Katharine Mershon
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Katharine Mershon
@profdognerd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion in NC | Book forthcoming with Columbia UP in early ‘26. Dogs Save: Stories of Canine Redemption in US Culture. | Co-Chair of the AAR’s Animals and Religion Unit. Views my own. (she/her)
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Book launch of new book by Joela Jacobs @joelalala.bsky.social Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka tinyurl.com/5n84t25r. Fri, Apr 25, 2025, 1pm PT. Online. Includes guest discussants + the author. Free. Register: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Check out the Animals and Religion Unit for the AAR’s call for papers! Deadline March 3. Link here: papers.aarweb.org/group/14842
Animals and Religion Unit | AAR Annual Meeting
papers.aarweb.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
After an incredibly generative #aar that I failed to document on here, I’m happy to be back home with the family!
November 27, 2024 at 4:50 PM
For folks who have asked if things are back to normal …

newrepublic.com/article/1884...
No Safe Haven From Helene
In the aftermath of a hurricane, the residents of western North Carolina are coming to terms with a new reality.
newrepublic.com
November 16, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Hello! I’m figuring out how to use this platform, but I’d be remiss not to include a photo of my canine and feline companions: Joni, Frankie, Jake, and Elwood. (Yes, I’m a Chicagoan).
November 13, 2024 at 1:09 AM