2023 Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture Series “Sacred Art and Censorship in the Hispanic World: Mary’s Lactating Breast” Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black Professor of Ibero-American Art and Chicano/a Studies, UCLA Monday, April 24th, 2023 …
Religious Studies
April 18: Cara Rock-Singer participating in CRGC panel on Women’s Health & Religion
Stop by Union South for Women Talking: A Conversation on Women’s Health and Religion on Tuesday April 18th at 6:00PM, organized by the Center for Religion and Global Citizenry, to hear from Religious Studies Assistant …
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 28-29: Day of the Badger & Religious Studies Matching Goal
Thanks to generous supporters, the Religious Studies Program has the opportunity to match the first $1,000 given to the program on Day of the Badger! This opportunity will allow you to easily Double Your Impact, no …
Announcing the updated RS Major & Certificate requirements, effective Fall 2023
Effective Fall 2023, the Religious Studies Major and Certificate Curriculum Requirements are changing! Graduating in Spring or Summer 2023? These new changes do not apply to your path of study; make sure you follow the …
April 25: Brown-Bag & Book Talk featuring Katrina Daly Thompson
The Religious Studies Program is excited to announce that Faculty Affiliate Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson from African Cultural Studies will discuss their newest book Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America, …
RS Affiliate Katrina Daly Thompson presenting at ACS Works-in-Progress: “The Evolution of Swahili Islamic Marital Advice, 1932-2020”
This Thursday, February 2nd, Religious Studies Faculty Affiliate and Executive Committee member Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson will present their work “The Evolution of Swahili Islamic Marital Advice, 1932-2020” at the ACS Works-in-Progress series! In this …
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 …
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 …