Symposia
Events at IHS
UPCOMING SYMPOSIUM
Does Theism Have an Impact on Public Policy?
November 30-December 2, 2012
Rice University, Houston, Texas
Speakers:
- Joseph O. Baker, Professor of Sociology at East Tennessee State University
- Adam Chalom, Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation
- Elisabeth Cornwall, Executive Director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation
- Peter Derkx, IHS Senior Fellow and Professor of Humanism at Universiteit voor Humanistiek
- Barbara Forrest, Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University
- Sikivu Hutchinson, IHS Senior Fellow
- Maryam Namaziem, campaigner, commentator and broadcaster.
- Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology at Pitzer College
RSVPs are required to attend. Contact Maya Reine at mr2@rice.edu for details.
Accommodations can be made at the Hilton Houston Plaza at the group rate of $119 a night. Call 1-800-HILTONS or reserve online. The last day to reserve is November 9, 2012.
PAST SYMPOSIA
Living Humanism: Material Culture and the Remaking of Religion
February 23, 2012
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Speakers:
- Patricia O’Connell Killen, Professor of Religious Studies and Academic Vice President at Gonzaga University
- Monica R. Miller, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanistic Approaches to the Social Sciences at Lewis & Clark College
- Cassie Trentaz, Assistant Professor of Theology, Ethics and Church History at Warner Pacific College
- Diabolus Rex, Magus and High Priest of the Chaos Imperium
- Susanna Morrill, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark College
- Anthony Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University
What Is Humanism, and Why Does It Matter?
April 15-17, 2011
Columbia University, New York, New York
Speakers:
- Sharon Welch, Provost and Professor of Religion and Society at Meadville Lombard Theological School
- Peter Derkx, Professor of Humanism and Worldviews at the University of Humanistics in Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Monica R. Miller, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanistic Approaches to the Social Sciences at Lewis & Clark College
- Sebastian Velez, Evolutionary Biologist and Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University
- Sikivu Hutchinson, Editor of BlackFemLens.org
- Anthony Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University
