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 …
Events
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 …
October 24: Brownbag #2 with Chase Castle, “Always Awakened: Gospel Hymns and the Spectacle of American Revivalism, 1875-1900”
For our 2nd brownbag talk of the semester, Religious Studies is excited to hear from Chase Castle, PhD on Friday, October 24th. Castle is the current Robert M. Kingdon Fellow at the Institute for Research …
October 16: Charles McCrary Lecture, “Against the Christian Nationalism Industry”
Dr. Charles McCrary, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Eckerd College, will join us on campus this October for a continuation of last year’s lecture series on Religion and Politics! McCrary will deliver the …
September 26 Brownbag: Karen Britland, “Women’s piety and coded writing: the case of Anne Halkett (c. 1623-1699)”
Please join the Religious Studies Program for our first brownbag event of the 2025-2026 academic year, “Women’s Piety and Coded Writing: The Case of Anne Halkett (c. 1623 – 1699)”! In this talk, Professor Karen …
May 8th: End of the Semester Celebration!
Help celebrate the end of the semester and congratulate our graduating students! Join us on Thursday, May 8th between 4:30 and 5:30pm in the Bradley Memorial Lobby for a graduation celebration. Open to all, especially …
April 25: Student Lunch with Tarek Masoud
Students, both undergraduate and graduate, are invited to a lunch with Professor Tarek Masoud on Friday, April 25th at 12 noon in Room 332 of the Bradley Memorial Building (1225 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706). …
April 24: Tarek Masoud, “Religious Nationalism and Democracy in the Muslim World”
For our final lecture in the 2024 – 2025 series on Religion and Politics, the Religious Studies Program is excited to welcome Professor Tarek Masoud of Harvard University to campus to present his lecture, “Religious …