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 …
Events
Friday, October 28th: Lecture and Workshop by Professor Gregory Bryda (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Professor Gregory Bryda of Columbia University’s Barnard College will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Friday, October 28th to deliver a lecture and workshop for the Medieval Studies 2022 – 2023 series “In Sickness …
Riv-Ellen Prell to deliver annual Kutler Lectures at Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, Co-Sponsored by Religious Studies
Update (10/24/2022): Unfortunately, the 2022 Kutler Lectures featuring Riv-Ellen Prell need to be postponed. Be on the lookout for an announcement with the rescheduled dates and times. The Religious Studies Program is excited to co-sponsor …
Religion as Peoplehood: Native Americans, the Environment, and the Sacred Lecture by Professor Michael D. McNally
For the second in a series of events supported by the Our Shared Future Project, the Religious Studies Program brings Guggenheim Award-Winning Religion Scholar Professor Michael D. McNally to campus! He will present the lecture …
Sacred, Food, Land: A conversation with Leaders of Native American and African Diasporic Foodways Revivals
Join the Religious Studies Program on May 5th from 2:30 to 3:30PM in Sterling Hall 1310 for Sacred, Food, Land: A conversation with Leaders of Native American and African Diasporic Foodways Revivals. An interview/conversation with …
Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren to deliver lecture “The Business of Faith in Midwestern Meatpacking Plants” – March 9, 2022
Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren, V.O. & Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair of Catholic Studies and Professor in the departments of Religious Studies and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa will give a lecture …
Professor Cara Rock-Singer Participating in Panel Discussion on 1/27/2022 Hosted by Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Religious Studies Assistant Professor Cara Rock-Singer will participate in a virtual panel discussion on Thursday, January 27th at 4:00PM CST on “COVID in Context: Health Culture among Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch Speakers” hosted by the …
RS Affiliate Professor Katrina Daly Thompson (African Cultural Studies) participating in Middle East Studies Program Monday Lecture Series
This online talk is being held over Zoom at 2pm (Central Time) on Monday, December 6, 2021. Registration is required. Like normative conceptions of binary sex and gender, scholars and laypeople alike often treat religious …
Guest Lecture: Rabbi Matthew Kaufman, Ph.D. on “Science and Secularization in a Jewish Key”
On Tuesday, November 16 at 4:00pm the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies will host a virtual guest lecture to be given by Rabbi Matthew Kaufman, PhD (Congregation Kehillat Israel). His lecture is entitled “Science and Secularization in a …
Remembering Prof. Rachel Brenner
The Religious Studies program remembers Rachel Feldhay Brenner Rachel Feldhay Brenner, the Elaine Marks WARF Professor of Jewish Studies, died on Thursday, February 4 in Madison. Prof. Brenner was an RS affiliate who enthusiastically supported …