“Aretha and Religion: Reflections on the Queen of Soul, Religion, and Culture” is a faculty panel featuring Craig Werner, Alexander Shashko, Susan Ridgely, and Corrie Norman, and will take place in the H.F. DeLuca Forum. …
Year: 2018
OMG: Religion and Communication Management in Social Networks
A lecture by Kathryn Lofton Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies, and History; Chair of Religious Studies; and Deputy Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development at Yale University. Professor Lofton is one of most exciting …
OMG: Religion and Communication Management in Social Networks
Kathryn Lofton Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies, and History; Chair of Religious Studies; and Deputy Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development at Yale University gave a talk on campus on October, 16th, 2018. Professor …
Welcome Back and Fall Updates
Welcome Back RS Students! One of the great things about summer is hearing from alums who visit Madison or send us news. This summer we heard from former RS majors and certificate students from Arizona …
Catherine Wessinger on the Cult Narrative and the Branch Davidians
Catherine Wessinger, Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Professor of the History of Religions at Loyola University New Orleans, will speak on “The Cult Narrative and the Branch Davidians” on May 3rd at Grainger Hall. Wessinger will …
2018 Religious Studies Graduates and Awards Winners
Thanks to generous donations to the Religious Studies Program Fund, RS presents annual awards to recognize the extraordinary work of graduating majors. 2018 Awards for Academic Excellence and Citizenship: Alexia “Lexie” Gianitsos and Morgan Mahnke Lexie …
Forging Interdisciplinary Research in Religious Studies and Mass Communication
This session of the ACLS/Luce Center-funded project “Interactive Skill Building to Improve Religious and International Affairs Coverage in Local Journalism” will focus on searching for research topics, questions, potential hypotheses and potential modes of analysis …
Cap Times News Article About Wessinger Talk
The RS Program was in this morning’s local news. The Cap Times published an article about yesterday’s riveting talk by Catherine Wessinger in conjunction with the collaboration between RS and Journalism. Shout out to Profs. …
Religious Freedom & Minorities: The Consequences of Media Focus
This talk is intended to open discussion on the issue of media representations of religious minorities in journalism. It draws upon the contrastive examples of representations of Muslims in Vietnamese and English language media. The …
Highlight on Religion, Journalism and International Affairs partnership
RS Professor Susan B. Ridgely was highlighted in this news story about our Religion, Journalism and International Affairs partnership. Check it out, and the calendar of upcoming events! “Ridgely and Michael Wagner, an associate professor …