Join the Religious Studies Program on Friday, 23 October at 12:00pm for our October Brown Bag. Dr Nina Caputo, the CJS Director & Lipton Professor of Jewish Studies, will present “Disputing Normative Judaism: A Contest …
Events
Friday Forum: Nathan McGovern – Why People Who Don’t Study Religion Need to Understand Religion. Yes, Even You.
Nathan McGovern 206 Ingraham Hall September 11, 2026 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Why People Who Don’t Study Religion Need to Understand Religion. Yes, Even You. Nathan McGovern Associate Professor of Asian Religions University …
Fall reading group on Bellah’s Broken Covenant
To mark America’s 250th anniversary, Professor Chad Alan Goldberg is leading an informal reading group in the Fall 2026 semester that will discuss Robert N. Bellah’s book, The Broken Covenant: American Civil Religion in Time of Trial. The …
Religious Studies faculty potluck for affiliates and potential affiliates, 25 September
The Religious Studies faculty potluck for affiliates and potential affiliates will be held 25 September from 12-1pm in 3138 Levy. Please bring some food to share and feel free to invite your colleagues to join …
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 …