2023 Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture Series “Sacred Art and Censorship in the Hispanic World: Mary’s Lactating Breast” Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black Professor of Ibero-American Art and Chicano/a Studies, UCLA Monday, April 24th, 2023 …
Events
April 18: Cara Rock-Singer participating in CRGC panel on Women’s Health & Religion
Stop by Union South for Women Talking: A Conversation on Women’s Health and Religion on Tuesday April 18th at 6:00PM, organized by the Center for Religion and Global Citizenry, to hear from Religious Studies Assistant …
April 13: “The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture: Mapping Book Roads under Mongol Rule” with Professor Susan Huang, Rice University
The Art History Department will host Professor Susan Huang, a leading scholar in Daoist and Buddhist studies in China and the silk road, for this year’s Gombar/Duychak Lecture. Dr. Huang will lecture on “The Dynamic …
March 28-29: Day of the Badger & Religious Studies Matching Goal
Thanks to generous supporters, the Religious Studies Program has the opportunity to match the first $1,000 given to the program on Day of the Badger! This opportunity will allow you to easily Double Your Impact, no …
March 11: World Water Day & Wisconsin Green Muslims at Allen Centennial Garden
The Allen Centennial Garden, directed by Religious Studies Faculty Affiliate Dr. Reba Luiken, welcomes Huda Alkaff, the founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims for an event at the garden (620 Babcock Ave) celebrating World …
April 25: Brown-Bag & Book Talk featuring Katrina Daly Thompson
The Religious Studies Program is excited to announce that Faculty Affiliate Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson from African Cultural Studies will discuss their newest book Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America, …
RS Affiliate Katrina Daly Thompson presenting at ACS Works-in-Progress: “The Evolution of Swahili Islamic Marital Advice, 1932-2020”
This Thursday, February 2nd, Religious Studies Faculty Affiliate and Executive Committee member Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson will present their work “The Evolution of Swahili Islamic Marital Advice, 1932-2020” at the ACS Works-in-Progress series! In this …
Dr. Kathryn Lofton, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, to deliver lecture “Celebrity, Politics, Power” on March 23
The Religious Studies Program is excited to welcome Dr. Kathryn Lofton, currently the Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies and Professor of History and Divinity at Yale University to campus this March …
2023 Ojibwe Winter Games coming to Madison this February!
Religious Studies Affiliate Professor Dr. Thomas A. Dubois (Folklore and German, Nordic, and Slavic +) is helping to bring the 2023 Ojibwe Winter Games to Madison! On Friday, February 3rd from 3PM to Sundown, stop …
Susan H. McFadden Lecture: Elders’ Pandemic Suffering and Resilience: Lessons Learned
This December, the Religious Studies Program, with the School of Nursing, the Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE), and the Center for Pre-Health Advising, welcomes Dr. Susan H. McFadden, Professor of Psychology emerita at …