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). …
Middle East Studies
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 …
March 21 Brownbag: Adam Stern, “The Logic of Protection”
For the Religious Studies Program March Brownbag, Affiliate Professor Adam Stern (German and Jewish Studies) will present the talk “The Logic of Protection.” This talk will introduce the life and work of Ilan Halevi (1943-2013), …
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 …
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 …
RS Affiliate Professor Katrina Daly Thompson (African Cultural Studies) participating in Middle East Studies Program Monday Lecture Series
This online talk is being held over Zoom at 2pm (Central Time) on Monday, December 6, 2021. Registration is required. Like normative conceptions of binary sex and gender, scholars and laypeople alike often treat religious …