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 …
Events
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 …
February 27: Rahul Rastogi, “At an Edgevantage: Listening for Lament from the Edge of Lucknow’s Muharram”
For our February Brownbag, Religious Studies is delighted to host Rahul Rastogi, currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Folklore! Rastogi will present the talk “At an Edgevantage: Listening for Lament from the Edge of Lucknow’s …
January 30: Carol Griggs, “Centeredness and Wellbeing: Rethinking What Drives Human Flourishing”
Join Religious Studies for our January Brownbag talk, featuring Dr. Carol Griggs! Griggs is Affiliate Faculty with Religious Studies and the Chief of Staff & Associate Dean for Strategy and Innovation at the University of …
November 7: Jennifer Pruitt Brownbag, “Inheriting Islamic Art History: I.M. Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art, Doha”
For our third brownbag of the semester, Religious Studies welcomes Jennifer Pruitt, Religious Studies Affiliate from Art History and the Howard and Ellen Louise Schwartz Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture! Pruitt will present her …
November 3: Kimberly Wortman Lecture, co-sponsored with Middle East Studies Program
Religion, Heritage, and Identity in Tanzania’s Omani-Ibadi Community Ingraham 206 November 3, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Drawing from her new book Society of the Righteous: Transregional Muslim Networks and Ibadhi Moral Reform in East …