and each participant’s open, exploratory approach to significant intellectual questions and interest in thinking experimentally and communicating with and from diverse publics (including non-scholarly and different scholarly publics). Our aim is to foster this expansive vision of scholarship with activities outside as well as indoors, including walks, field trips, engagement with the work of a visiting senior scholar, contemplative writing time, and interactive discussions about our individual projects.
The Being Human Institute 2021-2023
Inaugural Cohort (2021, 2022, 2023)
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Gina Giliberti
Basit Kareem Iqbal
C. Libby
Tyrone S. Palmer
Matthew Smith
Yunus D. Telliel
Andrew Walker-Cornetta
Tyler Zoanni
Organizers and visiting faculty:
Constance Furey (lead faculty)
Amira Mittermeier (2021)
Winni Sullivan (2022)
David Maldonado Rivera (2022, 2023)
Noah Salomon (2023)