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). …
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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 …
KD Thompson awarded fellowship at the IRH!
Congratulations to Professor KD Thompson on receiving a competitive, one-semester fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH)! Thompson will spend the Spring 2026 semester working on their book project, tentatively titled Women, Voice, …
October 18: Brownbag featuring Zara Chowdhary, author of The Lucky Ones
For our October 2024 Brownbag event, Religious Studies is excited to welcome Zara Chowdhary to read from and discuss her recently published memoir The Lucky Ones. Open to all! Date: Friday, October 18th Time: 12:15PM …
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 …
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 …