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New collection examines the lasting effects of purity culture

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Walter Echo-Hawk, Nakia Zavalla, Edward Halealoha Ayau and Timothy McKeown
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From left to right, “Repatriation Futures” team members Walter Echo-Hawk, Nakia Zavalla, Edward Halealoha Ayau and Timothy McKeown at the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center.

Capps Center receives grant for work on Indigenous repatriation
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Religious studies associate professor Joseph Blankholm, November 2025

$1.5 million grant advances UCSB leadership in the study of modern spirituality
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Sherrilyn Ifill

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill reimagines democracy in talk for UCSB Arts & Lectures
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Experts to discuss repatriation, religion and law
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Jane Ward is a professor and chair of UCSB's Department of Feminist Studies

How feminist witch studies redefine magic and power
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Capps Center fall lineup: queer nuns, election-year politics and Latinx environmentalism
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First Mahsa Amini fellow begins doctoral program in religious studies
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“The Citizen” provides a gripping commentary on the sociopolitical landscape of the U.S. and the everyday struggles of Arab-Americans after 9/11

‘The Citizen’ examines the immigrant experience in a post-9/11 world — with echoes that resonate today
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Religious scholar to discuss FBI roots in white Christian nationalism
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Walter Capps on the campaign trail, 1996

Celebrating the legacy of Walter Capps
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Paranormal experiences, among other extraordinary feelings, provide tools for cross-cultural study
Fullbright Award recipients

Research on the Road
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