The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced the 2019 Luce/ACLS Fellows in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs. Six scholars studying the intersection of religion and global issues have been selected to receive fellowships that will allow them to pursue their research and bring their work to audiences beyond academia. They will have opportunities to attend media training workshops as well as partner with journalists to share their knowledge with the public.
“This year’s Luce/ACLS fellows are exploring fascinating connections between religion and environmental conservation, media consumption, and political mobilization,” said John Paul Christy, director of public programs at ACLS. “Their penetrating, innovative research and commitment to media engagement will broaden public awareness of the diverse and sometimes unexpected ways religion informs political and social practice around the world.”
Associate Professor, American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California
Stealth Anti-Muslim Racism in an Age of Islamophobia
Assistant Professor, Political Science
University of Georgia
Women and the Holy City: Women's Movements in the Struggle over Jerusalem's Sacred Space
Professor, Political Science and Religious Studies
Northwestern University
Religion on the Border
Senior Lecturer, Anthropology
University of Chicago
Beekeeping in the End Times: Disaster Ecology and Islamic Eschatology in Bosnia and Beyond
Assistant Professor, Arabic
Georgia Institute of Technology
Arab Apostates: Media and the Making of a Defiant Minority
Associate Professor, Political Science
Iowa State University
Religion and Climate Change in Brazil: The Deluge and the Desert
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