The goal of this workshop was to generate conversation and exchange. It featured five three-person panels in which speakers gave short talks on a theme, leaving most of the time for an open exchange of ideas. It also featured three research presentations from workshop participants providing focal points for further discussion.
Schedule
Thursday, February 27
Venue: Claudia Cohen Hall
6:00 || Dinner for speakers in Cohen Hall (Classics Lounge)
7:30 || Opening remarks
Jamal Elias, Chair of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
7:35 || Introducing Material Secularisms
Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania
7:45 || Research presentation I: Perspective (Cohen Hall 402)
Courtney Bender, Columbia University
Moderator: Jolyon Thomas, University of Pennsylvania
Friday, February 28
Venue: Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium
9:30 || Breakfast for panelists
10:30 || Welcome
Jeffrey Kallberg, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
10:35 || Panel I: Nature
Chair: Ken Koltun-Fromm, Haverford College
Mayanthi Fernando, UC Santa Cruz
John Modern, Franklin and Marshall College
Dana Lloyd, Washington University in Saint Louis
12:00 || Lunch for all registered participants
1:30 || Panel II: Structure/Infrastructure
Chair: Lindsay Reckson, Haverford College
Matthew Engelke, Columbia University
Victoria Smolkin, Wesleyan University
Chad Seales, University of Texas, Austin
3:00 || Coffee Break
3:30 || Panel III: Affect
Chair: Anthony Petro, Boston University/Institute for Advanced Study
Terrence Johnson, Georgetown University
Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania
Angela Xia, University of Pennsylvania
5:00 || Break
5:30 || Research presentation II: Blackness
Anthony Pinn, Rice University
Moderator: Anthea Butler, University of Pennsylvania
7:00 || Dinner for panelists
Saturday, February 29
Venue: Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium
9:00 || Breakfast for panelists
10:00 || Panel IV: Body
Chair: Projit Mukharji, University of Pennsylvania
Heather Jaber, University of Pennsylvania
Ann Pellegrini, New York University
Jolyon Thomas, University of Pennsylvania
11:30 || Lunch for registered participants
1:00 || Research presentation: Emotion
Monique Scheer, University of Tübingen
Moderator: Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania
2:15 || Coffee Break
2:30 || Panel V: Fetish
Chair: Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University
Sharday Mosurinjohn, Queens University
Darryl Wilkinson, Dartmouth College
Angela Zito, New York University
4:00 || Closing Remarks
Jolyon Thomas, University of Pennsylvania
6:00 || Dinner for panelists