Do you have your tickets yet? Come to the premier of Unveiling: The Origin of Charlottesville's Monuments at 8PM on July 30. Register with the link below!

TODAY at 12 PM: Memory Project director @jalaneschmidt.bsky.social📚👩🏾‍🏫🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🍉 will be speaking on the South Lawn near the Homer statue. Join us! Attn: UVA Diversity UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy

I made a podcast for the UVA The Religion Lab! It follows one racist attack in Chapel Hill to the lack of hate crimes protections in North Carolina. Heavy stuff, but I talked to & worked w/ so many excellent people to tell the story that I want to thank them all here, a 🧵

Here is the podcast: religionlab.virginia.edu/projects/stayi…

Fighting a Confederate Legacy in Public Education Today @dr_jessjohnson's excellent reporting & analysis of fighting White Christian nationalism in Hanover County, VA schools speaking with Hanover County VA NAACP President Pat Jordan The Religion Lab K H Jones religionlab.virginia.edu/projects/fight…

Prof. Schaefer has put out a new podcast on white Christian nationalism and monuments to former mayor Frank Rizzo in Philly. It's a collaboration with The Religion Lab and features an interview with @AntheaButler on her research. Give it a listen here! religionlab.virginia.edu/projects/the-c…

Starting with an exploration of where all those inspirational Rumi quotes you find online come from religionlab.virginia.edu/podcast/when-v…

We spoke with translator Muhammad Ali Mojaradi (شرق‌زده sharghzadeh) about how Rumi's work became detached from his religion in English - and why Rumi can't be fully understood without understanding his Sufi faith: religionlab.virginia.edu/podcast/when-v…

This has been one of my favorite pieces to put together for The Religion Lab - a wonderful conversation between three translators on bringing a text to life in a new language - and how what’s left out can have just as profound of an effect on our understanding as what’s left in

Fellowship Posting: Karsh Practitioner Fellow in Democracy - mailchi.mp/virginia/call-…

In our latest episode, we head to Bhutan to explore the real choices and challenges that come with efforts to balance tradition, development, and environmental preservation. Take a listen! religionlab.virginia.edu/podcast/no-cou…

In Bhutan's Phobjikha Valley, our colleague Ariana is on Bluesky pointed out how efforts to protect the black-necked cranes showed up on temple walls: religionlab.virginia.edu/podcast/no-cou…

Curious about public memory and what might actually replace Charlottesville's Confederates? Listen to @jalaneschmidt.bsky.social📚👩🏾‍🏫🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🍉 and Myra Anderson right here: religionlab.virginia.edu/podcast/sites-…