Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL)

The Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life at Columbia University is seeking submissions to its annual Claremont Publication Prize for the Study of Religion. The publication prize is awarded to the best first book manuscript by early career scholars working in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences. Prize-winners will be invited to participate in a book workshop with members of the IRCPL faculty board, and the book, when finalized, will appear in IRCPL’s series, “Religion, Culture and Public Life,” published by Columbia University Press.

Deadline: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern Time

Learn more here: https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/claremont-prize

Congratulations to the winner of the 2026 Claremont Publication Prize for the Study of Religion: Dr. Ben Muhammad and his “Disenchanting Time: Arabic Modernism, Orientalism, and the Critique of Islamic Temporalities.”

You can find out more here about the book project and the Claremont Prize here (applications are open for the next cycle): https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/claremont-prize

Apply here: https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/postdoctoral-research

Contemporary Economies of Attention and Spirituality on Tuesday, April 28th

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPsOOG0F9RQmwGPyGe-KQs9OTns1gUvwWTeMWdhk4DZ2Wd0A/viewform

More info here: https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/calendar/contemporary-economies-of-attention-and-spirituality

American Religion is… Renewal

Register here by Monday 4/20: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_Ohc1gJ9gnZ3BQvSv1m07i7A_8ze2iHGorW9RlEkW--zcug/viewform?usp=send_form

More information here: https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/calendar/american-religion-is-renewal

Natural Bodies

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More info here: https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/calendar/natural-bodies