[Folkserv] Thursday: Diverse Pathways Through Academia lunch

[Moriarty, Megan]

Diverse Pathways Through Academia: A Lunchtime Conversation Thursday at 12 pm

Hello everyone,

The Center for the Study of Religion is hosting a small-scale lunch to discuss diverse pathways through academia with visiting scholars Kimerer LaMothe and Elliot Ratzman on Thursday, March 21st at noon in the Faculty Club. Graduate students from across the college are invited to attend. Our scholars will discuss opportunities and challenges in forging an academic career off the tenure track. Space is limited to the first eight students who respond. To RSVP, please respond to this email. Lunch will be included.

Faculty: Please pass this on to any graduate students who may be interested.

Our visiting scholars:


Elliot Ratzman is a Visiting Professor in the Religion Department at Earlham College where he teaches courses in Jewish Studies, ethics and philosophy of religion. An alum of Ohio University and Harvard Divinity School, Ratzman completed his PhD through Princeton’s Religion Department, working with Cornel West, Peter Singer, Jeff Stout and Leora Batnitzky. Previously, Ratzman taught Jewish Studies in the Religion departments of Swarthmore, Temple, Lawrence University and Grinnell. His scholarship and teachings address the insights that religious traditions bring to political practice, virtue cultivation and social ethics. Ratzman is finishing a book on the Jewish ethics and anti-racism, Zipporah’s Knife: A Reckoning with Race. His current research explores a network of pacifist rabbis and thinkers who, in the wake of WWII, constructed a “peace tradition” out of the sources of Judaism. Ratzman is also active in efforts for social justice, Middle East peace and global health care equity. He serves on the leadership team of Bend the Arc-Jewish Action (Ohio) and serves on the board of Extend Programs in Israel/Palestine.


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. Following a dream, she moved to a small farm in upstate NY, where she co-founded Vital Arts, a center for arts and ideas. LaMothe has received fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions and the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (twice). 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<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.kimererlamothe.com__;!!KGKeukY!wI322gf-Qi7Vv3oa8jR6VD3ZLbdWv50ZZvjKCVji50TK8LWRKk94gc9uZxlMs_4g39NabDG4yoEGVpUFA8IMrxARRA$>




Megan Moriarty

Communications Specialist


The Ohio State University

Humanities Institute

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