Dr. Isabel Machado I will present a portrait of Mista Boo, the drag character embodied by artist and brujo Alejandro Garza, in three acts (inspired by the faces of the Neopagan triple goddess). Drawing on oral history interviews with the performer, I examine the relationship between queerness, art, witchcraft, and marginalization within LGBTQIA+ communities Dr. […]

An introduction to how to think philosophically about religion. Instructor: Dr. Evan Thompson, Department of Philosophy

We will consider their nature and evolution as emergent and increasingly influential religious practices, and their roles in the popular imagination and the national and global religious arenas. Instructor: Dr. Sabina Magliocco, Department of Anthropology

“The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities” Hosted by Jeffrey Kripal Join us March 22nd from 4:00 to 5:50 over Zoom Join Zoom Meeting Abstract: What would happen if we reimagined the humanities as the superhumanities? If we acknowledged and celebrated the undercurrent of the fantastic within our humanistic disciplines, entirely new cultural worlds and […]

UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a book talk and interview with Chenxing Han, scholar and author, entitled: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists. Chenxing Han’s book, Be the Refuge (North Atlantic Books) is both critique and celebration, calling out the […]