First Name * Last Name * Email * I most closely identify as * Community Alumni Alumni Volunteer Student Student Volunteer Faculty/Staff If you are a UNC Charlotte graduate, what year did you graduate? Submit The Phillips Lecture Series was established in 1987 by the United Religious Ministry in honor of Dwight L. Phillips (1905-1973), a leading Charlotte developer and contractor. The series is hosted by the Department of Religious Studies, which is housed within the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences (CHESS). All are welcome to these engaging talks. Admission is free. Tuesday, November 3  Halton Reading Room (Atkins Library) Talk followed by Q&A begins at 5:30 p.m. (60 min) Light reception begins at 4:45 p.m. Speaker: Rachel Carbonara, Ph.D. Title: "The Making of Manifesting: Theories of Mental Magic in Modern America" Tips and tricks for “manifesting” have become ubiquitous on social media platforms. But what, exactly, is manifesting? Where did it come from? And why is it suddenly everywhere? This talk traces the history of the practice, and its shifting underlying theories of mental magic, from 19th-century America to the present. Biography: Rachel Carbonara is a religious studies scholar and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Culture, Society, and Religion at Princeton University.