The GARNET (Global Affairs and Religion Network) aims to create a sustained conversation across the fields of religion and global affairs. The network brings together faculty from the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Religion Department (CCAS) each month to discuss on a topic that weaves together aspects of both fields.
October 14, 2022: The Gods at War: Religion and the Pacific Theater, 1937-1945 with Dr. Dayna Barnes Religion played an underappreciated role in Asia during the Second World War. Governments …
Dr. Mark Joffe and Dr. Xiaofei Kang October 28, 2022: Vampires in Europe and Chinese Witches with Dr. Mark Joffe and Dr. Xiaofei Kang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88BnhVKe2Vw&list=PLdtBS04eosP-wL80L_aiz8-cv7-9yPMyD&index=2
Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky discusses the role of religion in the U.S. Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, highlighting the tensions between civil religion and white Christian nationalism.
GARNET's February faculty lecture by the Elliott School's Shapiro Visiting Scholar, Muqaddesa Yourish, highlights the role of political Islam in Afghanistan and how wartime governance weaponizes religion. Yourish is the …
Prof. Lal speaks at GARNET's October session on the different portrayals of the afterlife and the undead across Japanese Buddhist and Western Christian contexts.
Prof. Malone-France's introductory remarks on how religion, and specifically Catholicism, is largely omitted from the Colombian conflict and peace process.
Prof. Chiswick discusses the relationship between religious behavior and consumerism, specifically with regards to how religious behavior is impacted by budgeting.
Hilary Silver gave an overview of the social exclusion and inequality of Muslims in post-Independence India. She then touched upon the Sacher Commission, massacres, lynchings, family law of religious communities, RSS/Hindutva, and other aspects …
This brief talk goes beyond the familiar story of suppression and destruction to examine how the Chinese Communist Party utilized religion to mobilize support and to construct a new form of …
In this talk, Rob argued that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has a religious component that has not been sufficiently examined or appreciated. On the Israeli side are religious Zionists, who, despite their …
QAnon started its spread in the US in 2017, around a mysterious individual named “Q” who claimed to have classified information about a worldwide conspiracy. Information online from “Q” stated …
White Nationalism and Christianity: Both in the United States and in Europe, we have witnessed a recent rise in white nationalist movements. Contemporary white nationalist movements, while a reaction to …
Faculty
Rollie Lal, Associate Professor of International Affairs
Irene Oh, Chair, Department of Religion, Associate Professor
Dayna Barnes, Visiting Scholar and Historian, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
Video Library
Explore the GARNET Youtube playlist, a collection of event recordings and interviews which feature GARNET faculty discussing topics of religion and international affairs.
