From left to right, Khaled Furani, Hannah Howard, Salwa Tareen, Ayala Fader, Joel Robbins (on screen), and Derrick Lemons after their roundtable at AAA 2025.

CTEA at American Anthropological Association

This November, CTEA leadership Derrick Lemons and Hannah Howard traveled to New Orleans, LA for the annual conference of the American Anthropological Association.

Dr. Lemons in Krakow at the IAHR Conference

Dr. Derrick Lemons presents at the International Association for the Study of Religions World Congress

On August 29, 2025, Dr. Derrick Lemons presented developing research from the Center for Theologically Engaged Anthropology (CTEA) at the 23rd quinquennial World Congress of IAHR. The conference was held in Krakow, Poland, and hosted scholars of religion from all over the world.

Logo for SAR 2025

CTEA Scholars Present in Santa Barbara

A number of CTEA affiliated scholars traveled to Santa Barbara, California for the Biennial Conference of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion. The conference theme was Religiosities, Ecologies, and Environmentalisms in the Age of the Anthropocene.

Dr. Lemons and Dr. Howard in front of the National Academy in Athens, Greece

Dr. Lemons and Dr. Howard meet in Athens, Greece

On May 26, 2025, Dr. Derrick Lemons presented information about the CTEA and our budding research projects to conference participants at the 10th Annual Symposium on Religion and Theology hosted by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER).

Dr. Hannah Grace Howard

CTEA Makes Postdoc Hire

We are pleased to announce that the CTEA has hired Dr. Hannah Grace Howard as a Postdoctoral Fellow within the Department of Religion at UGA! Dr. Howard recently received her PhD and will begin at UGA in Fall 2025.