ChristopherThomasMorales

CurriculumVitae

Address
UniversityofCalifornia
DepartmentofReligiousStudies,4001HSSB
SantaBarbara,CA931069670

Email
CMChrisMorales@gmail.com

Education
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara:
PhD,ReligionandPhilosophy(current)
MA,CulturalAnalysis
UniversiteitvanAmsterdam: (2010)
MTS,Religion,GovernmentandEthics
HarvardUniversity: (2008)
BA,ReligiousStudies
CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach: (2006)

Areasofspecialization
HistoryofChristianthought.NeoplatonismandplatonicinfluencesinearlyChristianity.
ModernContinentalphilosophy.Modernpoliticalphilosophy.

Workexperience
TeachingAssistant
UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies ,SantaBarbara,California
ReligiousStudies80B,MedievalWesternCivilization (Winter,2015)
UCSBDepartmentofFilmandMediaStudies ,SantaBarbara,California
FilmandMedia101c, HistoryofCinema (Spring,2015)
FilmandMedia70,MediaCriticism (Winter,2015)
UCSBDepartmentofPoliticalScience ,SantaBarbara,California
ClassicalPoliticalPhilosophy
PoliticalScience187, (Fall,2014)
UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies ,SantaBarbara,California
ReligiousStudies80C,ModernWesternCivilization (Spring,2014)
ReligiousStudies1,IntroductiontoReligiousStudies(Winter,2014)
ReligiousStudies43/Physics43,Origins (Spring,2013)
ReligiousStudies80B,MedievalWesternCivilization (Winter,2013)

ResearchAssistant
UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies ,SantaBarbara,California
WadeRoofClark(Fall,2013)
AnnTaves(Fall,2012)


WorkExperience,continued
InterimResearchCoordinator (May,2008August,2008)
ThePluralismProject,HarvardUniversity
,Cambridge,Massachusetts

ResearchAssociate(September,2006May,2008)
ThePluralismProject,HarvardUniversity
,Cambridge,Massachusetts

Conferencepapers
EncounteringtheSacred:ReligiousSkills,ToolsandWorlds
SocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion(November,2012)
Phoenix,Arizona

PerceivingtheSacred:AnEnactiveApproach
SouthernCaliforniaWorkingGroupinCognitiveScienceofReligion
(October,2012)
FullerTheologicalSeminary.Pasadena,California

NoOneEverReallyDiesonFacebook:MourningandtheMetaphysicsoftheInternet
VirtualHistories:11thAnnualHumanitiesGraduateForum(February,2011)
UniversityofPennsylvania.Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

Sadomasochism,Oedipus,andtheDemiseofPoliticalDiscourseintheU.S.
Articulations:GraduateStudentConference(February,2010)
AmsterdamSchoolforCulturalAnalysis.Amsterdam,Netherlands

Jemesouviens:GroupRights,CulturalPracticesandtheQubcoisIdentity
InternationalCharlesTaylorConference(June,2009)
MaterDeiInstituteofReligion.Dublin,Ireland

TheSaffronMilitia:BuddhismandPoliticsinMyanmar
ThePluralismProjectSummerResearchSymposium(June,2007)
HarvardUniversity.Cambridge,Massachusetts

Conferenceorganizing
Personhood,PossessionandPlace:EmbodimentandEmplacementinSpecialContexts
(May,2013)
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara

Honorsandawards
SchoolofLiberalArtsDistinguishedStudent
(2005)
CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach
PresidentsList
(Spring2004,Fall2004,Spring2005)
CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach


Scholarshipsandgrants
UCSBInterdisciplinaryHumanitiesCenter,GraduateCollaborativeGrant(2013)

UCSBDepartmentofReligiousStudies,RownyFellowship(20122014)

UniversityofCalifornia,CentralFellowship(20112012)

AmsterdamMeritScholarship(20082010)

HarvardDivinitySchoolAcademicGrant(20062008)

ResearchLanguages
Dutch,German,French,Latin,Spanish