"God is dead. Marx is dead. And I don’t feel so well myself" I wanted to write an incredibly informative&smart piece on how to successfully teach online, but truth is, I have been trying Canvas and Teams and Zoom for three weeks and only yesterday I managed to blur my background so my partner doesn't … Continue reading Notes from COVID-19

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be" (JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) Since September, I switched from a research postdoc to a teaching-only lecturer job (except I continue doing research in my free time, but that's for another day). I am fully rediscovering the pleasure … Continue reading Digital Media & Cultural Identities: Course Syllabus

“East, West, South or North makes little difference. No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey, a journey within. If you travel within, you’ll travel the whole wide world and beyond.” ― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love I just realized that a work of mine exists as poster, video, and article. … Continue reading Islamophobia and Twitter: my Research as a Poster, a Video, an Article

I like organizing workshops and inviting my favorite people as speakers. I have indeed organized already a couple of workshops about religion and media (here and here). In this post, I will talk about a recently organized workshop, summarizing the main topics and discussing methodologies. You’ll also find articles and resources that are hopefully helpful … Continue reading Digitalization and Religious Contact: Topics, Methods, and Resources

“Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.” ― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Recently, I was very glad to be invited by my colleague Rasool Akbari as speaker at the Autumn School "Approaching Religion at the intersection of culture, society, language, and politics" at University of Mashhad, Iran.   … Continue reading Hypermediation: Approaching Religion in Iran

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Danger of a Single Story)   I was recently invited at La Sapienza University in Rome to give a talk about hate … Continue reading Hate Speech, Social Media, Religion: Lessons from Rome

"You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don’t let you off homework today. I assure you that if you die, you need not hand it in” - Minerva McGonagall (J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)   I am in a research-only postdoc, but one morning … Continue reading Media&Religion Class Syllabus