Students, both undergraduate and graduate, are invited to a lunch with Professor Tarek Masoud on Friday, April 25th at 12 noon in Room 332 of the Bradley Memorial Building (1225 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706). …
Guest Lecture
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 …
February 10 Reyhan Durmaz Lecture
Join the Religious Studies Program on Monday, February 10th at 10:30am for a lecture by Reyhan Durmaz, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania! The lecture is titled “Fields of Destruction, Baptisms …
February 27, Benjamin Gatling Lecture “Being Sufi in Central Asia”
Please join the Religious Studies Program on Thursday, February 27th for our 3rd event in the 2024 – 2025 Religion and Politics Series! Professor Benjamin Gatling (George Mason University) will deliver the lecture Being Sufi …
December 6th: Lunch with Professor Vincent Lloyd
The Religious Studies Program is hosting a lunch on Friday, December 6th at 12 Noon in the Bradley Memorial Building with Professor Vincent Lloyd. Please join us to continue the discussion prompted by the previous …
December 5th – Vincent Lloyd Lecture, Beyond Human: Audre Lorde, Spirituality, Judgment
For our second Religion and Politics Series lecture, the Religious Studies Program welcomes Dr. Vincent Lloyd who will speak on “Beyond Human: Audre Lorde, Spirituality, Judgment.” This talk is funded with support from the Anonymous …
October 10: Dana Lloyd, “Land as Kin: Religious Freedom and Indigenous Sovereignty in Yurok Country”
The Religious Studies Program is excited to welcome Dana Lloyd, Assistant Professor in Villanova University’s Department of Global Interdisciplinary Studies, as our first speaker in a lecture series on Religion and Politics! Talk: “Land as …
Mark your calendars for speaker series on Religion and Politics!
The Religious Studies Program is excited to announce a speaker series on Religion and Politics for the 2024 – 2025 academic year. All events will take place on Thursdays, at 4pm in Van Hise Hall, …
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 …
November 8: “Dramatizing Architectural Space: The Case of a 14th Century Chinese Temple” featuring Wei-Cheng Lin, University of Chicago
Interested in religious architecture? Join the Center for East Asian Studies and the Department of Art History on Wednesday, November 8th at 5:30PM for the lecture “Dramatizing Architectural Space: The Case of a 14th Century …