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 …
Research
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 …
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), …
Rosenblum wins National Jewish Book Award for Forbidden!
Congratulations to Professor Jordan Rosenblum! His most recent book, Forbidden: A 3000-Year History of Jews and the Pig published in 2024 by NYU Press, won a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish Food …
Religious Studies Faculty Present at American Academy of Religion Meeting
Several Religious Studies Core Faculty Members and Faculty Affiliates presented research in November 2024 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read on for some highlights: K.D. Thompson, RS Core Faculty, presented …
Professor Rosenblum publishes book!
Congratulations to Professor Jordan Rosenblum on the publication of his most recent book Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig, published this October by NYU Press! For more about the book and how …
November 15: Brownbag with Professor Tom DuBois (GNS+): The Agency of Place: Helgafell and 13th-century Icelandic Monastics
Join Religious Studies for our November Brownbag featuring Professor Tom DuBois (GNS+ and Religious Studies Affiliate). He will discuss The Agency of Place: Helgafell and 13th-century Icelandic Monastics. This event will take place in Room …
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 …
Katrina Daly Thompson receives Library of Congress Research Residency!
Congratulations to Professor Katrina Daly Thompson for receiving a short term summer research residency to use the Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) collections! Their residency is part of a larger project …
April 26: Jamal Jones and “Beauty, goodness, and the making of the ‘first poem’ in classical India”
Please join the Religious Studies Program for our 2024 April Research Brown Bag on Friday, April 26th at 12:15pm! We’ll hear from Professor Jamal Jones with his talk “Beauty, goodness, and the making of the …