Center on Lived Religion

04/28/2026

The Center on Lived Religion is excited to announce our 2026-2027 research colloquium. We encourage participation from researchers in the humanities, social sciences, architecture, museums, law, health sciences, and other fields whose research and writing would benefit from recurring discussions with conversation partners from around the university. The linked form includes information on the colloquium and responses will be used for planning purposes.

Thank you to the Saint Louis University College of Arts & Sciences and The Collaborative for Humanistic Inquiry at Saint Louis University for supporting this opportunity.

We invite faculty, graduate students, and staff to participate in the Center on Lived Religion's 2026-2027 research colloquium. This form includes information on the colloquium and will be used for planning purposes. We encourage participation from researchers in the humanities, social sciences, arc...

03/31/2025

Mapping Spaces, Embodying Territories is THIS WEEK, April 3-4, 2025, at Saint Louis University. See flyer, scan the code, or visit our website for more information and to register!

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03/20/2025

Just TWO WEEKS until we host, Mapping Spaces, Embodying Territories, in partnership with the CREST Research Center April 3-4, 2025, at Saint Louis University. See flyer, scan the code, or visit our website for more information and to register!

https://loom.ly/OmpbT9k

03/11/2025

We are excited to host an interdisciplinary conference, Mapping Spaces, Embodying Territories, in partnership with the CREST Research Center April 3-4, 2025, at Saint Louis University. See flyer, scan the code, or visit our website for more information and to register!

https://loom.ly/OmpbT9k

03/03/2025

Please join the Center on Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for the 5th Annual Matteo Ricci Speaker Series with Prof. Joseph W. Ho (Albion College) TODAY, March 3, at 3pm in BSC 256. The title of Prof. Ho's talk is "MEMENTO VIVERE: CATHOLIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIASPORIC FUTURITY IN COLD WAR CHINA AND TAIWAN."

02/27/2025

Please join the Center on Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for the 5th Annual Matteo Ricci Speaker Series with Prof. Joseph W. Ho (Albion College) on Monday, March 3 at 3pm in BSC 256. The title of Prof. Ho's talk is "MEMENTO VIVERE: CATHOLIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIASPORIC FUTURITY IN COLD WAR CHINA AND TAIWAN."

11/15/2024

Drop in for a bit or stay for a while! Looking forward to connecting in San Diego!

Please join us for the Saint Louis University Reception at the AAR/SBL next Saturday, November 23, from 3-6pm at Cafe Sevilla!

11/15/2024

The Center on Lived Religion is excited to invite you to the public launch of the Where's Religion? App at the 2024 AAR/SBL Meeting in San Diego! Please join us on Saturday, November 23, at 5pm at Cafe Sevilla to learn a bit about the app and enjoy the open bar and tapas.

09/19/2024

The Center on Lived Religion is excited to co-host an interdisciplinary conference in Spring 2025 on "Mapping Spaces, Embodying Territories: Spatial Humanities and GIScience Across the Disciplines"!

Please see the conference website for more information and to submit your proposal: https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/mappingspacesconference/home

We are especially interested in papers, panels, and multimedia projects that examine the lived experiences of space and place, with particular attention to religion, race, and gender; the contributions of critical GIS to studies of migration, settlement, and displacement; technologies of visual representation as they relate to the formation of social and cultural boundaries; and the role of maps and mapmakers in creating and sustaining systems of segregation. Other related topics will also be considered.

We encourage submissions from advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and university faculty of all ranks and status. Funding for this conference has been provided by the Center on Lived Religion, the Center for Culture, Religion, Engineering, Science, and Technology, the Spatial Humanities Initiative of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Louis University.

The conference will be held on the campus of Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 3-5, 2025.

05/17/2024

Last week we got to host our 2023-2024 Where’s Religion Pilot Testers cohort at Saint Louis University for more than two days of conversation and workshops. This is truly the best part of academia and we could not have had a better experience than we did with this group of fellows from around the country who are doing really exciting work to transform the study, research, and understanding of religion.

Many thanks to SLU, the Henry Luce Foundation, and of course our many Fellows for supporting such an important event!