Checking out Berkeley before an SBL and Wabash workshop on AI and biblical studies. It’s nice to be back in Cali for a bit.
“Teaching the Bible in the Age of AI: Pedagogy, Assessment, and Imagination”
Just Uploaded: Dr. Hannah Jung on Broadcast Seeding and Off-Script
Now up on Broadcast Seeding, "'The Law of the Land': The Hermeneutics of Continued Mormon Polygamy after 1890” with Dr. Hannah Jung (Unviersity of Alabama). Jung recently presented at Off-Script: Conversations on Scriptures, Scholarship, and Our Subfield. Take a listen to EP25 at sowingtheseed.org/podcast or on Apple Podcasts.
The INFORMATION Drop in Religious Studies Programs
Are you coming to the REL Strategy Group tomorrow? Friday at Noon Central, Dr. Leslie Dorrough Smith of Avila University compares the state of the field from the view of HigherEd administation and the professorate. Join other program leaders to learn how to better document the impact we make on students.
Off-Script is Back, Jack!
Throughout 2025, we hosted Off-Script, a monthly conversation on scriptures, scholarship, and our subfield. Sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures, and the Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts, these Zoom discussions have been a great place to both develop and showcase … Continue reading Off-Script is Back, Jack!
Scriptures Everywhere: Barracoon
The Institute for Signifying Scriptures is launching a monthly, online seminar. The theme for this Fall 2025 is Memory and we'll be reading Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo." The meetings will take place on the first Friday of each month at 10am Pacific. ISS asks that you register at … Continue reading Scriptures Everywhere: Barracoon
