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Jennifer Selby
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Professor of Religion & Politics @ MemorialU |Scholar of secularism | Director of “Secularism on the Move” | Author of *Secular Sensibilities* (Where Religion Lives, UNC Press, 2025). ☀️☕️🥾🌲
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jselby.bsky.social
Thanks #SMUReligion.

Looking forward to this talk & convo next Friday!
smuarts.bsky.social Faculty of Arts at Saint Mary's University @smuarts.bsky.social · 7d
Up next in the Lunch Seminar Series with the SMU Department for the Study of Religion: "Secularism Through the Prisms of Lived Religion and Ethnography," with Dr. @jselby.bsky.social of @memorialu.bsky.social. Friday, Nov. 14, 12-1 pm in MM214. More info: loom.ly/rPgK0y4 #SMUReligion #artswithimpact
An event poster with a photo of Dr. Selby. Text: Lunch Seminar Series "Secularism Through the Prisms of Lived Religion and Ethnography" Dr. Jennifer Selby Friday, November 14 12-1 pm | McNally Main 214 For more details, contact religion@smu.ca or visit the SMU Events Calendar at news.smu.ca/upcoming Lunch will be provided. Everyone is welcome!
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
jselby.bsky.social
Thank you!
kareljleyva.bsky.social Karel J. Leyva @kareljleyva.bsky.social · 9d
Prof. Jennifer Selby’s ethnographic research, presented in her book Secular Sensibilities, offers a deeply thoughtful contribution to debates on secularism and state power. The article introducing this must-read work is available in English, French, and Spanish. @jselby.bsky.social #secularism
polrightsrev.bsky.social Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · 9d
Professor Jennifer A. Selby presents Secular Sensibilities, a critical ethnography of how secular regimes in France and Québec shape bodies, emotions, and belonging through the surveillance of racialized couples. politicsrights.com/secular-sens... @jselby.bsky.social #Secularism #Ethnography.
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
jselby.bsky.social
Un grand merci à l’équipe de @polrightsrev.bsky.social
pour la publication de cet article sur *Secular Sensibilities* en français (et en espagnol) !

politicsrights.com/fr/laiques-p...

Pour toute commande du livre via @uncpress.bsky.social, le code 01SOCIAL30 vous offre 30 % de réduction. Merci!
Jennifer Selby receiving her book "Secular Sensibilities", published by UNC Press, in 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
jselby.bsky.social
Thanks to Karel Leyva and the @polrightsrev.bsky.social team for featuring *Secular Sensibilities* (@uncpress.bsky.social)!
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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ca.theconversation.com
How narrow views of romance inform which marriages are seen as legitimate
How narrow views of romance inform which marriages are seen as legitimate
Numerous countries, including Canada, have laws against what are deemed fraudulent marriages, and immigrants are often made to prove the legitimacy of their love. This article examines the politics laden in the surveillance of romance.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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taylormedia.bsky.social
Folks working in the Eco-Space -- heads up on a climate conference you won't want to miss this June at UCSB: "Crossing Borders, Transgressing Boundaries: Religion, Migration, and Climate Change." See you there! 😊https://www.issrnc.org/conferences/2025-conference/
2025 Conference - International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC)
2025 ISSRNC Conference Crossing Borders, Transgressing Boundaries: Religion, Migration, and Climate Change June 23 – 27, 2025 | University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)...
www.issrnc.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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ryannmanning.bsky.social
I’ve been waiting for these results. Important findings for faculty going up for promotion, letter writers, and administrators making the rules about whether such statements should be included
jessicacalarco.com Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Aug 14
In tenure decisions, context matters.

New research from Lauren Rivera et al uses an experiment to show that including Covid impact statements in tenure files leads to more favorable decisions, because it helps evaluators recognize structural constraints.

sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
sociologicalscience.com
August 14, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
If you are a college/university administrator, and you don't have a detailed, specific plan for dealing with online campaigns and targeted harassment, you are failing as a leader. And this means educating your Boards on how all this works, too. Lead, don't crumble. Because they'll come for you, too.
January 2, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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ianmosby.bsky.social
Canada completed 0 of the TRC’s Calls to Action in 2023. At this rate, we won’t see them finished until 2081. I'll be 101 years old

From me & Eva Jewell, our 5th (& final) report on Canada's ongoing failure to live up to its promise to residential school survivors

yellowheadinstitute.org/trc/
December 20, 2023 at 8:15 PM
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eatingpolitics.bsky.social
In St. John's? Free autoethnography course this fall at Memorial University!!
Memorial PhD Candidate seeks study participants with long-term un/underemployment experience & university degree(s). A no-fee 10-week Autoethnography Writing Workshop starts Oct. 10.
visit tinyurl.com/2mtnh5rd
Autoethnography Writing Workshop. Do you have 2 or more years of lived experience with un/under employment? Are you 40+ years old, a picture of a mortar board and a picture of a Avalon Peninsula map around St. John's.
September 19, 2023 at 4:39 PM