Archives of the Impossible conference | Fourth plenary session, March 5, 2022: Diana Pasulka

Diana Pasulka, professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, presented "Mathematicians and Artists: The New Sites of UAP Field Research," or ‘Toto, We’re Not in New Mexico Anymore," the fourth plenary session during Archives of the Impossible, a scholarly conference and exhibition that took place at Rice University March 3-6, 2022. Stanislav Panin, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Religion at Rice University, provided introductory remarks.
Pasulka's research spans Catholic history to new religious movements. Recent books include "American Cosmic: Religion, UFOs, and Technology" (OUP 2019) and "Contact 21: Encounters with Non-Human Intelligence" (forthcoming). She has published in Tank, Vox, Vice, and has been invited to speak at numerous institutions and venues, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, keynotes at universities, and international public radio. She is lead investigator on an ongoing study of Catholic manuscripts and saints at the Vatican Secret Archive and the Vatican Space Observatory.
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