Graham Harvey is an emeritus professor of religious studies and is interested in the cosmologies, ontologies, and rituals of Indigenous peoples. He is particularly engaged by etiquettes of interspecies respectful relationality or “animism.” Having enjoyed the hospitality of diverse Indigenous communities (particularly Anishinaabeg, Māori, Mi’kmaq, Walpiri, and Yoruba), he has written about knowledges and practices concerned with the larger-than-human world. He has also researched among contemporary Pagans and about Jews in antiquity. His is founding editor of Equinox’s Religion and the Senses series. His interests in animisms and the senses combine in a project focused on foodways.
Contributions to Humans & Nature
- “Hedgehogs All the Way Around: Sensing Kinship in the Larger-than-Human World,” an essay in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026).
- “Academics Are Kin, Too: Transformative Conversations in the Animate World,” an essay in Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations—Vol. 4, Persons (Humans & Nature Press, 2021).
