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October 24, 2020
RRD Research Collaborators Screen Shorts at 2020 Virginia Film Festival
UVA alums and former RRD student research collaborators, Paige Taul (Col '18) and Erik Patton-Sharpe (Col '20), screen their short films at the 2020 Virginia Film Festival.
October 14, 2020
Watch: Informed Perspectives: Religion and the Race for the White House
New York Times' opinion writer Elizabeth Bruenig and UVA Professor Charles Mathewes on the role of religion in shaping the most important U.S. presidential election in decades.
September 25, 2020
Watch: Informed Perspectives: Religion, Migration, and Democracy
Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa and award-winning novelist Micheline Aharonian Marcom discuss their roles as storytellers in reframing the conversation about migration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
September 17, 2020
Watch: How the Law Treats Hate
A conference that explores pressing questions about antisemitism's relationship to other forms of discrimination and the law's ability to stop hatred.
September 2, 2020
Call for Student Research Proposals: Apply Now
What's your story? Join the Lab's cohort of student research collaborators and delve into the world of multi-media production to explore religion, race, and global democracy.
August 17, 2020
Watch: Religious Activists Remember the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville
On the 3rd anniversary of the white supremacist attacks on Charlottesville, religious racial justice activists reflect on their counter-protest efforts.
August 8, 2020
Watch: A Virtual Tour of Charlottesville’s Johnny Reb Statue
On August 5, 2020, UVA Professor Jalane Schmidt led a virtual tour of the “Johnny Reb” statue in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse, talking about the role it has played in local and national narratives about religion, race and democracy. The following day, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to remove the 111-year old Confederate monument.
July 8, 2020
Watch: Re:New Democracy, Part II
A conversation about renewing global democracy with a panel of policy and humanities experts.
July 2, 2020
Watch: Re:New Democracy, Part 1
How can we create and sustain an America that never was, but should be? Watch a conversation about renewing democracy in America, starting with Virginia.
June 1, 2020
Statement of Solidarity & Resources for Justice
The Religion, Race & Democracy Lab grieves with the world over the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless Black lives that have been lost due to police brutality and systemic racism throughout American history. We stand in solidarity with the victims and with those who protest for a more just and equitable world for Black and Brown lives.
April 8, 2020
Religion Lab Awarded Grant from Luce/ACLS
The Religion, Race & Democracy Lab receives a $45K collaborative programming grant in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs from Henry Luce Foundation and The American Council of Learned Societies to support a multimedia project examining the dynamics of religion, race, and global democratic movements.
March 25, 2020
Student Research Proposals: Deadline Extended to April 15
What's your story? Join the Lab's cohort of student research collaborators and delve into the world of multi-media production to explore religion, race, and global democracy.