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Annual Joint Meeting of the Program Committee and Advisory Council Friday, June 10, 2011

Annual Joint Meeting of the Program Committee and Advisory Council Friday, June 10, 2011. Program Committee Report. Program Committee Adjudications for 2011/12. 2011/12 UVIC FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS

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Annual Joint Meeting of the Program Committee and Advisory Council Friday, June 10, 2011

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  1. Annual Joint Meeting of the Program Committee and Advisory Council Friday, June 10, 2011

  2. Program Committee Report

  3. Program Committee Adjudications for 2011/12 • 2011/12 UVIC FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS • Jordan Stanger-Ross (History) First United Church and the Politics of Poverty in Twentieth-Century Vancouver • 2011/12 VISITING RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS  • Scott Dolff(Yale Divinity School) The New Love Mysticism?: Heidi Baker and the Transformation of Neo-Charismatic Christianity in America • Brian Froese(Canadian Mennonite University) Diabolism and Post-1960s Protest: Conservative Subgroups, Cultural Critique, and the Significance of Evil • Ann-KatrinHatje(Umeå University, Sweden) Rewriting Swedish Welfare History with Focus on Religious Dimensions, 1850-2000 • Dietrich Jung(University of Southern Denmark) “To Be a Modern Muslim”: Islam and the Formation of Modern Subjectivities • Jackie Larm (University of Edinburgh) KagyuSamye Ling: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery and Cultural Centre in the South of Scotland • William S. Morrow (Queen’s University) Neo-Assyrian Influences on Biblical Literature • Sarah Moser(University of Massachusetts Lowell) *Re-imagining the “Muslim World” • Paul Rasor (Virginia Wesleyan College) *Reclaiming Prophetic Liberalism: Liberal Religion in the Public Square • * Approved separately by the director

  4. Program Committee Adjudications for 2011/12 • VANDEKERKHOVE FAMILY TRUST GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS  • Martin Hoffman(MA Candidate, History) Religion, Identity and Land in Mandate Palestine • Julie Froekjaer-Jensen(MA Candidate, Indigenous Governance) The Revitalization of Haida Land-Based Cultural Practices: A Framework for the Restoration of Haida Culture • IAN H. STEWART GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS • Genevieve von Petzinger(PhD Candidate, Anthropology) Symbols of the Spiritual: Looking for Divinely Inspired Motifs amongst the Geometric Signs of European Ice Age Rock Art • Kylee-Anne Hingston(PhD Candidate, English) “So Nigh to Glory is Our Dust”: Religion and Disability in the Mid-19th Century Novel • CSRS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE • Margo McLoughlin (Storyteller) In the Land of the Rose-Apple Tree: Tales of Early Buddhist Women

  5. Harold Coward India Fellowship Harold Coward India Fellowship • HC Research Fellowship Endowment, est. 2002 • Principal value - $24,000 • Annual budget - $1000 • Accrued spending pool - $3700 • Proposal: To revise the terms to fund an annual or bi-annual visit from an Indian scholar of religion • $1800/year of funding • Beginning January 2012 • Seek additional support from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute • Four to six-month term

  6. Conrad Brunk Bursary • CB Bursary Fund, est. 2008 • Principal value approx. $5465 • Annual budget - $250 • “Financial assistance for fellows with limited means” • To date unused • Proposal: Conference grant for students or scholars • with limited means • Publicize the fund to all incoming fellows • Applicants should demonstrate financial need • Application deadline of January 1 (?)

  7. Five-Year Review See Agenda Item 5.5 – Director’s Report

  8. ProgramCommittee Membership

  9. Advisory Council Report

  10. 2010/11 Advisory Council Adjudications • COMMUNITY SABBATICAL FELLOWSHIPS • Bob McDonald (Anthony Macaulay & Associates)Hebrew Scripture and Poetry • Suzanne Rumsey (Primate’s World Relief Fund and Development Fund, Toronto, ONT)“But the Torch Will Never Go Out”: Solidarity for a Lifetime

  11. 2010/11 John Albert Hall Lectures Postcolonialism and Christianity Kwok Pui Lan Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge Massachusetts November 23-29, 2010

  12. Friends of the 2011/12 John Albert Hall Lecturer – Pamela Klassen Testimonies of the Spirit in a Scientific Age: Religion, Politics and Visionary Lives Lecture 1 Thur, Jan 12, 2012 The Sublime and the Secular: A Social History of Protestantism in Twentieth-Century Canada Lecture 2 Fri, Jan 13, 2012 Spiritual Radio on the Sea: Frederick Du Vernet, Archbishop of Caledonia Lecture 3 Mon, Jan 16, 2012 Mediums and Messages: Jennie Pincock and the Protestant Fascination with Spiritualism Lecture 4 Wed, Jan 18, 2012Visions and Healings:  Andrew Ahenakew, the Anglican Church and the Future of Religion in Canada Pamela Klassen Department and Centre for the Study of Religion University of Toronto

  13. Friends of the John Albert Hall Lecture Series – Future Prospects • Series offered every year since 1995 • Agreement expires December 2011 • Consultation needed to determine how best to fulfill the terms of J. A. Hall Trust Agreement going forward.

  14. Friends of the Anglican Safe Church Consultation International Conference, University of Victoria, June 23-26, 2011 Keynote Lectures Thursday June 23 7:30 pm Bob Wright Centre Religious and Social Structures: Preventing or Perpetuating Abuse? Marie Fortune, Faith Trust InstituteSeattle Friday, June 24, 7:30 pm, Bob Wright Centre Legacies: Impact of Religious and Colonial Structures in Canada Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop of Canada with Patricia Vickers, Ethno-Consultant

  15. Friends of the • Friends of the Centre Cultural Tour of Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Temples Richmond and Vancouver, BC February 10, 2011 International Buddhist Temple Richmond, BC

  16. Friends of the • Friends Memberships: 5-Year Summary

  17. Friends of the Friends of the Centre – Future Plans Visit to St. Sophia’s Russian Orthodox Church

  18. Friends of the Friends of the Centre – Future Plans • Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival Luncheon with Chinese Friendship Association, June 2012

  19. Advisory Council Membership

  20. Friends of the MEICON-BC

  21. Friends of the MEICON-BC 2011 Islamic History Month Arabic/Islamic Science and the Western Scientific Tradition Prof. George Saliba Dept. of Middle East and Asian Languages and Culture Columbia University Friday, October 14, 2011

  22. Friends of the MEICON-BC Illumine Special Issue Proceedings from the 2nd Annual MEICON Student Conference, March 30, 2010 University of Victoria Edited by Mona Goode Pending summer 2011

  23. Financial Report

  24. Friends of the • CSRS Fundraising Review

  25. Friends of the • 2010-11 Operating Statement

  26. Friends of the • 2011/12 Budget

  27. Director’s Report

  28. Five-Year Review, January 20-21, 2011 External Review Panel: Michel Desjardins, Lori Beaman, John Lutz

  29. 2010/11 Fellows

  30. Religious Studies Major Program - Initiatives RELIGIOUS STUDIES TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS 2010/11 • Shamma Boyarin 2011/12 • Thomas Aechtner • Tamsin Jones • Nanette Spira RELIGIOUS STUDIES TA FELLOWSHIPS 2010/11 • Michael Gans • Joanna Dawson 2011/12 • Justine Semmens

  31. Religious Studies Major Program - Initiatives RS 403 - CSRS-based directed study course RS 450 - Method and Theory (Capstone course)

  32. 2010 Community Seminar • Writing and Religion: A Literary Forum • Don Domanski • Anne Michaels • Alissa York • Jan Zwicky • Saturday, November 6, 2010

  33. Special Lecture Religion and Politics: A Volatile Brew Marci McDonald Canadian Author and Journalist October 28, 2010

  34. More Special Lectures Friday, February 11, 2011 Tim Ward, Author What the Buddha Never Taught: A “Behind the Robes" Account of Life in a Thai jungle Monastery Monday, March 7, 2011 Callum G. Brown University of Dundee, Scotland The People of No Religion: The Loss of Religion in Canada, the US, and Great Britain since 1950 Tim Ward and friends

  35. 2011 Faculty Symposium • Religion and Bioethics: Values, Culture and Faith Traditions in Health Care and the Human Sciences • Sherine Hamdy • Tamineh Mousavi • Ashley J. Moyse • Amyn B. Sajoo • Mark J. Stein • Catherine Harding • Friday, February 25, 2011 • Co-sponsored with SFU Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures

  36. 2011 Distinguished Lecture in Islam The Civic Umma: Citizenship in a Secular Age Amyn B. Sajoo Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures, Simon Fraser University Monday, February 28, 2011

  37. Lansdowne Lecture Spirituality and Funeral Trends in North America Kathleen Garces-Foley Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Marymount University Tuesday, March 8, 2011

  38. Special Forum Upheaval in the Middle East: Egypt and its Neighbours Thursday, March 3, 2011

  39. Religion, Radicalization, and Securitization: Canadian Perspectives Team Meeting, December 2-3, 2010, Victoria

  40. Religion and Citizenship Project Religion and Citizenship in Canada: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities Paul Bramadat, editor March 2011 Funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada • Lecture to CIC Senior Policy Group, Ottawa, April 26, 2011 • CSSR Roundtable, Fredericton May 30, 2011

  41. Religion and Hospice Palliative Care Project Volume 1 – In press Religious Understandings of a “Good Death" in Hospice Palliative CareHarold Coward and Kelli I. Stajduhar, eds. Volume 2 – Near completion Beyond Traditions: Perspectives on Spirituality in Hospice Palliative Care Bramadat, Coward and Stajduhar, eds.

  42. Perspectives on Spirituality in Hospice Palliative Care Team Meeting, March 10-11 , 2011, Victoria

  43. Religious and Cultural Reasons for Vaccine Rejection Co-Investigators • Paul Bramadat and Réal Roy University of Victoria • Maryse Guay, MD, Prof. of Public Health, University of Sherbrooke (Longueuil) • Julie Bettinger, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia Seed Funding provided from • Réseau de recherche en santé des populations du Québec

  44. Religiously Affiliated Settlement Agencies (RASA) Project The Roles of Religiously Affiliated Settlement Agencies in BC: Past, Present, and Future Funder: Metropolis BC Budget: $17,000 Term: One year, 2011-12 Research Plan: 25 interviews with leaders of religiously based immigrant service groups in Victoria and Vancouver Immigrant family, Vancouver Photo: United Way Lower Mainland

  45. Religion and Diversity Project CSRS Activities Bramadat role as Strand Leader, “Strategies for Managing Religious Diversity” Possible postdoc fellowship position for at the Centre Project meeting in Victoria two to three years from now Project Highlights MCRI based at University of Ottawa Project Director, Lori Beaman 24 universities in Canada, US, France, UK and Australia

  46. Research in Development • China/Taiwan Partnership Initiatives • “Spiritual Vulnerability in South Asian Cancer Patients”Kelli Stajduhar, PI, with L. Selman, P. Bramadat, H. Coward, A. Bruce, T. Sinhu CIHR, $409,392 (pending) • CSRS /BC Centre for Addictions“Secular Alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous”

  47. Other Activities of Note Metropolis BC Acting Domain Leader 2010/11 Events • Religion and Society: A Policy-Research Symposium on Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Social Change in Canada Vancouver, Wosk Centre, February 2, 2011 • Moderator, Graduate Student Development Day, Metropolis National Conference, March 23, 2011

  48. Other Activities of Note • Address to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology “Secularism and Religious Minorities in Canada,” February 17, 2011 • Joint Publishing Project with WLU: The Theology of the Chinese Jews, 1000-1850 • Journal of the AAR Publication: “Religion, Race and Remembering: Indo-Caribbean Christians in Canada” • CSSR Panels, 2010 and 2011 • Off Label Festival, October 2011

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