For our April Brownbag, Religious Studies is delighted to host Dr. Maya Soifer Irish, Associate Professor of History at Rice University. Dr. Irish will present the talk “The Politics of Antisemitism in Medieval Castile before …
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March 18th, 12:30-2:30pm: in conjunction with the Material Cultures Workshop and the Anonymous Fund, James S. Bielo, “Volatile Presence: The Secondhand Materialities of Christian Nationalism.”
This March, Religious Studies is delighted to co-sponsor a Material Culture Workshop hosting Dr. James S. Bielo, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. Bielo will present the talk “Volatile Presence: The Secondhand Materialities …
February 27: Rahul Rastogi, “At an Edgevantage: Listening for Lament from the Edge of Lucknow’s Muharram”
For our February Brownbag, Religious Studies is delighted to host Rahul Rastogi, currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Folklore! Rastogi will present the talk “At an Edgevantage: Listening for Lament from the Edge of Lucknow’s …
January 30: Carol Griggs, “Centeredness and Wellbeing: Rethinking What Drives Human Flourishing”
Join Religious Studies for our January Brownbag talk, featuring Dr. Carol Griggs! Griggs is Affiliate Faculty with Religious Studies and the Chief of Staff & Associate Dean for Strategy and Innovation at the University of …
November 7: Jennifer Pruitt Brownbag, “Inheriting Islamic Art History: I.M. Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art, Doha”
For our third brownbag of the semester, Religious Studies welcomes Jennifer Pruitt, Religious Studies Affiliate from Art History and the Howard and Ellen Louise Schwartz Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture! Pruitt will present her …
November 3: Kimberly Wortman Lecture, co-sponsored with Middle East Studies Program
Religion, Heritage, and Identity in Tanzania’s Omani-Ibadi Community Ingraham 206 November 3, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Drawing from her new book Society of the Righteous: Transregional Muslim Networks and Ibadhi Moral Reform in East …
Introducing Dr. Suzanne van Geuns, our new Core RS Faculty Member!
The Religious Studies Program is delighted to introduce our newest Core Faculty member, Dr. Suzanne van Geuns! This year she holds an Anna Julia Cooper Fellowship and will join the Program as Assistant Professor of Religious Studies starting in Fall 2026. Get to …
October 24: Brownbag #2 with Chase Castle, “Always Awakened: Gospel Hymns and the Spectacle of American Revivalism, 1875-1900”
For our 2nd brownbag talk of the semester, Religious Studies is excited to hear from Chase Castle, PhD on Friday, October 24th. Castle is the current Robert M. Kingdon Fellow at the Institute for Research …
October 16: Charles McCrary Lecture, “Against the Christian Nationalism Industry”
Dr. Charles McCrary, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Eckerd College, will join us on campus this October for a continuation of last year’s lecture series on Religion and Politics! McCrary will deliver the …
September 26 Brownbag: Karen Britland, “Women’s piety and coded writing: the case of Anne Halkett (c. 1623-1699)”
Please join the Religious Studies Program for our first brownbag event of the 2025-2026 academic year, “Women’s Piety and Coded Writing: The Case of Anne Halkett (c. 1623 – 1699)”! In this talk, Professor Karen …