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Video: ReSpell: Religion, Spirituality, and Well-being

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In this Gnoseologies event, Giovanna Parmigiani, CSWR Research Associate, spoke with Eugenia Roussou, PhD, sociocultural anthropologist, about her ethnographic research on contemporary religiosity and well-being in Southern Europe; the anthropological...

Video: ​​​​​​​Angela’s Symposium: YouTube, Esotericism, and the Academia

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Center for the Study of World Religions hosted our first Gnoseologies series webinar of the academic year on October 18, 2023. Dr. Giovanna Parmigiani engaged in conversation with Dr. Angela Puca. In this discussion, Dr. Puca describes how she pioneers an...

Audio: Pop Apocalypse Episode 15: Gnostic Myth and Film – A Talk with Fryderyk Kwiatkowski

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For Episode 15 of Pop Apocalypse, we welcome Assistant Professor Fryderyk Kwiatkowski to discuss the relationship between ancient Gnostic myth and modern cinema. Fryderyk takes us through the impact of European intellectuals, including Carl Jung, Hans...

Video: We Cannot Imagine Otherwise: Capitalist Personalities, Plotlines, & Promises of Salvation, Dr. Andrea Jain

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In conversation with Gnoseologies host, Dr. Giovanna Parmigiani, Dr. Andrea Jain, expands the boundaries of what currently counts as “knowledge” starting with diagnosing the social systemic dynamics that shape what we can and cannot imagine. In this talk...

Video: Catholicism as Movement: Affective Histories & Political Life Forms, Dr. Valentina Napolitano

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Gnoseologies host, Dr. Giovanna Parmigiani engaged in conversation with Dr. Valentina Napolitano on themes of contemporary Catholicism, focusing on the "Atlantic Return", Pope Francis and migrants' (im)mobility highlighting the "heart" as political...

Video: Magic in the United States. A conversation with Dr. Heather Freeman

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Gnoseologies host Giovanna Parmigiani speaks with Heather Freeman about her podcast Magic in the United States and the personal and professional journey behind it. Magic in the United States is a podcast examining how magic, religion, spirituality, and...

Video: Esoteric identities: Helena P. Blavatsky as a woman philosopher? With Tim Rudbøg

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What counts as philosophy—and who gets to be recognized as a philosopher? In conversation with Gnoseologies host Giovanna Parmigiani, Tim Rudbøg explores Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s engagement with major philosophical questions of being, consciousness...

Video: Wisdom from the Edge: A Conversation with Anthropologist Paul Stoller

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In this conversation with Gnoseologies host Dr. Giovanna Parmigiani, Paul Stoller discusses his latest book, Wisdom From the Edge in which he describes what scholars can do to contribute to the social and cultural changes that shape a social future of...

Video: Arts & Crafts Divine: How Spiritual Expertise Is Made with Olivia Cejvan

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Audio: Pop Apocalypse Episode 14: Madness, Mysticism, and Philosophy – A Talk with Wouter Kusters

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For episode 14 of Pop Apocalypse, we welcome the linguist and philosopher Wouter Kusters. Kusters is the author of Pure Madness (2004) and A Philosophy of Madness (2014), both of which won the Dutch Socrates Award for best philosophy book of the year. We...

Om-gnosis Episode 8: Interview with Vinayagam Swamigal

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In this eighth episode of Om-gnosis, we interview Vinayagam Swamigal, Managing Trustee of the Sri Sabapathy Lingeshwar Jiva Samadhi Temple in Villivakkam, Tamil Nadu. This temple is located on the site of a meditation hall ( maṭālayam ) established by Sri...

Audio: Pop Apocalypse Episode 13: Photographing the Invisible: A Talk with Shannon Taggart

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For Episode 13 of Pop Apocalypse , we welcome Shannon Taggart, an American photographer, writer, researcher, and curator known for exploring how photography can navigate boundaries between the seen and unseen. Her book, Séance (Fulger Press, 2019), offers...