Prof. K.D. Thompson has published a new article with Chroniques du terrain, “Negotiating Sitara: On the Ethics of Ethnographic Disclosure,” where she discusses the ethnographic tensions which come about when researchers invoke sitara. Congratulations, Prof. …
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New book from Prof. Ridgely! One True Church: An American Story of Race, Family, and Religion is out now
Professor Susan B. Ridgely has just published One True Church: An American Story of Race, Family, and Religion, which discusses the journey of one American parish to sustain interracial relations within the community. Drawing upon …
Save the Date! Join us for our end of term/graduation celebration 7 May
Please mark your calendars and join us for our end of term celebration on May 7 at 4:30 pm in the Bradley Memorial lobby. We want to congratulate you on finishing another semester, and for …
Day of the Badger 2026
April 14-15 is Day of the Badger! Consider donating today. Your donation is used to help fund the various activities that the department offers every year, including our Brown Bag lectures, our end of term …
Exhibit “Volatile Presence: the Secondhand Materialities of Christian Nationalism”
In conjunction with the Material Cultures Workshop and the Anonymous Fund, Dr. James S. Bielo has curated the exhibit, “Volatile Presence: The Secondhand Materialities of Christian Nationalism”. This onsite pop-up exhibit, a case …
March 27th, 12pm: Religious Studies Brownbag with Claire Kilgore, “Advertising Ritual at Mariazell: Finding Lived Religion at an Early Sixteenth Century Austrian Pilgrimage Shrine.”
For our March Brownbag, Religious Studies is delighted to host Claire Kilgore, currently a PhD Candidate in Art History. Claire will present the talk “Advertising Ritual at Mariazell: Finding Lived Religion at an Early Sixteenth …
April 24, 12pm: Religious Studies Brownbag with Dr. Maya Soifer Irish, “The Politics of Antisemitism in Medieval Castile before the Anti-Jewish Riots of 1391.”
For our April Brownbag, Religious Studies is delighted to host Dr. Maya Soifer Irish, Associate Professor of History at Rice University. Dr. Irish will present the talk “The Politics of Antisemitism in Medieval Castile before …
March 18th, 12:30-2:30pm: in conjunction with the Material Cultures Workshop and the Anonymous Fund, James S. Bielo, “Volatile Presence: The Secondhand Materialities of Christian Nationalism.”
This March, Religious Studies is delighted to co-sponsor a Material Culture Workshop hosting Dr. James S. Bielo, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. Bielo will present the talk “Volatile Presence: The Secondhand Materialities …