The Institute for Humanist Studies

UPCOMING SYMPOSIUM

Does Theism Have an Impact on Public Policy?

November 30-December 2, 2012

Rice University, Houston, Texas

Speakers:

• Joseph O. Baker, Professor of Sociology at East Tennessee State University
• Adam Chalom, Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation
• Elisabeth Cornwall, Executive Director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation
• Peter Derkx, IHS Senior Fellow and Professor of Humanism at Universiteit voor Humanistiek
• Barbara Forrest, Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University
• Sikivu Hutchinson, IHS Senior Fellow
• Maryam Namaziem, campaigner, commentator and broadcaster.    
• Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology at Pitzer College

RSVPs are required to attend. Contact Maya Reine at mr2@rice.edu for details.

Accommodations can be made at the Hilton Houston Plaza at the group rate of $119 a night. Call 1-800-HILTONS or reserve online. The last day to reserve is November 9, 2012.

PAST SYMPOSIA

Living Humanism: Material Culture and the Remaking of Religion

February 23, 2012

Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon

Speakers:

• Patricia O’Connell Killen, Professor of Religious Studies and Academic Vice President at Gonzaga University
• Monica R. Miller, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanistic Approaches to the Social Sciences at Lewis & Clark College
• Cassie Trentaz, Assistant Professor of Theology, Ethics and Church History at Warner Pacific College
• Diabolus Rex, Magus and High Priest of the Chaos Imperium
• Susanna Morrill, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark College
• Anthony Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University

What Is Humanism, and Why Does It Matter?

April 15-17, 2011

Columbia University, New York, New York

Speakers:

• Sharon Welch, Provost and Professor of Religion and Society at Meadville Lombard Theological School
• Peter Derkx, Professor of Humanism and Worldviews at the University of Humanistics in Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Monica R. Miller, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanistic Approaches to the Social Sciences at Lewis & Clark College
• Sebastian Velez, Evolutionary Biologist and Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University
• Sikivu Hutchinson, Editor of BlackFemLens.org
• Anthony Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University