The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies is hosting its Religious Studies Colloquium on Thursday, October 26, 2023. The featured speaker is Dr. Anand Taneja, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University, and author of the critically acclaimed book Jinnealogy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi (Stanford University Press, 2017). In his talk, ‘Jinnealogy: Poetry, and Inter-Species Intimacy: More-than-Human Memory and Muslim Ecological Thought,’ Dr. Taneja will discuss the role of religious imagination and religious practice in remapping the relationship between human communities as well as the relationship between humans and other species. Please join us on October 26 in the Student Union (Room 220), from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Boxed lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
More information about Dr. Taneja is available here: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/asianstudies/people/taneja.php.
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