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 …
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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, …
Katrina Daly Thompson receives Library of Congress Research Residency!
Congratulations to Professor Katrina Daly Thompson for receiving a short term summer research residency to use the Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) collections! Their residency is part of a larger project …
Congratulations 2023 – 2024 Graduates!
Congratulations to Religious Studies students graduating with the Religious Studies Major: Canaan Bracey, Hailey Kuhn, Lilah Pearson, John Ramthun, Mercedes Richards, Zoe Scrivener, Emily Rebella and Taylor Suterko and with the Religious Studies Certificate: Libby …
April 16 – 17, 2024: Day of the Badger!
Day of the Badger is almost here! Next Tuesday and Wednesday (April 16 -17th), DotB is an annual opportunity to show your Badger Pride and support students and programs on campus! Thanks to generous supporters, …
Religious Studies 600 moving to Spring semester in AY 2025-26
Note that RELIG ST 600 is moving to Spring terms beginning in AY 2025-2026. This means that anyone graduating before Spring 26 should take RELIG ST 600 THIS COMING FALL 24. You must be authorized …
April 4: Fadeke Castor Guest Lecture on Black Feminist Ethnographic Lessons From African Diasporic Religions
The Religious Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is delighted to welcome Dr. N. Fadeke Castor, Assistant Professor of Religion and Africana Studies at Northeastern University to campus. On April 4th, 2024, Dr. Castor …
March 22: Professor Susan Ridgely Talk on “Southern, Catholic, Universal: The Creation of a Biracial Parish in Rural North Carolina 1870-1904”
Please join the Religious Studies Program for our 2024 March Research Brown Bag on Friday, March 22nd at 12:15pm! We’ll hear from Professor Susan Ridgely with her talk “Southern, Catholic, Universal: The Creation of a …
Apply for the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) Summer Research Institute (DSRI)
Are you a current UW-Madison undergraduate student interested in Islamic Studies? Check out the 2nd Summer Research Institute: The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, an exciting fully funded 10-day summer program that will take place June …
February 23: Jordan Rosenblum Book Talk on Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig
Please join the Religious Studies Program for our Spring 2024 Brown-Bag Lunch Book Talk. We are excited to hear from Professor Jordan Rosenblum on a topic from his forthcoming book. This event will take place …