Were you unable to make it to Kathryn Lofton’s lecture “Celebrity, Politics, Power” earlier this semester? You can now watch the recording at the following link: Kathryn Lofton: Celebrity, Politics, Power Lecture Recording On March …
Guest Lecture
April 13: “The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture: Mapping Book Roads under Mongol Rule” with Professor Susan Huang, Rice University
The Art History Department will host Professor Susan Huang, a leading scholar in Daoist and Buddhist studies in China and the silk road, for this year’s Gombar/Duychak Lecture. Dr. Huang will lecture on “The Dynamic …
March 11: World Water Day & Wisconsin Green Muslims at Allen Centennial Garden
The Allen Centennial Garden, directed by Religious Studies Faculty Affiliate Dr. Reba Luiken, welcomes Huda Alkaff, the founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims for an event at the garden (620 Babcock Ave) celebrating World …
March 2: Professor Jordan Rosenblum lecturing at Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies
Religious Studies Program Core Faculty Member Professor Jordan Rosenblum will lecture on his next book project at Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies on March 2! Planning on being in California then? Find out more about …
Dr. Kathryn Lofton, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, to deliver lecture “Celebrity, Politics, Power” on March 23
The Religious Studies Program is excited to welcome Dr. Kathryn Lofton, currently the Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies and Professor of History and Divinity at Yale University to campus this March …
Susan H. McFadden Lecture: Elders’ Pandemic Suffering and Resilience: Lessons Learned
This December, the Religious Studies Program, with the School of Nursing, the Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE), and the Center for Pre-Health Advising, welcomes Dr. Susan H. McFadden, Professor of Psychology emerita at …
Friday, October 28th: Lecture and Workshop by Professor Gregory Bryda (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Professor Gregory Bryda of Columbia University’s Barnard College will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Friday, October 28th to deliver a lecture and workshop for the Medieval Studies 2022 – 2023 series “In Sickness …
Riv-Ellen Prell to deliver annual Kutler Lectures at Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, Co-Sponsored by Religious Studies
Update (10/24/2022): Unfortunately, the 2022 Kutler Lectures featuring Riv-Ellen Prell need to be postponed. Be on the lookout for an announcement with the rescheduled dates and times. The Religious Studies Program is excited to co-sponsor …
Religion as Peoplehood: Native Americans, the Environment, and the Sacred Lecture by Professor Michael D. McNally
For the second in a series of events supported by the Our Shared Future Project, the Religious Studies Program brings Guggenheim Award-Winning Religion Scholar Professor Michael D. McNally to campus! He will present the lecture …
Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren to deliver lecture “The Business of Faith in Midwestern Meatpacking Plants” – March 9, 2022
Professor Kristy Nabhan-Warren, V.O. & Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair of Catholic Studies and Professor in the departments of Religious Studies and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa will give a lecture …