Event Start: May 09, 2024 04:00 PM
Event End: May 09, 2024 05:30 PM
Event Location: Betty Elings Wells Pavilion (Faculty Club)
Event Price:
Free
Event Details:
How have Asian Americans pursued legal recognition, religious freedom, and religious equality in the United States? This public forum convenes scholars from across disciplines to discuss how state governance has defined and regulated Asian American religious liberty claims and how Asian American religious practitioners have advocated for rights and recognition.
Panelists
Prema Kurien, Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, Professor of Sikh Studies, University of Michigan
Sherally K. Munshi, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Junaid Rana, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Isaac Weiner, Associate Professor of Religion, Ohio State University
Moderators
Melissa M. Borja, Associate Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan
Dusty Hoesly, Associate Director, Walter H. Capps Center, UCSB
This event is funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, and co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and Department of Asian American Studies at UCSB.