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Hearts, Hands & Heritage:
Quilting Together Bi-annual exhibition, in collaboration with the Community Artists' Collective, illustrating a broad range of artistic techniques and inspirations, shedding light on the lives and experiences of quiltmakers...

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Religion and Hip Hop Culture
Join us for public events associated with Dr. Pinn's Religion and Hip Hop Culture Course at Rice. CERCL and the African American Religious Studies Forum will sponsor events throughout the semester. more-->

Podcast Series: What's the Thesis?

An ongoing conversation series with scholars in black religion and related fields. During these conversations we talk with guests about their recent publications, their current research and other critical issues in our contemporary world. more-->

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A 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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6:30-9:00 PM

Understanding Black Liberation at Rice
Houston
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Apr 26, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM CDT
Houston, College Way & Alumni Dr, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Join us as the RELI 216: Religion and BLM class unveils their final project! A mosaic created by Rice students, faculty and local artist, Lanecia A. Rouse. On campus COVID restrictions limit the crowd size. Please sign up for a time slot to enjoy the mural.
Honoring Female Bodies, Respecting Women's Rights: Reflections on an African Feminist Ethics of Human Dignity
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Apr 22, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
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Simeon Ilesanmi Washington M. Wingate Professor Department for the Study of Religions Wake Forest University
AARSF FELLOW | FALL 2021
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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Apr 16, 12:00 AM
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Each Semester CERCL offers a fellowship program for scholars whose research presents and promotes innovative scholarship related to the study of African American religion. In this way, CERCL aims to help advance the success of scholarship often considered marginal to the Academy.
AARSF FELLOWS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
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Apr 07, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
The AARSF Fellows Program provides opportunities for Rice University graduate students working in African American religion to: (1) present their research; (2) add to the CERCL Archive in the Woodson Research Center at Rice University’s Fondren Library.
COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANT | FALL 2021 COURSES
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Apr 01, 12:00 AM
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Each year CERCL accepts proposals for grants not to exceed $2000 to encourage new courses or the update of existing courses in line with the goals of the Center.
African-American Religious Naturalism: A New Perspective on Black Animality and the Diseased Imagination
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Mar 24, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
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Dr. Carol Wayne White Presidential Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Bucknell University
Podcasting, Storytelling, and Social Equity: A Symposium
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Mar 20, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
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Dr. Travis Alexander Postdoctoral Fellow Rice Academy of Fellows Rice University
PEACE WITHOUT POLICE: A discussion on the definition, history, and current politics surrounding police abolition (1)
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Mar 03, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST
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Panel Discusion
REPAIRING THE BREACH: How HBCUs Can Save America, Again!
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Feb 24, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
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Dr. Hakim J. Lucas President & CEO of Virginia Union University
PEACE WITHOUT POLICE: A discussion on the definition, history, and current politics surrounding police abolition
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Feb 16, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST
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Panel Discusion
THIS IS AMERICA
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Feb 04, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
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A Conversation About the Black Lives Matter Movement in light of the Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Toward an Aesthetic Philosophy of Religion of Underground Hip-Hip Culture
Location is TBD
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Oct 05, 2018, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
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Hearts, Hands and Heritage: Quilting Together Bi-annual Exhibition

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