Border Wars and the Making of Religious Difference

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is characterized by a rich diversity of research interests and activities. Situated in a country at the intersection of East Asia and Southeast Asia, the Faculty, as part of the National University of Singapore, is geographically well-placed to develop area-based research that are well informed by disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches. Find out more here: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/research.html

FASS Research Division, NUS

Explore how religious practices shape border politics and ideological ties in contested regions, from Egypt/Israel to the divided Koreas.

Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Auditorium @ Level 2

<h1>DISTINGUISHED LECTURE</h1><h2>Border Wars and the Making of Religious Difference</h2>You are invited to a distinguished lecture “Border Wars and the Making of Religious Difference” by <a href="https://divinity.uchicago.edu/directory/angie-heo" title="https://divinity.uchicago.edu/directory/angie-heo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A/Prof Angie Heo</a> (University of Chicago). A/P Heo will graciously serve as the distinguished speaker for the inaugural lecture organized by the GL Louis Religious Pluralism Research Cluster at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Programme7:15pm Registration7:30pm Welcome Remarks by Associate Professor Feng Qiushi, FASS Acting Vice Dean of Research (NUS Department of Sociology and Anthropology)7:35pm Opening Remarks by Associate Professor Jack Meng-Tat Chia, Convenor of GL Louis Religious Pluralism Research Cluster (NUS Department of History)7:40pm Lecture by Distinguished Speaker, Associate Professor Angie Heo (University of Chicago)8:30pm Q &amp; A and Discussion9:00pm Refreshments9:30pm End of Event AbstractIn recent years, the world has witnessed a resurgent concern with borders, from anti-migrant campaigns for “Fortress Europe” to territorial disputes in the South China Sea. While many have considered the nationalist, racist, and imperial dimensions of border politics, less attention has been given to the religious institutions and contents that activate ideological attachments to borders on the ground. Drawing on research on Egypt/Israel and the divided Koreas, this lecture springs from the premise that religious practices and discourses play a central role in creating, maintaining, and transforming the politics of invasion, asylum, and security. With a special focus on sites of religious difference, it returns once again to the enduring question: How might we assess the promise and perils of religious pluralism in times of violence and war? Speaker BioAngie Heo is Associate Professor in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. After receiving her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, she taught at Barnard College and held fellowships at Emory University and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. Her first book is The Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt (University of California Press 2018). Her current research turns to the history and politics of Protestant Christianity in Korea. About the OrganiserThe GL Louis Religious Pluralism Research Cluster, funded by an endowment established via a generous gift to honor Mr. Gnanapragasam Louis’ memory, aims to foster the academic study of religious pluralism and diverse religious traditions in Asia and beyond.

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