I’m very excited to visit the University of Colorado, Boulder for a talk about my book, Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab. I’m grateful to my former advisor Terry Kleeman for inviting me back to campus. I did my Masters degree in Religious Studies at CU, graduating in 2006. Terry helped me work…
I’m really excited about a new book by Christopher M. Driscoll and Monica R. Miller. They’ve co-written Method as Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion, where they tackle how the study of religion has been constructed as a discipline over time and provide a rigorous critique of…
I’m looking forward to a visit to Florida International University on January 17. Here is the abstract: American media has recently highlighted the social circumstances of Muslims living under the Chinese Communist Party. What may be unknown to many is that the tense relationship between Muslim communities and the state have gone back for centuries. This…
I’ve really enjoyed working with The Journal of Religion & Film folks over the past few years, including it’s founder Bill Blizek and its current editor John C. Lyden. Bill was my colleague at the University of Nebraska Omaha for several years. Recently, the main event has been the International Conference on Religion & Film. We’ve had wonderful turnouts for…
Dr. Kristian Petersen 