Through the University of Pennsylvania’s Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS), Dr. Melissa J. Wilde hosted a series of university-wide talks regarding the position of religion within the 2016 Presidential Election. The program for the colloquium is below.
Religion and the 2016 Presidential Election Colloquiums
Although the public largely believes that religion’s impact on public life has waned, there is certainly evidence that religion is staggeringly influential in terms of public discourse and political mobilization. This moment is ripe for an interdisciplinary investigation, reassessment, and discussion of the place of religion in politics.
With the participation of scholars of religion and politics from within the University of Pennsylvania and beyond, this forum will bring together leading minds to fruitfully exchange ideas, grapple with intellectual puzzles, and disseminate findings and commentary, particularly with regards to the 2016 Presidential Election.
All Meetings from 12-1:30 in Fox Family Pavilion, Spady Room, 3814 Walnut Street (unless otherwise noted)
1st Colloquium: September 16th, 2016
Speaker
John L. Jackson
Richard Perry University Professor
Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice
University of Pennsylvania
2nd Colloquium: September 23rd, 2016
Speaker
Michele Margolis
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
3rd Colloquium: Thursday, September 29th, 2016
National Museum of American Jewish History, 5-7:00 p.m.
Speakers
- John DiIulio
Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil
Society, University of Pennsylvania
- John Lapinski
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director, Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies
University of Pennsylvania
- Melissa Wilde
Associate Professor of Sociology
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society
University of Pennsylvania
with Jane Eisner, Editor-In-Chief of The Jewish Daily Forward.
Moderated by Dick Polman, National Political Column
4th Colloquium: October 14th, 2016
Speaker
Jim Wallis
President and Founder of Sojourners
5th Colloquium: October 21st, 2016
Speaker
Prema Kurien
Professor of Sociology
Founding Director, Asian/Asian American Studies Program
Syracuse University
6th Colloquium: October 28th, 2016
Speaker
Mike Hout
Professor of Sociology
Director, Center for Advanced Social Science Research (CASSR)
New York University
Post-Election Debrief Panel: December 2nd, 2016
• John Lapinski
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director, Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies
University of Pennsylvania
• Matthew Levendusky
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
• Geoff Layman
Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame