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Dear NAVSA Religion and Spiritualities Caucus members,</div>
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I hope this message finds you well! The caucus is excited to host an <b>upcoming virtual event</b>, and we warmly invite you to participate.</div>
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For this event, we hope to feature several members of the caucus who would be willing to share recent work published or publicly disseminated in the last year related to religion and spiritualities in the nineteenth century. Participants will circulate a short
excerpt from their work (a few pages) in advance of the event. During the session, each contributor will offer a brief presentation (approximately five minutes) introducing the work and highlighting its central ideas. We will then open the floor for broader
conversation.</div>
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Our goal is to create a space for discussing new scholarship, foster connections within the caucus, and think together about current directions in the study of religion and spiritualities.</div>
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The event will take place <b>May 2 at 10:00 AM (EST)</b>. We hope to receive participation inquiries by
<b>Friday, March 27</b>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have an article, book chapter, or other short piece published within the last year that you would be interested in sharing, we would be delighted
to hear from you. </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We would also be happy for members to provide a short excerpt/summary for a longer piece of work, such as a book, or a different type of research output, such as a website
or database. </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please feel free to email
<b><a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" title="mailto:savannah_chorn1@baylor.edu" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAeb82e266-f056-1fd2-e734-0b90ee1b6912" href="mailto:savannah_chorn1@baylor.edu">savannah_chorn1@baylor.edu</a></b> with any questions or to express
interest in presenting your work.</span></div>
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Thank you, and I hope you will consider sharing your work or joining us for what we expect to be an engaging conversation.</div>
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All the best,</div>
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Savannah Chorn (on behalf of the caucus steering team: Winter Jade Werner, Josh King, and Mark Knight)</div>
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<b><i>Savannah Chorn</i></b></div>
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Teacher of Record | Baylor University</div>
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PhD Student | Department of English</div>
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