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Informed Perspectives: Race and Religion in China

Informed Perspectives: Race and Religion in China

What are the variety and vitality of lives like in a country where religion is often tightly controlled?

Mar 18 2021 | Zoom Webinar

Informed Perspectives: God$Green: An Unholy Alliance

Informed Perspectives: God$Green: An Unholy Alliance

A film screening and conversation to explore decades of religious polarization, propaganda, corporate deal-making, and environmental injustice.

Mar 4 2021 | Zoom Webinar

Spirit and Struggle: Landmarks of Black Sacred Song

Spirit and Struggle: Landmarks of Black Sacred Song

The sounds of gospel swell through the films of Micah Ariel Watson (UVA '18). Join the filmmaker and UVA's Ashon Crawley for a screening and conversation.

Feb 24 2021 | Zoom Webinar

Informed Perspectives: Rethinking the Spirituality of Hong Kong Protests

Informed Perspectives: Rethinking the Spirituality of Hong Kong Protests

What is the relationship between religion and protest in Hong Kong?

Feb 10 2021 | Zoom Webinar

God $ Green: An Unholy Alliance

God $ Green: An Unholy Alliance

A short film exploring how potent forces came together to mount an army of climate change skeptics in the name of God, country and capitalism.

Oct 21 2020 - Oct 25 | Virginia Film Festival

Informed Perspectives: Religion in the Race for the White House

Informed Perspectives: Religion in the Race for the White House

What role will religion play in the most important presidential election in generations?

Oct 12 2020 | Zoom Webinar

Informed Perspectives: Religion, Migration, and Democracy

Informed Perspectives: Religion, Migration, and Democracy

How can we reframe the conversation about migration at the U.S.-Mexico border to give immigrants a voice?

Sep 22 2020 | Zoom Webinar

Closing Conversation: Dahlia Lithwick and Micah Schwartzman

Closing Conversation: Dahlia Lithwick and Micah Schwartzman

A conversation about the law, antisemitism, and First Amendment jurisprudence involving religious freedom and racial justice in American society today.

Sep 10 2020 | Zoom Webinar

Can We Move Beyond Race and Religion? Jewish Identity & American Civil Rights Law

Can We Move Beyond Race and Religion? Jewish Identity & American Civil Rights Law

Scholars reflect on where Jews have and have not historically fit into categories of American civil rights protection, and where they might fit in today.

Sep 10 2020 | Zoom Webinar

How Can Law Protect Groups? American and International Perspectives

How Can Law Protect Groups? American and International Perspectives

Jews face antisemitism both as individuals and as members of a group. What legal frameworks are in place to protect group-based identities?

Sep 10 2020 | Zoom Webinar