The Religious Studies Program is delighted to introduce our newest Core Faculty member, Dr. Suzanne van Geuns! This year she holds an Anna Julia Cooper Fellowship and will join the Program as Assistant Professor of Religious Studies starting in Fall 2026. Get to …
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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 …
Congratulations Graduates and Awardees!
Congratulations to our 2024 – 2025 graduating majors, certificates, and PhD minors! We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished and look forward to seeing what you do in the future! Please …
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 …
Rosenblum wins National Jewish Book Award for Forbidden!
Congratulations to Professor Jordan Rosenblum! His most recent book, Forbidden: A 3000-Year History of Jews and the Pig published in 2024 by NYU Press, won a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish Food …
KD Thompson awarded fellowship at the IRH!
Congratulations to Professor KD Thompson on receiving a competitive, one-semester fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH)! Thompson will spend the Spring 2026 semester working on their book project, tentatively titled Women, Voice, …
Religious Studies Faculty Present at American Academy of Religion Meeting
Several Religious Studies Core Faculty Members and Faculty Affiliates presented research in November 2024 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read on for some highlights: K.D. Thompson, RS Core Faculty, presented …
Professor Rosenblum publishes book!
Congratulations to Professor Jordan Rosenblum on the publication of his most recent book Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig, published this October by NYU Press! For more about the book and how …
Summer Field Note – Alex Pickett (Certificate ’05) publishes 2nd book!
Religious Studies alum Alex Pickett (Certificate, ’05) recently published his second book of fiction, a short story collection titled “Camera Lake” with UW Press. His first book, a novel The Restaurant Inspector, was also published …
Axell Boomer, RS Undergraduate, wins national Beinecke Award!
Axell Boomer recently received a nationally competitive Beinecke Award for future graduate study, one of twenty awardees nationwide. The Beinecke Scholarship Program provides $35,000 to students of exceptional promise for graduate study in the arts, …