Public Events
Our events offer an important way to engage with a wide range of scholars, leaders, and public thinkers with expertise in areas relating to religion and politics. We offer public lectures and conversations, panel discussions, conferences, and more. All events are videotaped and archived here.
-
Reviving America: A Conversation on a Path Forward
-
Poetry for All Live Podcast with Haleh Liza Gafori
-
“Why Read Rumi in Times Like These”: A Conversation with Haleh Liza Gafori
-
The Declaration of Independence Today: Why an Old Text Still Serves Us Now
Danielle Allen (Harvard University)
-
Imagining Early American Jews
Michael Hoberman (Fitchburg State University)
-
How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries
A book talk with Eddie Glaude Jr.
-
A Book Talk with Elizabeth Hinton
October 22, 2025
-
Sex Radical Film Screening
A film by Andy Kirshner
-
From Morning in America to American Carnage: The Role of the Religious Imaginary in American Politics
Public conversation with Diane Winston (April 24, 2025)
-
The Crisis of American Christianity
Public talk by Tim Alberta (February 5, 2025)