Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop

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Higher Education. College Republicans, antisemitism, Holocaust Denial

Really giving the game away with this, on why a grant about women's slave labor during the Holocaust was cancelled.

Library and Archives planning deep cuts to access to information team, document shows — The Globe and Mail Cuts will put at risk ability to comply with access and privacy laws, department acknowledged in a document

In a world in flames, archives might seem inconsequential, yet they represent our collective memory, and their erasure also is a political act.

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In May 1933, Nazi-led student groups organized public burnings of “un-German” books, including those held in the library of the Institute for Sexual Science.

More on archives: In May 1933, Nazi-led student groups organized public burnings of “un-German” books, including those held in the library of the Institute for Sexual Science.

Here’s a better one, from a survey I recently filed out, credit @abuaardvark.bsky.social and @stelhami.bsky.social

Yup, I had a “On a scale from ‘I can’t live without it’ to ‘We’re getting married,’ how much do you love AI?” survey today as well.

1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):

Transparent & Inclusive OSU Presidential Search With the resignation of Ted Carter, the Ohio State University is searching for a new president at a time of deep distrust and skepticism about its leadership. Join the call for a transparent, inclusiv...

It is time for OSU to announce a more open process for the next presidential search. It can’t be wide open, but it also cannot fail in secrecy as they have in the past. I just signed @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Transparent & Inclusive Presidential Search actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

i just read a sentence 126 words long. why are we like this, academics?

This is actually becoming a thing on the right again. A bunch of Republican primaries in Texas have been about stopping Sharia law.
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San José State University Sues Trump Admin Over Anti-Trans Threats—Refusing to Capitulate The Trump regime said San José State had to break state law to discriminate against trans students, but the university said it isn’t budging.

1. Major news out of San Jose State University.

The University has REJECTED Trump's demands to ban trans people from bathrooms, dorms, and other facilities.

This comes after Trump threatened them for once having a trans student athlete.

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a police officer with a mustache is talking into a microphone and says `` oh that is so not cool ! '' ALT: a police officer with a mustache is talking into a microphone and says `` oh that is so not cool ! ''

A pox on every professor who gives an undergraduate assignment that involves INTERVIEWING ANOTHER PROFESSOR.

Indiana's Religious Right to Abortion Wins in Court (Updated) Judge recognizes Jewish pro-abortion religious beliefs.

On March 5, 2026, Marion County Judge Christina R. Klineman made an existing temporary injunction permanent, ruling that the abortion ban imposes a substantial burden on religious exercise, and violates Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The Right to An Abortion As a Jewish Moral Value The Jewish moral imperative of pikuach nefesh – saving a life – makes safeguarding reproductive rights a vital Jewish moral value.

The ruling specifically cites abortion as having a moral imperative in Jewish law. Back in 2011, Bonnie Margulis wrote about how the right to an abortion is enshrined in Jewish teachings.

UNC shaming alum yet again.

Meet The Female Journalist Risking Her Life To Report On Women In Afghanistan An interview with Sana Atef, a reporter with the Zan Times who covers the lives and work of women in Afghanistan.

Meet The Female Journalist Risking Her Life To Report On Women In Afghanistan

We have begun the weeks on teaching techniques in my Teaching in Higher Ed class and I'm bringing in at least one pop culture professor every class. Today is Barbara Streisand in The Mirror Has Two Faces. They will use their readings to analyze her teaching style as a Columbia literature professor.

ChatGPT wrote this right because DAMN. Sorry,I've been busy today and just saw this effed up excuse for an oped about Evangelicals because whoever this person is has been asleep since 1975

IDK who wrote this ill advised POS article but they shouldn't get paid for it because WHAT THE ABSOLUTE EFF IS THIS !!!! I mean, EVANGELICALS ARE EVERYWHERE IN TRUMP WORLD

Why have an Apple Watch when you can have smart rosary beads? Faith meets firmware.

This feels like something The Righteous Gemstones would have sold.

In India, Carney sidesteps Modi’s far-right violence ⋆ The Breach Saima Desai joins Desmond Cole to discuss the costs of Canada’s growing partnership with India

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Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways

Fruit of a campaign to return human remains to Africa and an FOI by @theguardian.com which uncovers "260,000 items of remains, often [held] in sacrilegious ways"
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"Of the 28,914 items of human remains known to originate from outside Europe, 11,856 were identified as coming from Africa, 9,550 from Asia, 3,252 from Oceania, 2,276 from North America, and 1,980 from South America".

Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890s

"Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls" --> www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where? Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

To conclude the dossier, The Guardian gives us a tool "Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where?" --> www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Khamenei is terrible. Nonetheless our dementia addled president, who launched a war of aggression with no plan or exit strategy and who controls enough nuclear weapons to destroy the planet multiple times over, is the most dangerous man in the world.

Claiming otherwise is propaganda.

Religion in the U.S. NYC

Anti-Islam White Supremacy

Outside Gracie Mansion in New York City today, far right influencer Jake Lang staged an anti Islam protest with a small group of supporters, appearing with a goat and drawing a large counter protest. Homemade smoke devices were thrown into the crowd at one point. Multiple arrests took place.

"Ahmed’s @saranahmed.bsky.social conceptualising of knowledge, or more accurately, knowingness indicates that @ its core are 2 aspects: agency and authority Whilst the subaltern often has the agency to speak, or be recognised, they lack or are denied the authority to be seen or heard (Spivak 1988)"