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

“You will rise to a greater power. We will win ourselves a home. You'll get the power and the glory For ever and ever and ever”   (Jesus Christ Superstar)   Every Wednesday, after teaching and before ballet class, I sit in my office and read some of the articles I have on my desk … Continue reading #NiceAcademicWednesday: Make Academia Nice Again

Here below a blog post that I wrote for the LSE Brexit Blog. The original post is here . Feel free to let me know your opinion (who hasn't an opinion on Brexit, really?) and thanks again to Ros Taylor for inviting me to the blog.   The aftermath of Brexit has been characterized by a spike … Continue reading #Islamexit: Islamophobia and Twitter after Brexit

“When I read a book, I try my best, not always successfully, to let the wall crumble just a bit, the barricade that separates me from the book. I try to be involved” ― Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman   Last week I received copies of my book, “Blogging My Religion: Secular, Muslim, and Catholic … Continue reading Hypermediated Religious Spaces: A Summary of My Book