Events

Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Events

Upcoming Events

May 1st: “Scientific Atheism as an Ideological Discipline in Soviet Ukraine” Lecture, co-sponsored by Religious Studies and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA). Click here for full event details.

May 8th: End of the Semester Celebration. Join us at 4:30pm in the Bradley Memorial Lobby for light bites and a celebratory end to the academic year!

Past Events from 2024 – 2025

September 9th: Ethnic Studies Mixer. Learn about Ethnic Studies associated classes, including ones offered by Religious Studies, meet professors and fellow students and grab a cup of coffee! More information here.

September 12th: Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and Its Afterlives (co-curated by RS-affiliated graduate students) opening reception. Find out more here.

September 20th: Join Religious Studies for our first brownbag of the semester, featuring Assistant Professor of Art and RS Affiliate Michael Velliquette! More information here.

September 24th: Archipelago Exhibit Opening at the Allen Centennial Garden. Find out more about the event here.

September 24th & 25th: 2024 Kutler Lectures with Samira Mehta, organized by the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. September 24th: “The Interracial, Interfaith Family in Today’s American Jewish World” and September 25th: “Debating Birth Control and Abortion in American-Jewish Life.” Find out more, including details about Zoom options, at the link.

October 10th: Religion and Politics Speaker Series #1 featuring Dana Lloyd, “Land as Kin: Religious Freedom and Indigenous Sovereignty in Yurok Country.” Find out more at the link.

October 18th: October Brownbag, featuring author Zara Chowdhary on her recent memoir The Lucky Ones, find out more here.

October 24th-25th: Save the date for Fill the Hill! More information about how you can support Religious Studies coming soon.

November 15th: November Brownbag. Professor Tom DuBois (Professor of GNS+, Religious Studies Affiliate) will discuss The Agency of Place: Helgafell and 13th-Century Icelandic Monastics.

December 5th: Religion and Politics Speaker Series #2, Vincent Lloyd, “Beyond Human: Audre Lorde, Spirituality, Judgment.” Find out more here.

February 7th: Medieval Studies Virtual Lecture (on Zoom) co-sponsored by Religious Studies: Rachel Friedman, Establishing Authenticity: Language, Style, and Theorizing the Qurʾānic Miracle”

February 10th: Reyhan Durmaz Lecture, “Fields of Destruction, Baptisms of Fire: Armed Men, Churchmen, and Simple Believers in the Early Medieval Middle East.”

February 27th: Religion and Politics Speaker Series #3, Benjamin Gatling, “Being Sufi in Central Asia.”

February 28th: Student Lunch with Benjamin Gatling. RSVP by February 25th! More info here.

March 10th: Center for Jewish Studies Tobias Lecture featuring Klaus Yoder, “Shmoozing with Priests and Cops: Covering Catholic Fascism in the Yiddish Press.” Find out more, including options for virtual attendance via Zoom, here.

March 12th: “Bridging Identities, Strengthening Pluralism: A Conversation with Eboo Patel, Founder and President of Interfaith America.” 3 – 4:30pm, Tripp Commons (Memorial Union). More info here. RSVP (encouraged but not required) and send in questions at the link: https://go.wisc.edu/31225

March 21st: March Brownbag: “The Logic of Protection” featuring RS Affiliate Adam Stern!

April 8th and 9th: Day of the Badger! Save the date for Day of the Badger! More details coming soon about how you can make a difference for Religious Studies! Interested in supporting RS with a match or challenge gift? Reach out to Program Director Professor Susan Ridgely before March 21st!

April 17th: Nandita Punj (Arizona State University) lecture, “Giving Up and Living it Large: A Jain Tale and its Early Modern Painted Iterations.”

April 24th: Religion and Politics Speaker Series #4, Tarek Masoud, “Religious Nationalism and Democracy in the Muslim World

April 25th: Student lunch with Tarek Masoud. RSVP by April 22nd!

You can find descriptions of all past Religious Studies events here.