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We're delighted to be hosting another interdisciplinary conversation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social! Join us on Wed 29 October for a discussion of the relationship between science and nonreligion, from the perspectives of historians and social scientists. Sign up: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Having learned of Stephen Weldon’s book at a recent webinar co-hosted by @nonreligioncf.bsky.social and @ishash.bsky.social, I’ve started reading The Scientific Spirit of American Humanism.
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Having learned of Stephen Weldon’s book at a recent webinar co-hosted by @nonreligioncf.bsky.social and @ishash.bsky.social, I’ve started reading The Scientific Spirit of American Humanism.
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Happening this evening - there’s still time to sign up and join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation!
Join us on Wednesday for another "Nonreligion Past and Present" webinar, this time on nonreligion and science. In cooperation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social. As always we have great scholars in the panel. Do not forget to register to get the zoom link: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happening this evening - there’s still time to sign up and join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation!
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Happening this Wednesday!
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happening this Wednesday!
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on Wednesday for another "Nonreligion Past and Present" webinar, this time on nonreligion and science. In cooperation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social. As always we have great scholars in the panel. Do not forget to register to get the zoom link: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us on Wednesday for another "Nonreligion Past and Present" webinar, this time on nonreligion and science. In cooperation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social. As always we have great scholars in the panel. Do not forget to register to get the zoom link: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Register now for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on the relationship between science and the natural world.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Register now for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on the relationship between science and the natural world.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Looking forward hearing our newest associate director, Barathy MG, speaking at this webinar!
Discover India's rich humanist heritage from ancient Charvaka philosophy to modern secular ideals. Join our expert panel discussion on 16 October online. humanists.uk/events/explo...
Beyond Belief | Exploring India's Humanist Heritage
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September 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Looking forward hearing our newest associate director, Barathy MG, speaking at this webinar!
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Join me next Tuesday to discuss a fascinating paper that reconstructs a group biography of twelve women whose commitment to freethought is evidenced through their wills. All are welcome to join this webinar on history of (non)religion, women's lives, and archives - details below!
On Tuesday 30 Sept I’ll be the respondent to Nyala Karla Nauwelaer’s paper ‘The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th - early 20th century)’. Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating conversation!
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...
September 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Join me next Tuesday to discuss a fascinating paper that reconstructs a group biography of twelve women whose commitment to freethought is evidenced through their wills. All are welcome to join this webinar on history of (non)religion, women's lives, and archives - details below!
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On Tuesday 30 Sept I’ll be the respondent to Nyala Karla Nauwelaer’s paper ‘The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th - early 20th century)’. Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating conversation!
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
On Tuesday 30 Sept I’ll be the respondent to Nyala Karla Nauwelaer’s paper ‘The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th - early 20th century)’. Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating conversation!
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...
www.aehrc.es/sfm-nyala-ka...
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This time last year I co-organised a public history festival on the secular freethought movement at @conwayhall.bsky.social. Great to see that the fascinating panel about the @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social (est. 1881 and still going today) is now online - check it out!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KJ...
The Freethinker Panel | Freethought History Festival 2024
YouTube video by Conway Hall
m.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This time last year I co-organised a public history festival on the secular freethought movement at @conwayhall.bsky.social. Great to see that the fascinating panel about the @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social (est. 1881 and still going today) is now online - check it out!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KJ...
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We're delighted to be hosting another interdisciplinary conversation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social! Join us on Wed 29 October for a discussion of the relationship between science and nonreligion, from the perspectives of historians and social scientists. Sign up: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We're delighted to be hosting another interdisciplinary conversation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social! Join us on Wed 29 October for a discussion of the relationship between science and nonreligion, from the perspectives of historians and social scientists. Sign up: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We're delighted to be hosting another interdisciplinary conversation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social! Join us on Wed 29 October for a discussion of the relationship between science and nonreligion, from the perspectives of historians and social scientists. Sign up: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We're delighted to be hosting another interdisciplinary conversation with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social! Join us on Wed 29 October for a discussion of the relationship between science and nonreligion, from the perspectives of historians and social scientists. Sign up: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We are proud to be a partner in the project European Entangled Atheisms, funded by the German Research Foundation and led by Carolin Kosuch, Göttingen. Next month, the group will meet to discuss the first steps in what will be a digital source edition on the history of atheism. tinyurl.com/38rzwrmk
Workshop des Netzwerkes „European Entangled Atheisms: Concepts of Unbelief and the People Shaping them from the 1860s to the 1940s” 22.-23. September 2025, Alte Mensa und Heyne-Haus, Universität Götti...
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
tinyurl.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We are proud to be a partner in the project European Entangled Atheisms, funded by the German Research Foundation and led by Carolin Kosuch, Göttingen. Next month, the group will meet to discuss the first steps in what will be a digital source edition on the history of atheism. tinyurl.com/38rzwrmk
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Looking forward to participating in this event tomorrow. It's a great edited volume. Worth attending if you're interested and haven't read it yet.
Welcome all tomorrow to our (earlier postponed) book launch webinar for the volume ”The Non-Religious and the State”
(De Gruyter). Non-members: contact us for zoom link.
(De Gruyter). Non-members: contact us for zoom link.
July 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking forward to participating in this event tomorrow. It's a great edited volume. Worth attending if you're interested and haven't read it yet.
Welcome all tomorrow to our (earlier postponed) book launch webinar for the volume ”The Non-Religious and the State”
(De Gruyter). Non-members: contact us for zoom link.
(De Gruyter). Non-members: contact us for zoom link.
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Welcome all tomorrow to our (earlier postponed) book launch webinar for the volume ”The Non-Religious and the State”
(De Gruyter). Non-members: contact us for zoom link.
(De Gruyter). Non-members: contact us for zoom link.
Deadline today!
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting an abstract for the conference Biographies and the Secular, held in Brussels 21-22 November. You can find the CfP on this link: ssab.research.vub.be/call-for-pap...
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
Call for Papers: Biographies and the Secular
ssab.research.vub.be
June 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Deadline today!
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting an abstract for the conference Biographies and the Secular, held in Brussels 21-22 November. You can find the CfP on this link: ssab.research.vub.be/call-for-pap...
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
Call for Papers: Biographies and the Secular
ssab.research.vub.be
June 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting an abstract for the conference Biographies and the Secular, held in Brussels 21-22 November. You can find the CfP on this link: ssab.research.vub.be/call-for-pap...
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
New book! David C. Hoffman has written a long history of the American freethought movement. "American Freethought: The History of a Social Movement, 1794–1948" is out now from JHU Press. Read more here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
American Freethought
The History of a Social Movement, 1794–1948
www.press.jhu.edu
June 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New book! David C. Hoffman has written a long history of the American freethought movement. "American Freethought: The History of a Social Movement, 1794–1948" is out now from JHU Press. Read more here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Later today: webinar! Scientific atheism in the GDR. Contact us if you want the link (members: check your inboxes).
On Wednesday we’ll be joined by Eva Pazelt, who will present and discuss her new book Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990): How to Turn a Hare into a Lion. All welcome! atheismsecularismhumanism.wordpress.com/seminars/
May 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Later today: webinar! Scientific atheism in the GDR. Contact us if you want the link (members: check your inboxes).
On Wednesday we’ll be joined by Eva Pazelt, who will present and discuss her new book Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990): How to Turn a Hare into a Lion. All welcome! atheismsecularismhumanism.wordpress.com/seminars/
May 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On Wednesday we’ll be joined by Eva Pazelt, who will present and discuss her new book Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990): How to Turn a Hare into a Lion. All welcome! atheismsecularismhumanism.wordpress.com/seminars/
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Call for Papers: 'Common Sense at 250: Legacies of Democracy from Paine to today' Conference at Sussex University and Lewes, January 9-10 2026: theitps.org/common-sense...
Co-organised with the @theitps.bsky.social and Thomas Paine: Legacy
Keynotes @gclaeyshistory.bsky.social and Danielle Allen
Co-organised with the @theitps.bsky.social and Thomas Paine: Legacy
Keynotes @gclaeyshistory.bsky.social and Danielle Allen
Common Sense at 250: Legacies of Democracy from Paine to Today – ITPS Research Portal
theitps.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Call for Papers: 'Common Sense at 250: Legacies of Democracy from Paine to today' Conference at Sussex University and Lewes, January 9-10 2026: theitps.org/common-sense...
Co-organised with the @theitps.bsky.social and Thomas Paine: Legacy
Keynotes @gclaeyshistory.bsky.social and Danielle Allen
Co-organised with the @theitps.bsky.social and Thomas Paine: Legacy
Keynotes @gclaeyshistory.bsky.social and Danielle Allen
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Our latest webinar (co-hosted by @ishash.bsky.social) is now available on YouTube. This webinar focuses on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion.
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA
Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations: Using Statistics
YouTube video by Nonreligion in a Complex Future
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our latest webinar (co-hosted by @ishash.bsky.social) is now available on YouTube. This webinar focuses on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion.
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA
ISHASH co-director Anton Jansson has edited a special issue of the journal Secular Studies on what the "biographical turn" in the humanities can contribute to the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism. Read all about it in Anton's thread:
Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇
brill.com/view/journal...
1/9
brill.com/view/journal...
1/9
brill.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ISHASH co-director Anton Jansson has edited a special issue of the journal Secular Studies on what the "biographical turn" in the humanities can contribute to the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism. Read all about it in Anton's thread:
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The conversation on "Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations. Using Statistics" with these incredible colleagues was great! Thanks for the [email protected] @ishash.bsky.social @nathgalexander.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The conversation on "Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations. Using Statistics" with these incredible colleagues was great! Thanks for the [email protected] @ishash.bsky.social @nathgalexander.bsky.social
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There is still time to register for our upcoming webinar this week, "Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations: Using Statistics," a collaboration with the
@ishash.bsky.social
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@ishash.bsky.social
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
There is still time to register for our upcoming webinar this week, "Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations: Using Statistics," a collaboration with the
@ishash.bsky.social
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@ishash.bsky.social
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by ISHASH
Register now for our upcoming webinar, "Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations: Using Statistics," a collaboration with the @ishash.bsky.social
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Register now for our upcoming webinar, "Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations: Using Statistics," a collaboration with the @ishash.bsky.social
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 9, 2025
1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...