No More Than A Page - Alex Rocklin (Otterbein U.)

Color headshot image of Alexander Rocklin who has light skin and shot brown hair. A blurred brick wall can be seen in the background.
February 6, 2020
4:30PM - 6:00PM
198 Hagerty Hall

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2020-02-06 16:30:00 2020-02-06 18:00:00 No More Than A Page - Alex Rocklin (Otterbein U.) "Becoming Hindu in Panama" Alexander Rocklin received his PhD in the History of Religions from the University of Chicago. His work examines the politics of the category religion in the interactive making of Hinduism, Islam, and Afro-Atlantic religions in the colonial Caribbean. His first book, The Regulation of Religion and the Making of Hinduism in Colonial Trinidad, released in spring of 2019 from the University of North Carolina Press, looks at the role of the category religion in the regulation of the lives of Indian indentured laborers and the production of Hinduism in Trinidad. His current research analyzes the co-production of the categories race and religion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a series of case studies of various individuals passing as “Hindu” in and between the circum-Caribbean region, the US, and beyond. Please contact dove.76@osu.edu for more information about this event. All events sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion are free and open to the public. The CSR No More Than A Page series gives an opportunity for faculty and advanced graduate students to receive feedback on their research in process. Presenters provide attendees with a one-page summary of their current research and attendees engage in a lively discussion. 198 Hagerty Hall America/New_York public

"Becoming Hindu in Panama"

Alexander Rocklin received his PhD in the History of Religions from the University of Chicago. His work examines the politics of the category religion in the interactive making of Hinduism, Islam, and Afro-Atlantic religions in the colonial Caribbean. His first book, The Regulation of Religion and the Making of Hinduism in Colonial Trinidad, released in spring of 2019 from the University of North Carolina Press, looks at the role of the category religion in the regulation of the lives of Indian indentured laborers and the production of Hinduism in Trinidad. His current research analyzes the co-production of the categories race and religion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a series of case studies of various individuals passing as “Hindu” in and between the circum-Caribbean region, the US, and beyond.

Please contact dove.76@osu.edu for more information about this event. All events sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion are free and open to the public.

The CSR No More Than A Page series gives an opportunity for faculty and advanced graduate students to receive feedback on their research in process. Presenters provide attendees with a one-page summary of their current research and attendees engage in a lively discussion.