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Ely Orrego Torres
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PhDing Political Science Northwestern/ Sciences Po-Paris. IR/Pol Theory. Studying Religion & Politics, Pol Theologies, secularism, religious freedom in the Americas. Foodie @saborkairos🍴| @U2 fan
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How can we ground political theologies in feminist, ecological, & Latin American epistemologies? How can Latin American ecofeminist liberation theologies contribute to illuminating & addressing the politics of our time?

PhD candidate Ely Orrego Torres @elyorrego.bsky.social doi.org/10.5840/pga2...
Beyond Boundaries Exploring Transnational Ecofeminist Political Theologies and Solidarities in Latin America This paper centers voices that have not yet been explored in academic debates over political theologies. It does so by relocating the central terms of contestation in ecofeminist ideas of the Americas for the sake of exploring possibilities of building transnational solidarities to propose alternative notions of “the political.” How can we ground “political theologies” in feminist, ecological, and Latin American epistemologies? How can Latin American ecofeminist liberation theologies contribute to illuminating and addressing the politics of our time? The first section delves into the different conceptual priorities of ecofeminism and ecofeminist theologies in the context of Latin America to argue that sharp distinctions between these projects should be blurred. The second section challenges the ideas of “First” or “Third” world as proposed by Chandra Talpade Mohanty as potentially causing obstacles to building transnational feminist solidarities in a global context. The third section examines the collective, Con-spirando, in Chile as an exemplar of new possibilities for how reshaping political theology can enrich resistance and solidarity in the religious and spiritual context of Latin America and beyond.
June 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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For the final assignment in my "Gender, Religion, & IR" course, students wrote autobiographical essays connecting personal experiences with class themes. Got excellent, thoughtful papers full of creativity and reflection. Amazing what students can write when given a bit of freedom and flexibility.
May 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Looking forward to reading it!! Congrats @bethhurd.bsky.social 🥳🥳
bethhurd.bsky.social Beth Shakman Hurd @bethhurd.bsky.social · May 14
My new book is out! Exploring the American political religion of our borders, from bans to walls to borderlessness, salvation and transcendence.
May 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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My first solo-authored paper in English is FINALLY OUT! 📚 🥹 I began this project in 2019 after taking a seminar on feminist theology in my first year of PhD at Northwestern. It was a great opportunity to deepen my earlier work on ecofeminist theology in LATAM and to explore how these themes (1/3)
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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One of my students was in Rome during the Pope's election and sent me photos because it reminded her of our course's discussions 🥲🥹
May 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Estuve conversando sobre el legado del Papa Francisco en Latinoamérica y como figura global. Gracias @NTN24 por la invitación. Pueden verlo aquí: m.youtube.com/watch?v=NYtk...
April 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Last day at #ISA2025. Amazing roundtable with some of my favorite people and scholars working on religion, politics and IR. @bethhurd.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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See you today!! ☺️ #ISA2025 @isanet.bsky.social
elyorrego.bsky.social Ely Orrego Torres @elyorrego.bsky.social · Mar 5
Looking for some cool panels on religion and politics in IR on the last day of #ISA2025? Join us tomorrow at these two panels with cool scholars doing cool research 🙂 .
WB79: 10:30-12:15 (Conference Room 5E, Hilton 5th floor).
WC27: 1:45-3:30 (Mobley, Hilton Lower Level) @isanet.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Looking for some cool panels on religion and politics in IR on the last day of #ISA2025? Join us tomorrow at these two panels with cool scholars doing cool research 🙂 .
WB79: 10:30-12:15 (Conference Room 5E, Hilton 5th floor).
WC27: 1:45-3:30 (Mobley, Hilton Lower Level) @isanet.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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The only way to finish my slides for tomorrow 🙂 #ISA2025
March 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Thank you #ISA2025 for this room 💖 @isanet.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Spectacular panel on ethnography in international relations by a lovely set of early career scholars this morning #ISA2025
March 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The top 20% of political science departments produced 75% of all tenure track research university faculty & the bottom 50% accounted for less than 5%
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March 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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As #ISA2025 continues, this is your reminder that Global Society has an open call for special issue proposals. These can relate to any area of global and international studies, and interdisciplinary scholarship is welcomed. Drop us an email or click the link below for details.
globalsociety.bsky.social Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social · Nov 27
We are accepting special issue proposals! We welcome proposals relating to any area of global and international studies as well as interdisciplinary scholarship. For more info, contact us or follow the link below 👇
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March 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Sharing my Chicago guide here for all #ISA2025 goers @isanet.bsky.social 🙂 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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CHICAGO RECOMMENDATIONS By: Ely Orrego Torres Food Recommendations For photos and more details on my food recommendations, check out my Chicago stories on my foodie account on Instagram @saborkairo...
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March 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Join us tomorrow morning to talk about ethnography in IOs #ISA2025 @dramylind.bsky.social @drgholmes.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Ph.D Candidate Ely Orrego Torres (@elyorrego.bsky.social) & Diego Rosello (PolisciatNU Ph.D / Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez) via Social Compass.

"Imagining ecopolis: Visions of ecofeminist political theology and ecocriticism in Latin America" doi.org/10.1177/0037...
Imagining ecopolis: Visions of ecofeminist political theology and ecocriticism in Latin America Social Compass, 71(3), 442-464. Although often overlooked by mainstream accounts of political theology and ecocriticism in the Global North, powerful visions of an ecopolis have been emerging in Latin America. In this article, we review the status of mainstream approaches to notions such as subject, citizen, and personal dignity and put them in a critical dialogue with Latin American Ecofeminist Political Theologies (LAEPT). We argue that those notions, often conceived from a Western and anthropocentric perspective, show their limits when interrogated from the perspective of LAEPT. Accordingly, we suggest that their main contribution lies not only in their critique of the Western paradigm but also in advancing alternative conceptions of an ecologically conscious political community that considers the Earth as sacred, and nature as a reflection of the divine. We conclude that such conceptions can also be seen at work in the rights of nature enshrined in the so-called new Latin American Constitutionalism. First published online September 2, 2024
November 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM