[Folkserv] "Why We Dance" and "Hard Times Require Furious Dancing" on March 18-19

[Moriarty, Megan]

Next week is the week of events with the Center for the Study of Religion's visiting scholar Kimerer LaMothe.

Monday, March 18: Film Screening
4 - 6 pm
The first event is a screening of the documentary Why We Dance<https://religion.osu.edu/events/film-screening-why-we-dance> on Monday, March 18th at Wexner Center at 4 pm. Engaging a range of scientists, artists and scholars — including LaMothe — this film explores the role that dancing plays in the evolution of the human species and the ongoing creation of human culture. A Q+A session will follow. This event is free, but tickets are required- follow this link for tickets.<https://my.wexarts.org/4146/4147?_gl=1*1hy0x14*_ga*ODQ1MTYzMzMwLjE2OTU4MjU0MDk.*_ga_09WC99HMPE*MTcwNzg0MzYyNS44NDYuMS4xNzA3ODUzMjE0LjU0LjAuMA..> <https://my.wexarts.org/4146/4147?_gl=1*1hy0x14*_ga*ODQ1MTYzMzMwLjE2OTU4MjU0MDk.*_ga_09WC99HMPE*MTcwNzg0MzYyNS44NDYuMS4xNzA3ODUzMjE0LjU0LjAuMA..>

Tuesday, March 19: Public Lecture
4 - 5:30 pm
Dr. LaMothe’s research talk, “‘Hard Times Require Furious Dancing’: Decolonizing the Study of Religion and Dance"<https://religion.osu.edu/events/hard-times-require-furious-dancing-decolonizing-study-religion-and-dance> is on Tuesday, March 19 at 4 pm in 198 Hagerty. Over five centuries, as representatives from European countries invaded Indigenous lands across five continents, the practice of Indigenous dancing emerged as a privileged site of both colonial repression and Indigenous resistance. Kimerer will outline this historical conflict and assess the implications for the study of religion, arguing that the task of overcoming the legacy of Euro-American colonialism will not be complete until scholars embrace “dance" as a distinctive agent of religious experience and expression.

Thursday, March 21: Reading Group
7:30-9pm
Join us for a meeting of the CSR Reading Group at CSR Director Isaac Weiner's home (please RSVP to Isaac for address/directions). Dr. LaMothe will lead us in a discussion of T.M. Luhrmann's 2020 book, How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others<https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691164465/how-god-becomes-real>. Fine to join if you don't have time to read the whole book! We'll recommend some excerpts soon. Copies of the book will be available for loan.

Friday, March 22: Writing Group
10am-1pm
198A Hagerty
Dr. LaMothe will join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the CSR Writing Group. We write from 10am-12pm and then engage in informal conversation and socializing over a catered lunch from 12-1pm. Join for as much or as little as you can!

For more information on these and other events,  go to our webpage.<https://religion.osu.edu/events> <https://religion.osu.edu/events>


Kimerer LaMothe,  dancer, philosopher and scholar of religion, is keen on advancing the field of religion and dance. She is the author of six books, including Why We Dance (Columbia University Press), as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. LaMothe earned her PhD in Christian Theology of the Modern West from Harvard University before teaching at Brown and then Harvard for six years. Recently, Kimerer wrote the book, lyrics and music for Nietzsche, a full-length musical based on the life and legacy of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his sister Elisabeth. For more information, go to www.kimererlamothe.com<http://www.kimererlamothe.com>.

[https://familyplanting.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/kl-202-e1696193017723.jpg]<http://www.kimererlamothe.com/>
Kimerer LaMothe<http://www.kimererlamothe.com/>
Author, Dancer, Playwright, Farmer
www.kimererlamothe.com





Megan Moriarty

Communications Specialist


The Ohio State University

Humanities Institute

456 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210


614-247-1650

moriarty.8 at osu.edu<mailto:moriarty.8 at osu.edu> / osu.edu<http://www.osu.edu>


Pronouns: she/her/hers

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