News

Check out Religious Studies’ new course! We are excited to announce that we have a new class offering for Spring! Consider adjusting your schedule to add RS 400-006 “Daoism through Religious Practice and Visual Cultures:, …

Check out RS happenings! We are well into the Fall semester, and our calendar of events is filling up! You can find out all the details in latest edition of our newsletter! Catch up on …

We are excited to announce that Dr. Cara Rock-Singer will join the UW Religious Studies Program as a tenure-track faculty member starting in Fall 2019. Dr. Rock-Singer received an A.B. in Molecular Biology from Princeton …

In this course, students will explore what late twentieth and twenty-first century American religious life looks like from the perspective of women’s everyday lived experience. We will examine women’s participation in a range of traditions, …

Religious Studies is pleased to be able to offer two course options this summer, including our first ever online course! Students can take the popular gateway course Exploring Religion in Sickness and Health (RS 102) …

An especially Happy New Year and Welcome Back!  The New Year for Religious Studies is beginning in an exceptionally happy way as we welcome back not only students and Spring learning opportunities but also Ms. Susan Fenton …

A lecture by Kathryn Lofton Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies, and History; Chair of Religious Studies; and Deputy Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development at Yale University. Professor Lofton is one of most exciting …

Welcome Back RS Students! One of the great things about summer is hearing from alums who visit Madison or send us news. This summer we heard from former RS majors and certificate students from Arizona …

The RS Program was in this morning’s local news. The Cap Times published an article about yesterday’s riveting talk by Catherine Wessinger in conjunction with the collaboration between RS and Journalism. Shout out to Profs. …