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William Robert

Sophie Gomprecht — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:58:55 +0000

Research and Teaching Interests:

William Robert teaches and writes about intersections and interactions of religion and performance. He is especially interested in limit-experiences and limit-crossings as performances of religion. He pays particular attention to mysticism, sexuality, and animality as sites where these experiences and crossings happen, focusing on case studies in ancient Greek and medieval Christian contexts. And he considers how such performances of religion can affect how we figure and refigure religion. To do so, he combines historical, textual, philosophical, and corporeal approaches to studying religion with queer theory and performance studies.

Education:

PhD Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005 MA Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School, 1999 MA Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, University of Chicago, 1997 BA Philosophy and Literature, Davidson College, 1996

Academic Positions:

Associate Professor, Department of Religion, ��ϲ��, 2016–present Affiliated Faculty, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Affiliated Faculty, Programs in LGBTQ Studies and in Medieval and Renaissance Studies Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, ��ϲ��, 2011–16 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, ��ϲ��, 2010–11 Humanities Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow, Department of Religion, ��ϲ��, 2006–10 Instructor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Louisiana State University, 2005–06

Margaret Susan Thompson

Keith Kobland — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:23:53 +0000

Margaret S. Thompson is an associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at ��ϲ��. Professor Thompson also serves as a senior research associate for the within the Maxwell School. Her research interests include U.S. politics and governance, women and politics, religion and politics, and women and religion in U.S. history.

Thompson was trained as a political historian, with a focus on the nineteenth-century United States and, particularly, the Congress. Her first book, The “Spider Web”: Congress and Lobbying in the Age of Grant (Cornell University Press), reflects both her scholarly and hands-on experience, the latter as American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

Recently, Professor Thompson’s work has focused on the history of American Catholic nuns. She has written and lectured extensively on the subject, and has an 18-lecture audio series available through NowYouKnowMedia.com. Her research is from an explicitly feminist perspective, emphasizing the agency and social significance of sisters to American religious and secular history. As a result of this research, she has had the privilege of speaking internationally as well as across the U.S., and has served as a consultant to numerous documentarians and religious communities. Her forthcoming book, The Yoke of Grace: American Nuns and Social Change, 1809-1917, is under contract with Oxford University Press.