Rachel Rinaldo
Sociologist at the University of Colorado Boulder. I do ethnographic and interview research on gender, religion, and social change, with a focus on Indonesia. Faculty Director of the Center for Asian Studies.
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- Reposted by Rachel RinaldoFrom this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
- Sociologists! I am organizing the ASA 2026 session "Diverse Visions and Perspectives on the Sociology of Religion." This session will present cutting-edge theoretical, epistemological, and international/transnational perspectives on the sociology of religion. Please consider submitting your work!
- Open to educators in Colorado's Front Range! Afghanistan’s Terrain & Traditions is a one-day in-person workshop on January 24, 2026, on the#CUBoulder campus. Apply online now
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- Tomorrow (12/9)! Please join the #CUBoulder Center for Asian Studies for this exciting virtual panel on recent youth protests and discontent in Asia. With speakers on Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Nepal! Please register in advance. www.colorado.edu/cas/youth-pr... #Boulder #AsianStudies
- Join #CUBoulder's Center for Asian Studies for this virtual panel on youth protests in Asia, featuring speakers discussing Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Nepal. Dec 9, 5 - 6:30 pm US mountain time. Please register in advance. www.colorado.edu/cas/youth-pr... #AsianStudies #Sociology #Boulder
- Join the #CUBoulder Center for Asian Studies for this exciting virtual panel on youth protests in Asia, focusing on Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mongolia, and Nepal. December 9 at 5 pm US mountain time. Register in advance. www.colorado.edu/cas/youth-pr... #AsianStudies #Boulder
- #CUBoulder friends, enrollment is still open for Indonesian language classes through the Center for Asian Studies! Community auditors are welcome! #Boulder #AsianStudies
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- Sharing my latest article, “I Have a Right to A Better Imam”: Divorce, Islam, and Changing Marriage Ideals in Indonesia." This one has been a long time coming! Thanks to @criticasianstds.bsky.social for a helpful review process! #AsianStudies www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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- Sharing my new essay, "Pivots as Praxis in Unsettled Times," examining how Indonesian women took creative risks during the COVID-19 pandemic to support their families and communities. polarjournal.org/2025/11/14/p...
- Thanks to @boulderrl.bsky.social for this in-depth coverage on how the #CUBoulder Center for Asian Studies has been impacted by federal funding cuts. #AsianStudies boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/13/f...
- Tomorrow 11/11 at the Center for Asian Studies #CUBoulder. The End of the War in Việt Nam: Reflection, Recovery, Reconciliation. With Chuck Searcy, Kelly Denton-Borhaug, and Erin Steinhauer. www.colorado.edu/cas/end-war-... #AsianStudies
- Coming up at the #CUBoulder Center for Asian Studies: The End of the War in Việt Nam: Reflection, Recovery, Reconciliation. 11.11.2025. www.colorado.edu/cas/end-war-... #Asianstudies #Colorado
- #CUBoulder friends! I'm thrilled to be leading a global seminar to China in May/June 2026. Please share with your students. Social Change in Contemporary China (Beijing, Xi’an & Yunnan, China) - sponsored by the Tang Fund in 2026 Info session October 27, 5PM, C4C S350!
- #Sociology friends, this applies to us too!
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- Call for applications -- Global Southeast Asias Dissertation Workshop. Deadline Oct. 20! www.asianstudies.org/call-for-app...
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- Call for Papers for a special issue of Gender & Society on “Global Fault Lines: Gender, Religion, and Nationalism,” co-edited by Fauzia Husain (Queen’s University) and Rachel Rinaldo (University of Colorado Boulder). Full details available at journals.sagepub.com/page/gas/cal...
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- Today was my first experience with what has become a ritual of modern American parenthood -- having my child's school be on lockdown. Thankfully, it seems to have been a person mistakenly identified as being armed. Why does our society continue to allow this? www.dailycamera.com/2025/09/11/l...
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- Broad concerns about inequality, corruption, and lack of opportunity are driving the protests -- as well as anger about police violence and re-militarization. Over 60% of Indonesian workers are in the informal economy. Precarity is the norm, even for some in the middle class.
- Good piece on what is driving the anger of protesters in Indonesia. theconversation.com/the-banality...
- Area studies centers develop language and cultural expertise. The Center for Asian Studies at #CUBoulder is in the same situation as the other National Resource Centers. If already-awarded federal funds are not released by 9/30, many activities will end. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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- It's not just NIH/NSF, etc. Foreign language and area studies grants to universities are also threatened like never before.
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- Important! Area studies centers do not yet know if Title VI NRC/FLAS funds for 2025-2026 will be released. Please call your Senators and ask them to urge OMB to release these funds expeditiously and the U.S. Department of Education to issue non-competing continuation Grant Award Notifications (GAN).
- #Sociologists! Great opportunity for recent/soon-to-be PhDs at the University of Colorado Boulder. #ASA2025 www.colorado.edu/postdoctoral...
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- Sociologists interested in the Global South! If you will be at the upcoming ASA conference in Chicago, please join me for this exciting session on the Sociology of Development. August 10, 10 - 11:30 am, East Tower, Hyatt Regency, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Randolph 1A. Hope to see you there!
- A year ago this would have been the lead story in all major media….
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- Hungary is the goal of Project 2025. Given the country's weak performance (low GDP per capita, high inflation, brain drain), it's interesting that economic elites are on board. My guess is they think they can get a good deal by appeasing the leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
- #AAS2026 Southeast Asia Council call for papers: www.asianstudies.org/call-for-pap...
- #caturday she fits neatly on the placemat
- A useful guide to the real goals of the folks influencing the Trump administration. The key tell here is that DEI hasn’t existed for 60 years, but civil rights has. And that’s what they oppose.
- Really useful thread here. All of this is also true for social science and humanities research as well.
- How to wreck the nation’s health (and it’s entire scientific infrastructure). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Awesome….Rage Against the Machine, the next generation.
- The entire bipartisan board has resigned.
