Vaia Touna's Avatar

Vaia Touna

@vtouna.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies at UA. Interested in discourses of the past, identity politics, social formation. Traveler, book lover and fan of good comedies.

81 Followers  |  73 Following  |  7 Posts  |  Joined: 21.10.2023  |  1.6566

Latest posts by vtouna.bsky.social on Bluesky

Post image

Thanks for the pic @vtouna.bsky.social — new edition hot off the press (not seen it yet) and at the @equinoxpub.bsky.social booth at #aarsbl25 in Boston.

22.11.2025 17:59 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Student Research Symposia – REL Toolbox

Do you know the REL Toolbox?! A resource for faculty with some great info and tips! I just contributed an entry on how to put together a student research symposium! Thanks @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute! reltoolbox.ua.edu/entries/stud...

02.06.2025 17:20 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Join us. This Thurs.

aarweb.org/event/webina...

20.05.2025 12:50 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Courage is knowing it might hurt and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that is why life is hard.

Courage is knowing it might hurt and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that is why life is hard.

Happy Sunday!

29.12.2024 12:25 — 👍 50    🔁 6    💬 4    📌 2
Video thumbnail

Open house and poster presentations on my social theory MA seminar to end a great semester #RELreseach #RELma

05.12.2024 04:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Just published.

www.routledge.com/Dialogues-on...

02.12.2024 01:17 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
Post image

New book. #authentic @equinoxpub.bsky.social

23.11.2024 17:41 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Our Dept has just launched a t-track search. #digitalhumanities

careers.ua.edu/jobs/assista...

18.11.2024 15:34 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
New Books on “Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion: Revisiting Classical Theorists” Have you heard about Fieldnotes...?It's not about fidelity to the field's history; it's about telling and tilling it in a critical way. These scholars help us to do that in a promising way.

I had a great time with @vtouna.bsky.social discussing our co-edited volume on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. If you're interested in discussing what we do with the history of the field today, I think you'll enjoy this volume and conversation.

23.04.2024 13:36 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Yup pretty accurate!! 😄

17.03.2024 12:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

This week’s reading for my independent study students #RelMA #WhyStudyZombies

06.02.2024 23:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

REL100 is here again to close the week with another set of memes from their 1st assign. with the prompt: what is the study of religion? using @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social Intro from Studying Religion &
MerindaSimmons Ch.64 from Relin5minutes

26.01.2024 15:32 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

We exchanged blessings, haha!

20.11.2023 16:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Register for this Dec 6 remote meeting—we all know of Depts under threat.

aarweb.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...

16.11.2023 18:17 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Cross-posted from another of my social media accounts.

10.11.2023 01:58 — 👍 1    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
journal cover

journal cover

New issue of Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Vol. 35 , No. 5 (2023) brill.com/view/journal... Special Section on Burton Mack @audreytruschke.bsky.social @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social

21.10.2023 17:40 — 👍 9    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

Looks good in the open blue sky!!

21.10.2023 21:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@vtouna is following 19 prominent accounts