Nature after Disenchantment: New Histories of Religion & Science

Peter Harrison is Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy at the University of Queensland, and for many years was the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. He has published extensively on the philosophical, scientific, and religious thought of the early modern period, and has written more generally on the historical relations between science and religion. His twelve books include The Territories of Science and Religion (Chicago, 2015) and Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age (Cambridge, 2024).

Our symposium presents research in progress from USC humanities faculty on the “supernatural,” narratives of disenchantment, scientific pluralism, and new approaches to im/materiality. After two panels, Harrison will respond in a closing roundtable. All USC faculty and students are invited.

This event is co-sponsored by: Nova Forum, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI), CHARM, USC Classics, USC School of Religion, and USC Van Hunnick History Department

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