Date: February 24, 2023Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomWATCH HEREMeet the Author – Joseph Blankholm In this instalment of our Meet the Author series, co-hosted with the Secularism on the Move Project, Joseph Blankholm discusses his recent book, The Secular Paradox: On the Religiosity of the Not Religious (NYU Press, 2022). 12pm […]

Date: April 5, 2023Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomWATCH HEREMeet the Author – Christopher Cotter In this instalment of our Meet the Author series, Christopher Cotter discusses his recent book, The Critical Study of Non-Religion: Discourse, Identification and Locality (Bloomsbury, 2020). 11am ET Dr Chris Cotter is Staff Tutor and Lecturer in […]

Date: May 16, 2023Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomWATCH HEREMeet the Author – Teemu Taira In this instalment of our Meet the Author series, Teemu Taira discusses his recent edited book, Atheism in Five Minutes (Equinox, 2022). 12pm ET Teemu Taira is Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion at the University […]

Date: October 4, 2022Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomWATCH THE RECORDING HEREMeet the Author – Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe In this instalment of our Meet the Author series, Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe discuss their recent article, “The Stickiness of Non-Religion? Intergenerational Transmission and the Formation of Non-Religious Identities in Childhood.” […]

Date: October 18, 2022Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomWATCH THE RECORDING HEREMeet the Author – Christel Manning In this instalment of our Meet the Author series, Christel Manning discusses her recent chapter, "Meaning Making Narratives among Non-Religious Individuals Facing the End of Life," in New Dimensions in Spirituality, Religion, and Aging (Routledge). […]

Date: November 29, 2022Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomWATCH HEREMeet the Author – Leo Igwe In this instalment of our Meet the Author series, Leo Igwe discusses his recent chapter, "Atheism in Southern Africa," in The Cambridge History of Atheism (Cambridge University Press, 2021). 12pm ET Leo Igwe holds a B.Phil and […]

Date: September 29, 2022Time: 6:00 pmLocation: University of Ottawa, Desmarais Hall, Room 12102 (In-Person Only)Appropriation Revisited: The Potential and Challenges of a Critical Term of Historical Research Marian Füssel (University of Göttingen) Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Lecture Series Abstract: Appropriation is one of the key concepts in cultural history, media research […]

Date: November 16, 2022Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomWATCH THE RECORDING HEREA Decade of Decline?: Exploring the 2021 Canadian Census Data on (Non)Religion Is religion continuing to decline in Canada? This question will be answered when the 2021 Canadian Census data is released on October 26th of this year. This comprehensive data […]

Date: June 15, 2022Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomThe Link Between Theory, Research Questions and Analysis: Part Three In this workshop, exclusively for members of the NCF Student Caucus, NCF Co-Investigator Inger Furseth will offer advice for the often-challenging task of formulating strong and effective research questions. This workshop will not be […]

Date: May 17, 2022Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pmLocation: Virtual - ZoomCLICK HERE TO WATCH THE RECORDINGMYTHS ABOUT THE UNAFFILIATED The share of Americans who do not identify with any religion has been rising by about 1 percentage point per year, on average, over the last 15 years. Is this rapid disaffiliation just a change […]